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Opera Viva's purpose is to provide accessible opera for the Charlottesville and University communities. To fulfill that mission, Opera Viva is presenting two productions in the upcoming months. "Opera Through the Ages" is designed to educate the University and Charlottesville communities about the different styles of opera, as well as expose Opera Viva members to different styles of singing. The organization is trying to include high schools in its publicity, in an attempt to educate the younger Charlottesville community about opera. "Orfeo ed Euridice" is intended to explore issues of gender and power through a combination of modern and classical art forms, including singing and dancing. This production will be performed completely by women to facilitate the discussion of gender issues.
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The financial support of the UVA Parents Committee enables us to compete at the highest level of college club sports. Without additional funding, we would not be able to travel to the NIRSA Regional and National tournaments, our most important events of the season. During the fall 2010 season, we hope to continue improving our already successful record. This goal can only be reached after traveling to Pensacola, FL for Regionals and Phoenix, AZ for Nationals. Our other seasonal plans include traveling to compete against other teams in Region II, which includes teams from Virginia to Alabama. The travel costs necessary to attend these tournaments and games add up to be the most expensive part of our budget. We rely on funding from multiple sources as well as self-generated funds. We are grateful for your continued support and with your help, we are able to continue growing and improving in the years to come.
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The 4th Year 5K Run/Walk is a UVA tradition intended to raise alcohol awareness, discourage the unsafe drinking behaviors associated with high-risk drinking, provide a healthy alternative to the dangerous tradition of the “4th Year 5th,” and raise money for The Leslie Baltz Foundation. The 4th Year 5K Run/Walk is a keystone event for Substance Abuse Awareness Week, providing students with a visible way to support low-risk drinking and PHEs with a venue through which to educate UVA students about drinking behaviors and resources available to them around Grounds. The event promotes healthy lifestyle choices and provides educational tools such as Blood Alcohol Concentration cards and other literature during promotion and registration to encourage students to make informed choices and promote low-risk drinking. We present the 4th Year 5K in collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion, Fourth Year Trustees, ADAPT, Ragged Mountain Running Shop, and other community members.
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The Abundant Life Christmas Banquet is an event that provides Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries with needed vision, enthusiasm, and funds. First, the Banquet motivates the children who participate in the tutoring program to strive and achieve both academically and behaviorally throughout the year. We provide the funds to supply the “Christmas Store” with gifts the children can purchase for their families with the “blue bucks” they earn by behaving well and attending tutoring programs. Secondly, the Banquet centers on enthusiasm and excitement. It is the highlight of the year for both the Abundant Life students as well as the tutors from the University. Lastly, the Christmas Banquet helps raise necessary funds and publicity that enables Abundant Life to sustain all of their programs throughout the year. There is a strong need for the Banquet to maintain the energy and monetary support required to run this ministry.
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‘Hoos for Open Access (HOA), a CIO created to support socioeconomic diversity at UVa, wishes to create a graduation dinner for low-income students graduating in the spring of 2011, who had received financial aid from AccessUVa for all four years of their attendance at U.Va. After a successful dinner last spring for the 2010 class of AccessUVa students, HOA is convinced that this dinner is an important University tradition that needs to be preserved. The purpose of this dinner is to celebrate the success of students who may not have attended U.Va. otherwise, due to its financial burden. A central philosophy behind AccessUVa that HOA fully endorses is that support for students should begin from the moment they are accepted at the University to the day they graduate. This dinner is a significant capstone in these students’ educational career, as it will highlight the University’s commitment to affordability and accessibility in higher education.
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Dangerous drinking at the Foxfield Races has led to significant numbers of injuries and arrests as well as numerous hospital visits each year. The purpose of this project is to reduce the incidence of high-risk alcohol use and promote safe transportation options at the 2011 Spring Foxfield Races. The primary objectives are to increase awareness of and participation in the Savvy Fox designated driver program through a tee-shirt and free soda reward for drivers; provide snack foods for students who may have had too much to drink or whose plot hosts have run out of food; and provide imprinted cups with an educational message as a way to distribute free water to students at the ADPAT Student Safety tent.
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The purpose of the project is to bring together the University community in the goals of Camp Kesem. The coordinators have to raise $35,000 each year to put on camp, through various fundraisers. This project has a target audience of 200+ individuals, who will enjoy themselves on the lawn, building their own Kesem bear. Every bear will have a heart inside it, which represents the “spirit of Kesem”. This event will hopefully be one of the largest Spring semester fundraisers. Individuals will be able to make bears, as well as enjoy free food and music, all the while gaining the tangible sense of community that Kesem inevitably brings.
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Virginia Competitive Cheerleading provides the opportunity for any University of Virginia student to develop and enhance his or her athletic abilities while pursuing an interest in competitive cheerleading. Members participate in year-round mandatory practices working toward a final routine. Routines consist of stunting, tumbling and dance sequences, and the team competes in multiple regional and national competitions throughout the Spring semester. We also give members the chance to volunteer for things like YMCA cheer coaching, cheer clinics at local public schools, and to collaborate with other university clubs for philanthropies. Joining the squad provides an all around experience, socially, mentally and physically. Meeting new people, staying in shape, having a close-knit group of people you can count on, and of course being able to continue your cheerleading career into college.
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The purpose of our fashion show is to promote interest in the University for prospective minority students during the annual Spring Fling weekend. The show is a creative outlet for student models and showcases the clothing of professional designers.
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To purchase books for use in counseling U.Va. students and community members whose development has been affected by interpersonal violence or other trauma.
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Sudden Cardiac arrest (SCA) occurs unexpectedly and suddenly, even in young people (see following story that occurred to a UVA student: http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/feb/19/cpr-recipient-spurs-local-school-program-ar-854914/). Statistics show that CPR and defibrillation on scene significantly increase survival rate; every minute without CPR or defibrillation following sudden cardiac arrest decreases a person’s rate of survival by almost 10 % . It is therefore necessary that UVA be ready for such emergencies, and I believe there are ways to improve UVA’s emergency preparedness. I have already been planning and discussing ways to increase emergency preparedness at UVA with Marge Sidebottom (Director of Emergency Preparedness) and Gil Somers (UVA BLS/AED coordinator) and Mr. Bill Ashby (Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs). We are interested in providing CPR training for one association during Fall Orientation of 2011-2012.
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Through our showcase, we will introduce our audience to the various facets of Chinese culture to deepen their understanding and appreciation of a culture in which we take much pride. Throughout the event, we will play classical Chinese songs like "Jasmine Flower", and perform dances like "The Peacock Dance" to engage our audience in our cultural heritage, thereby fulfilling our promise of promoting Chinese culture within the UVa community.
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Days on the Lawn is a series of days held in April giving admitted students and their families the opportunity to visit the University. Prospective students and their families get the chance to mingle with current students, attend a class, tour the University, and eat lunch with a current student. The objective of the event is for admitted students to "get a feel for" U.Va and all it has to offer. What makes the event so successful is the enthusiasm that current student volunteers bring. Unfortunately, it is hard to motivate students to volunteer for Days on the Lawn without some sort of incentive.
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Dinner Series is an event held five times throughout the year that is unique to second years and provides them with the opportunity to communicate with faculty in a non-academic environment. The goal of dinner series is to help foster relationships outside of the classroom as well as provide second years with the opportunity to explore their options as students at UVa. At the dinners, students will have the opportunity to hear a prominent member of the UVa community deliver a message to their class. Coach London has already agreed to speak at the first dinner on October 19th, and President Sullivan is planning to speak at one of the spring semester dinners. These dinners have proved extremely rewarding for both faculty and students alike in the past, and we hope that there continues to be support for Dinner Series this year.
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Madison House coordinates thousands of volunteers every year, and students walk through our doors on a daily basis, day and night. It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of our students, provide a comfortable, secure environment, and promote reliable, productive relationships with our community partners. One of the ways we do this is to assess the safety of our facility on an annual basis. We have identified several areas used by students daily that need attention, including the faulty lighting on the outside of the building, the cracked parking lot, broken steps and the overgrown landscaping.
Another aspect of safety for Madison House is ensuring that our students are safe while volunteering in the community. One practice we have followed for several years now is conducting background and driving record checks on our mentoring volunteers, so that we are confident that our students who are being matched with children in the area are trustworthy and dependable.
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To bring respective members of the University of Virginia community together in a conference, detailing the nature of public service. Aim to target involved professors and students from different departments and organization, and set a constructive workshop/conference on the quality and structure of public service organizations at the University, as well as the nature of public service, and some universal goals. Attempt to involve as many students and student groups possible, as well as different professors.
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We are an independent organization, and therefore, coach ourselves. From budgeting and organizing travel to managing our practices, this team has grown and learned together. Our love for the game has established life long friendships amongst the team members. We are mentors in the classroom for each other. We are a support group when a teammate is having a rough day. This bond off the field makes us an even stronger unit when competing. We have continued to step up the rankings each year and hope to maintain this improvement in the future. That begin said, the majority of our team's budget is burdened by travel expenses. Last year our team struggled with funding because both of our major tournaments required flights. Each year we have managed to cover additional expenses with the help of the Parent's Committee, and because of this, we are ranked in the top 16 collegiate club teams in the nation.
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The University Singers and Chamber Choir find it of utmost importance to perform on grounds each semester for the University community. As a group our goal is not only to achieve musical excellence but to communicate out music with our audience. We take great care and diligence in preparing our music and having the opportunity to share that music with an audience not only opens avenues of communication critical to social life at the University, but it is also a tangible product of an excellent University and Choral program. In short, our mission is to create a community of musicians and listeners through performance in a concert setting and to maintain choral excellence at the University.
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The Organization of Young Filipino Americans will be hosting our Annual Filipino Food Night in October. It is often easy for students, especially first years, to fall in their own cultural niche by associating only with students of the same background as them. Food Night will help students explore Filipino culture. We will sell Filipino food to the UVa community and educate them about Filipino culture. Participants are asked to donate to charity and the OYFA scholarship. This year, OYFA is supporting the HeCares Foundation, which helps extremely poor street children in Metro Manila by providing food, clothing, education and medical assistance, as well as spiritual support. We want to educate the UVa community about the issues facing the Philippines and what can be done to help. Half of our proceeds will go to the OYFA Excellence Scholarship, a yearly $1000 scholarship that is given to a first year student.
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Given that one of the objectives of the Social and Entertainment committee is to organize and sponsor a combination of small and large-scale projects that incorporate a variety of themes, this semi-formal dance will function as a “large-scale” event. Therefore, the committee will be able to utilize this event as a means to provide our classmates with a venue to develop new bonds and strengthen existing ones.
The 4th Year 5K Run/Walk is a UVA tradition intended to raise alcohol awareness, discourage the unsafe drinking behaviors associated with high-risk drinking, provide a healthy alternative to the dangerous tradition of the “4th Year 5th,” and raise money for The Leslie Baltz Foundation. The 4th Year 5K Run/Walk is a keystone event for Substance Abuse Awareness Week, providing students with a visible way to support low-risk drinking and PHEs with a venue through which to educate UVA students about drinking behaviors and resources available to them around Grounds. The event promotes healthy lifestyle choices and provides educational tools such as Blood Alcohol Concentration cards and other literature during promotion and registration to encourage students to make informed choices and promote low-risk drinking. We present the 4th Year 5K in collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion, Fourth Year Trustees, ADAPT, Ragged Mountain Running Shop, and other community members.