Help save a Child’s Life in BLOM Beirut Marathon 2012!

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service would like to invite AUB community to participate in BLOM Beirut Marathon 2012 to support the Brave Heart Fund and help save little hearts and raise awareness. 

With your help and the assistance of the community, we have been able to provide financial assistance in over 1500 surgeries to date and need to continue doing so, keeping in mind that:

‘No child should die of heart disease because of a lack of funds’ 

Registration 

A.  Register your team of runners through the Brave Heart Fund and each registered runner will:

1. receive a BHF goody bag with his BIB number, complimentary T-shirt and cap.
2. benefit from our very passionate (and loud) support on the Race track
3. be invited to a post-race home-cooked breakfast with the BHF team
4. indirectly contribute  to help save a child's life.
5. fundraise by getting friends and family to sponsor his/her run. Every penny helps!  

To register in the Marathon, you need to pass by West Hall starting tomorrow May 15^th and until May 25^th, 2012. 

Volunteering 

B. Volunteer to help on the Race Day. You will be contacted later to choose your preferred task. If you are interested to volunteer, kindly send the following information to ccecs@aub.edu.lb before June 22^nd, 2012: 

Name:
Major:
Email:
Contact Number: 

Please join the Brave Heart Fund running team, our heroes! 

Life is worth Living!

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the American University of Beirut, would like to invite you to support SESOBEL fundraising activity from May 21^st until May 25^th, 2012.

SESOBEL will be selling some snacks and beverages daily from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm in front of West Hall. All proceeds will go to support SESOBEL’s mission of supporting disabled children in order to prevent their families’ dislocation and preserve their unity.

Food will be provided by Fork n Knife.

SESOBEL’s mission is to care for children who suffer from mental and physical disabilities or from communication disorders (autism), and to satisfy their needs in terms of medical, social, educational, rehabilitation, and human assistance. Each year SESOBEL cares for more than 450 disabled children and youth

See their pics through your lens!

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service is organizing a Donation Drive for Digital cameras starting May 15, 2012 until May 31, 2012. 

If you would like to donate your old digital camera, you are requested to pass by CCECS in West Hall, Office B03 to drop your camera. 

All donated cameras will go to Ayadina Association who will be holding a photography workshop for underprivileged children during the month of June in order to introduce them to the world of photography and initiating them to the process of creating art through a camera's lens.

Photography will be used to stimulate participant’s imaginations, and open a whole new world for them to visualize and create. It will also allow them to share their daily lives and realities with us and others.  To save on buying cameras, cost of films and developing photos we are looking for individuals who would be willing to donate their old digital cameras.  

For further information, don't hesitate to call CCECS at extension 4430. You are also welcome to visit our center in West Hall, Office B03.

Spring Gardening
The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) and the Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management in the American University of Beirut are organizing a Spring Gardening workshop. 
Date:       Tuesday May 8, 2012
Time:       11:00 – 1:00 pm
Place:      Green House
Fees:       LBP 20,000 [proceeds will go to AFEL NGO] 

The workshop will cover the basic gardening skills for plant lovers including potting, propagation & transplanting of annuals & perennials along with plant selection followed by an applied demonstration in the Green House Area. If you are interested to attend, you are kindly requested to confirm your attendance as soon as possible by e-mailing to CCECS (ccecs@aub.edu.lb) and providing the following information:-         
Full Name: -         
E-mail:-         
Cell Phone:

You need to confirm your attendance by Wednesday May 3, 2012 by 12:00 pm (noon time). Note that the number of volunteers will be limited ; therefore attendees are selected on a first come first served basis; those who register late are placed on a waiting list.

For further information call CCECS at extension 4430 or email to ccecs@aub.edu.lb. You are also welcome to visit the center in West Hall, Basement B03.   

Buy a CUPCAKE and draw a SMILE

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service in collaboration with Ibtissama – Smile Foundation and the Cupcake Box are organizing a one-day bake sale “Buy a CUP CAKE and draw a SMILE” on May 9, 2012 near the OSB and West Hall. The proceeds from this sale will go toward Ibtissama Clown Doctors. 

More information Cupcake Box For Ibtissama – Smile Foundation  During the month of May, Cupcake Box has partnered with Ibtissama –Smile Foundation in order to raise funds for its worthy cause. Profits from the sale of all cupcakes during this month will go towards sending Ibtissama Clown Doctors to hospitalized children in Lebanon. So you can enjoy your cupcakes knowing that you’ve helped put a smile on a child’s face.

Ibtissama – Smile Foundation 
Ibtissama brings smiles, fun and laughter to hospitalized children in Lebanon, especially those with chronic illnesses, through weekly visits conducted by specialized “Clown Doctors”. www.ibtissama.org        

Cupcake Box
Cupcake Box is a gourmet cupcakery that specializes in homemade cupcakes and sweet treats. Cupcake Box is also a fundraiser, and all profits are donated to a different charity each month.  To know more about the charity-of-the-month and to place your order please visit http://www.facebook.com/CupcakeBox.Charity  

Beach Watch - Big Blue Day

CCECS invites you to participate in the Blue Big Day event, organized by the Operation Big Blue Association (OBBA), on May 20, 2012, to participate in cleaning the Lebanese coast. Volunteer now!

More details on the event If you are interested to participate in saving your coasts, kindly send the following information by May 3, 2012 to ccecs@aub.edu.lb :

Name:
Major/class or position:
Email:
Contact number:

For further information, don't hesitate to call CCECS at extension 4430. You are also welcome to visit our center in West Hall, Office B03. 

Seeing beyond Sight

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service at AUB, in partnership with Ojos que Sienten A.C and The Image Festival Association “Zakira” are organizing a workshop “Seeing beyond Sight”, Sensory Photography for Visually Impaired by Gina Badenoch, Founder of Ojos que Sienten A.C.  

Date:                       Monday May 21^st – Sunday 27^th, 2012
Time:                       10.00 am – 2.00 pm
Location:                 Auditorium A, West Hall, AUB  

If you are interested to register, kindly send the below information to ccecs@aub.edu.lb by May 11 at the latest to guarantee your place.  Participation is free of charge, but full commitment is requested and attendance is mandatory. Name:Major / Position:Email:Contact Number:  For further information, call CCECS at 4430. You are also welcome to visit our center located in West Hall, B03.  

Ojos que Sienten A.C. was created in 2006, thanks to the initiative of photographer Gina Badenoch, who realized, after carrying out research in London on visually impaired photographers, that photography is a tool of expression with great potential for persons living with this disability.Ojos que Sienten A.C. is a nonprofit organization that aims to change perceptions in society about persons with visual impairment, by empowering and including them in the social, workplace, and, educational environments, thus helping them overcome their barriers. [www.ojosquesienten.org] 

Vote for AUB Ripples!
Vote for AUB Ripples!

Dear AUB students,

AUB is competing with 9 other universities in different Arab countries in an effort to win $50000 towards building their project in the name of change to have a positive impact on their community in the competition organized by INJAZ and Coca-Cola Foundation.

YOU can help the committed AUB team of students from various disciplines who are dedicating a good time to attempt draw a smile through their ripples of happiness, albeit their heavy academic duties. Details on this highly demanding competition and the AUB project and team are available below and in the link provided for your vote.

By one click, you can vote for the AUB team and help us win the prize and implement the project, and be the change! The voting counts for half of the assessment and the deadline for voting is very soon (April 27^th, 2012, until midnight).  You can vote on both the competition website (1^st link), and the Facebook team page with a “Like” (2^nd link), and both votes will (double) count.  Apparently, you can also vote more than once from the same account (likely once or more every day), and this is what some of the high-scoring teams are doing.

www.ripplesofhappiness.com/microsite/en/registration.phpwww.facebook.com/aub.ROH

You can help even more by spreading the word on your social media venues (Facebook, Twitter, etc…) and forwarding this note to your friends. 

THE AUB PROJECT “Mommy Made” is a food manufacture that provides socially responsible production efforts yielding healthy meals for everyone. Mommy Made recruits, trains and employs mothers suffering from financial or physical challenges to transform them into self sufficient persons and have better lives for their families. In addition, since the manufacture will be located in the basement of St. Vincent de Paul School in Borj Hammoud-Nabaa, the employees children will be able to go the school for free, which will improve the lives of these families on the long term, and take them definitely out of poverty for better lives for their families. In addition, the employees children will be able to go to school for free, what will improve the lives of these families on the long term.

THE AUB STUDENT TEAM is supported by the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) and is composed of: