Service 101

We have had the opportunity to participate in service projects every month and they have been AMAZING!  Just last week we went to the Food Bank and learned that the Food Bank does more than just provide food to families that are in need.  They also provide heat for homes, back packs for children, assist veterans in finding jobs, and much more.  We were able to sort donated food into different care boxes that are given to families in need.  It was such a good opportunity to be able to help the community.

Preparing the boxes to put the sorted food in.

Hard at work sorting

The gang.

In January, we went to Salem and volunteered at Friday’s Kids.  Friday’s kids is a nonprofit organization that gives caregivers of special needs children a break for the night.  The volunteers were able to spend 1-on-1 time with the children while the caregivers are able to relax, run errands, have a date night, etc.

Fridays Kids activities

These have been such fun and rewarding experiences!!  Come out and serve with us!

From Meetings to Measles

10/20/2010 Meeting:

Hey Everyone!  Today, Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 6:00pm in 380 BRMB (Brimhall Building, across from the Testing Center), we will be having our weekly meeting.  We were fortunate enough to get Ms. Kate Lovell to come and speak to us about her experiences in Kenya.  She has been there several times and is going to talk to us about the challenges facing that country and their children.

9/28 Meeting

We are super stoked for the meeting this week!  A lot of great things will be happening.  Some of the exciting things we have going on are:

• We are going to get a jump start on Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.  Below are some links to get us excited!
  • http://www.trickortreatforunicef.org/
  • http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/resources/
  • http://youth.unicefusa.org/assets/pdf/tot-2010-resource-center-/trick-or-treat-for-unicef-parent-letter.pdf
• Get things ready to take around some “charity buckets” to local businesses
• Make new friends
• Help children all around the world and much more!

UNICEF has helped reduce child deaths by 1/3 over the last 4 years. Take  a few minutes out of your day to come and

serve those less fortunate.

BELIEVE IN ZERO.

A New Year of UNICEF!

With school starting to get somewhat under control (meaning we’ve started skimming our reading, doing the bare minimum on assignments, and stopping trying to impress our professors and just zone out) and tests and assignments starting to pile up, you need some variation that will bring joy and happiness back into your life.  It’s time to incorporate something that will help you feel better about yourself and allow you to meet other people (maybe even your EC) while helping children all around the world.

Tomorrow, September 22nd, we are holding our first UNICEF club meeting/opening social.  COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

When?     9/22/2010 @ 6:00 pm
Where?   Brimhall Building, room 380
Why?       To help children all around the world.  22,000 die everyday.  YOU CAN HELP.
Who?        EVERYONE!  Invite your roommates, friends, classmates, random people off the street, etc.
What?       View this video to see what we are all about!

We have some great activities this year that will allow us to be completely selfless and help not only the children, but have the opportunity to serve in our local community every month!

Come check it out and help us make this year great! You can take an hour of your week to help save the lives of children who aren’t as fortunate as you.

We believe in zero…Do you?

UNICEF Campus Initiative – Believe in zero

BYU Attends 2010 UNICEF Conference

June 2010 – B YU UNICEF 2010/2011 co-presidents Craig Berrett & AJ Swartwood attended the 2010 Campus Initiative Conference in New York City. Craig and AJ were apart of 140 UNICEF Campus leaders from all over the United States who attended the three day conference. Each had the opportunity to share best practices, participate in skill and knowledge building workshops and bring the most recent resources for UNICEF Campus Clubs back to their communities.

A Special Thanks To Provo Restaurants

Thank you to all those Utah restaurants that participated in the 2010 UNICEF Tap Project.  BYU//UNICEF wants to thank them for there efforts in raising money for clean drinking water for children. All money raised through the 2010 UNICEF Tap Project will once again be allocated to the countries and areas UNICEF has identified as among the most in need. Those countries include Togo, Central African Republic, Vietnam, Guatemala and, of course, Haiti. Nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to safe, clean water—and nearly half of those people are children. Together we can work toward the day when that number is ZERO.

1. Cafe Trendz

135 W Center St Provo, 84601

801-373-0065

http://trendzcafe.blogspot.com/

2. Communal

100 North University Ave. Provo, 84601

(801) 373-8000

http://www.communalrestaurant.blogspot.

3. Gloria’s Little Italy

1 East Center Street, Suite 100 Provo, 84606

801-805-4913

http://www.gloriaslittleitaly.com

4. India Palace

98 West Center Street Provo, 84601

801-373-7200

http://www.indiapalaceut.com

5. Pier 49 Pizza

80 West Center Street Provo, 84606

801-373-3338

http://www.pier49.com

6. Pizzeria Seven Twelve

320 S. State St., Suite 147 Orem, 84058

801-623-6712

http://www.pizzeria712.com

7. Rice King

278 W. Center St Provo, 84601

801-818-2278

http://ricekingprovo.com/

8. Rooster Dumpling + Noodle Bar

163 North University Ave Provo, 84601

801-375-3138

http://www.roosterdnb.com

9. Sammy’s Cafe

27 N 100 West St. Provo, 84601

(801)805-9208

http://sammyscafe.blogspot.com/

10. Tommy’s Burger

100 N 400 W Provo, 84601

801-374-9733

Tap Duel Developed by BYU’s Adlab

BYU’s Advanced Advertising Lab says that “Competitive Charity Rocks”

This happened to me three weeks ago. I was in line at the local grocery store buying my TV dinners and Poptarts like I do every two weeks or so when the cashier asked me if I wanted to donate a dollar to some organization associated with muscular dystrophy. I said sure. She added it to my tab and then gave me a paper four leaf clover I could sign to show I was a great human being. They would then put the four leaf clover up on a wall so all the store’s patrons could see that I care about people. The thing is, I never really cared what the customers of the grocery store I shop at thought about me. What I wanted was to put my roommate, who was in line right behind me, on the spot and see if he would man up and match my expression of charity. He didn’t. I considered that a victory for me and a devastating loss for my roommate in the human being game of life. I won a charity merit badge and he won a king of the heartless robots merit badge. All donations should be this competitive.

The Tap Duel is the best way to take your charity fights to the street. Nothing hurts more than a charity drop kick to the chin. My roommate lost all arguments after that fateful day in the grocery store because I could always come back with a sick “oh yeah, well you don’t care about children with muscular dystrophy” jab to the ego kidneys. Now that the Tap Duel exists I can put all my Facebook friends under my charitable dominion. Isn’t this the purpose of charity? To compare the size of ones heart to the heart of another? To be able to walk away from a San Francisco Giants game and think, “Well, my team lost. But at least I’m more charitable than that guy across the street”? Tap Duel provides hard evidence of charitable prowess.

We came up with the Tap Duel knowing that people didn’t donate out of the goodness of their hearts, they donated out of concern for their social image. In today’s society image could easily be considered our most prized possession. In making the Tap Duel we felt that people wouldn’t think twice to donate a few bucks to children who needed water if it meant they were maintaining a stellar image of themselves.

Tap Duel was received by UNICEF with excitement. They shared our enthusiasm for the competition of donating. I have always felt that the best advertisements are the ones where everybody gets exactly what they want. Tap Duel is the perfect execution of this ideology. I get to donate in a game like setting that will entertain me while I boost my ego. My opponent will will enjoy the same level of entertainment, and even when I beat them they will be able to walk away from the duel and use it as a sign that they need to change their sad lives. And all the while more and more money gets donated to the Tap Project which means more and more clean water for children around the world who need it to fight off water related diseases. And that is what this is all about.

I have already beat a friend of mine in a duel… and now I know I am better than him.

Article Featured on BYU’s AdLab Website

Utah Valley UNICEF Volunteers Making a Difference For Haiti

This past week, Utah Valley UNICEF volunteers collected funds at the EnergySolutions Arena. Over $1,000 was raised for UNICEF’s Haitian relief efforts.

UNITE FOR HAITI