WELCOME TO C.A.T.S. COMMUNITY SERVICE

Our community service coordinator is Phoebe Chalk and she can be reached at 621-4263. and her office is in the Hall of Champions, N301C. To be eligible to participate in community service you must:

          1.   Have a GPA of 2.25 in your last completed semester, or an overall GPA of 2.25.
          2.   Not miss class!

Why do community service?
It's a great way to meet other student-athletes!
You can improve your speaking skills!
You make a HUGE difference in the life of a child!
It looks great on your resume and may make a difference if you get the job!

Afraid to go out and speak? 
We can help. Here is our training manual  Get Comfortable With Public Speaking!  It should help tremendously with tips on what to say and how to say it! For other tips see Phoebe Chalk in the Hall of Champions..


THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S CUP FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

The 2005 Winner: Women's Gymnastics

The team with the most community service hours at the end of the year (hours per member) will win the team community service award. Get your team involved and keep track to see how you are doing!


 


The Smith Project Speakers' Bureau and other community service functions are sent out on an e-mail list.. You need to fill out a form to let Phoebe  know your availability and the population with whom you would most like to speak, or the organization for whom you would like to volunteer! If you're not on the e-mail list, see Gretchen today to get on!  It's a lot of fun, you can improve your speaking skills, add to your resume and impact the lives of the children in Tucson tremendously! SIGN UP TODAY!!

 

 



Programs and Speaking opportunities:

Smith Project Speaker's Bureau - Making healthy lifestyle choices and staying away from drugs.

After School Programming - More than 15 million kids are home alone from the hours of 3-6pm and where trouble can begin. This program emphasizes the importance of using that time productively! 
EduCats - Emphasize the importance of an education
W.I.L.D. Cats - Why I Love to Dream - goal setting and welcoming challenges
Campus Cats - Invite students to visit campus for a day to learn about the life of a student-athlete and to learn more about The University of Arizona.
Cats International - Ask global student-athletes to talk about their home country and culture.
Lead to Succeed - Bring high school team captains and other role models to school for workshops on leadership.
Cats Up Close - Question and answer sessions with student-athletes.



Here are some of the non-profit organizations with whom we work:

Schools and classrooms of all sizes and ages.
Special Olympics
Boys and Girls Club
Big Brothers/Big Sisters

The G.R.E.A.T. Program

4-H Club
Casa de los Ninos
One on One
Kids Fest
Domestic Violence Community
Pima County Juvenile Court Center
The Girl Scouts of America
Cub Scouts of America
The American Heart and Lung Association
University Medical Center
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Tanque Verde Little League
Pima County Parks and Rec
Spring Fling
UA Daughter's on Campus Day

Volunteer Center Of Tucson

Teenage Parent Program

Arizona Families for Children

Sporting Chance Youth Basketball

AYSO

Rialto Center

America's Walk for Diabetes

PICOR Charitable Foundation

Ronald McDonald House

AIDSWALK

University Medical Center

Catalina Correctional Facility

The Blake Foundation

Intercity Harvesters

YMCA

Parents Anonymous

American Association of University Women

Department of Veteran's Affairs

Wild Animal Rescue Center

Humane Society

Project SHINE

Community Partnership of Arizona

Tucson Fire Department


Clubs and organizations on campus


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