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Hey All,

This Tuesday's (3/1) Site Leader Meeting will be covering Emergency Procedures & Protocols.  Nicole Springer (interim advisor for ASB) and John Zilvinskis (Grad Assistant) will be there to answer you questions.  We have invited your SSAs to come to the meeting as well. 

FUNDRAISER UPDATES

• Tomorrow (2/28) Vieques will be hosting a bake sale in the Chemistry Building
• Tuesday (3/1) Tennessee will be hosting a fundraiser at Pizza Pi, 551 1/2 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, MI from 4:00 to 9:00 PM http://pizzapionline.com/

As always, please email me with questions or concerns!

Have a great week,

Keith

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Hi All,

Tonight we will be discussing trip budgets and money management while on the trip.  It is important that by tonight you know which Site Leader will be responsible for ASB expenses will on the trip.

Please also bring that blue handout from last week (Reflection Plan) and your handbook.

Also, the Chicago Site Leaders will be selling some baked goods before and after the meeting tonight.  Bring a few bucks (or some spare change).  Disclaimer: They are bringing puppy chow.

See you tonight at 9:00 PM in 300 Human Ecology!

Keith

Reflection 2/18/11

Hi Site Leaders!

Since we didn't get as much time to discuss reflection facilitation I wanted to explain the blue handout 'Reflection Plan for ASB 2011'.  The goal of this handout is for you and your co-site leader to critically think about which reflections you will use throughout the week. 

Attached is a completed handout for an idea of what activities would be beneficial to your ASB group.  Please take a look at it as we will be discussing it in further depth this upcoming Tuesday!  Most of the activities have instructions in your handy Site Leader Handbook, but there are some additional instructions on the second page of the attachment. 

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Keith

Attachment:

Pre-Trip Reflection

• Group Meeting @ MSU
• Highs and Lows, Roses and Thorns, Good/Bad/Ugly
• Establish Community Standards as group
• Issue education preparation

Saturday:  Arrival at housing

Starter: Highs and Lows

Group Activity: Quest for Bongo

Materials Needed: Envelope, Paper, Pens

Sunday

Starter: Roses and Thorns

Reflection: Letters to Self

Needed: Paper, Envelopes

Monday: First Day of Service

Starter: Balloon Faces

Reflection: Gotcha

Materials Needed: Balloons

Tuesday: Second Day of Service

Starter: Yarn Spider Web

Reflection: Prioritize

Materials Needed: Sheets of paper for each ‘priority’

Wednesday: Third Day of Service

Starter: M&M Reflection

Reflection: Four Corners

Materials Needed: M&Ms, Statements for Four Corners

Thursday: Fourth Day of Service

Starter: What will you remember?

Reflection: What? So What? Now What?

Materials Needed: Good facilitators J

Friday: LAST DAY OF SERVICE

Starter: Positive Affirmations

Reflection: Personal Maps

Closure Activity: Pass back ‘Letters to Self’, Paper Plate Awards, Skits

Materials Needed: Paper, Markers, Paper Plates, Skit Materials (Get Creative!)

Car/plan ride back:

Reflection: Warm and Fuzzies

Materials Needed: Notecards, Envelopes

Additional Reflection Descriptions:

What?:

• descriptive
• facts, what happened, with whom
• substance of group interaction

So what?:

• shift from descriptive to interpretive
• meaning of experience for each participant
• feelings involved, lessons learned
• why?

Now what?:

• contextual-- seeing this situation's place in the big picture
• applying lessons learned/insights gained to new situations
• setting future goals, creating an action plan

"Gotcha"

The facilitator or participant starts to tell the story of the day. When the speaker omits a detail, someone else in the group says "gotcha" and continues. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers, rather it is a way to promote sharing of details and feelings, and to point out differences in experiences and interpretations.

Community Standards

Site Leaders!

I took the liberty of typing up the Community Standards brainstormed last night and compiled a Google Doc that you all have access to downloading. We recommend facilitating a discussion in your own ASB group similar to how your Exec Board members did in your animal groups! :)

2/15/11 Brainstorming -- Community Standards - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P66XI_SqJMqcRu0ewKML2JzwPhC0H4dWEuBGEE3knqY/edit?hl=en

Come Support!

TONIGHT from 4 to 9 PM our ASB trip to Amealco, Mexico will be having a fundraiser at Noodles and Company!!

No need to print or bring a flyer, simply notify the cashier that you're with ASB!! If you're craving some Mac&Cheese forget about the Kraft 'blue box' and make your way to NOODLES.

Have a great week!

Keith

Playspent Application

Site Leaders!

Tomorrow our Site Leader Meeting topic will be concerning Community Standards and During-the-Trip Activities. Please bring the most up-to-date, tentative itinerary you have and any questions you may have about completing a thorough itinerary. Remember that they are due NO LATER then Tuesday, February 22nd at 9:00 PM.

Before the meeting (@9:00 PM in 300 Human Ecology) PLEASE complete the following online interactive application: http://playspent.org/

It will take less than ten minutes and will be necessary for our breakout sessions.

Thanks!!

Keith

Msg from Fellow SL:

Hey Folks,

For tonight's Site Leader Meeting please remember to bring your Site Leader Handbook AND your Trip Binder!

See you all at 9:00PM in 300 Human Ecology!

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Message from ASB Little Rock & NYC:

Hey Fellow Site Leaders!

Tonight, the Little Rock and New York City trips are having a fundraiser at Cosi from 5-10 pm. I thought it might be fun if we could get a big group of us to grab a bite to eat before our meeting tonight at 9. So, for those who are interested, I will be right across the street from Cosi at from 7:45-8 pm with flyers (we can't hand them out inside or right outside the restaurant), and we can all walk over and go eat together. Then we can go to the meeting at 9 :)

If you can, both trips would really love your support tonight. Everybody has to eat and go to the meeting so why not do it together?!

Thank you all so much for your support, and I hope to see you tonight!

- Sarah Pomeroy
ASB NYC

Hungry??

Hungry?
ALL DAY ASB Amealco, Mexico 2010-11 presents $0.55 boneless wing night...


Hey Folks!

Today, MSU ASB Amealco will be hosting a fund-raiser at Buffalo Wild Wings from 11am-2am. It's an all day event so people can stop in whenever. Attached is the flier. Please send this message across your list-serves and to your friends. Spread the word and SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW ASBers!!
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In Amealco, we will be working with the Otomí, an indigenous group in the Mexican state of Querétaro. Like many indigenous groups, the Otomí been coerced into poverty through colonization. They continue to struggle with the many issues that poverty brings, such as malnutrition nd poor education. We will be tackling these issues as we work at Amealco’s primary school, where the student’s main source of food comes solely from the school. With limited finances, the school is only able to provide sub-nutritious meals.

We have started a clothing drive here for the children. They have about two outfits to wear daily. We are taking the clothes we have collected here to the kids in Amealco. They also have issues with sewage and plumbing. The sewage backs up in the playground where they play during recess.

Though our time in Amealco is only limited to a week, we hope that we will be able to help them as much as possible. As a group we are hoping to provide more nutritious meals during the week, fix their plumbing problem and leave a generous donation for them to use for the future.

Please stop in Monday, February 7, 2011 and support Bdubbs for Amealco. Mondays are $.55 Boneless Wings! We will be awarded 20% of net sales of food and alcohol. All you have to do is present the flier at the time of payment. Fliers can be picked up at 347 Students Services or in the Multicultural Center (MCC) in the basement of the MSU Union. The flier is valid for dine-in and take-out. Spread the word!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us atamealco.asb@gmail.com

Thank you,
2010-2011 MSU ASB Amealco Participants



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ASB Little Rock, AR and NYC present Cosi

Cosi Fundraiser for ASB Little Rock and New York City

Tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 8th!

Help support Alternative Spring Break trips to Little Rock, AK and New York City!

We are two groups of passionate college students who have decided to dedicate their spring break to helping those who are in real need. The Little Rock trip will be working in a children's hospital, while the New Yorkers will work in a domestic violence and homeless shelter.

10% of all orders will go to assist these two trips in their efforts to make a difference in peoples' lives.

All we need is your help!

--
Keith Bouck
Alternative Spring Break
Site Leader Coordinator 2010-2011
Email: asb.siteleader@gmail.com
PH: (517) 355-3326

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

-- Dr. Suess

ASB: Joining the Hysteria

Good Afternoon Folks!

I am sure you have heard it is predicted we are getting a billion feet of snow and we will all be snowed in for days...an exaggeration I'm putting on the over zealous media. As such, we will be canceling tonight's Site Leader Meeting. Plan on discussing logistical and trip coordination information at our next meeting, scheduled for Feb 8th. If you have questions or concerns please make an appointment during my Friday office hours.

However, please read this email carefully:

TRIP ITINERARY
Be advised that it is a university policy that we collect an itinerary for every trip. It needs to include estimated departure and arrival times, addresses and contact information of lodging and service sites (include housing en route), and a tentative agenda for your night out. I MUST have this in my hands no later than TUESDAY, February 22nd. However, I'm sure your participants, SSA, and especially your participant's parents would love a copy earlier.

Please contact your corresponding Development Chair for information regarding your service and housing agencies.
Emily Keene, keeneemi@msu.edu
Bailey Krestakos, krestak1@msu.edu
or
Liz Starke, starkeel@gmail.com (All Latin America Trips)


ADOPT-A-BREAKER
Is due Friday, February 4th to 345 Student Services. Join us to raise more than last year! (over $9000 from Adopt-A-Breaker in 2009-10!) Please email Danae Voss (vossdl@gmail.com) with the subject line 'Adopt-A-Breaker' if you have sent out letters so that she can maintain a complete list for Site Leaders.

FINAL PAYMENT
One hundred percent of the total program cost is due THIS FRIDAY -- February 4th. Payments can be made online [http://asb.msu.edu/] or via a personal check payable to 'MSU' brought to the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement in Room 345 of Student Services during normal business hours. Please email asb.payment@gmail.com for questions regarding account balance.

DOMESTIC TRIPS:
On either Friday, March 4th or Saturday, March 5th you will be responsible for picking up the vehicles from Enterprise located at 2311 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing (just west of 127). We will coordinate a schedule with the Enterprise branch manager so that pick up goes smoothly. It will correspond with your estimated departure time from East Lansing.

You MUST return the vehicle vacuumed and at the fuel level you received it. My suggestion: make a note of the fuel level in your Financial Ledgers. For after hours drop off there is a key box where you can return the key once you have parked and locked the van. For staffed drop off simply park the vehicle and give the key to a Enterprise staff member.

INTERNATIONAL TRIPS:
We have chartered buses from (Student Services) East Lansing to Detroit Metro. Your participants or SSA have the option of being dropped off (and picked up) at the airport by family or a friend. If they choose this option ASB must have them complete a 'Liability Waiver.' I will have copies at an upcoming meeting. Site Leaders--you will be responsible for ensuring all your participants make it to the bus for their flight. As such, please plan to ride the bus from East Lansing to DTW and plan accordingly.

Once at the airport you will typically be allowed to do 'Group Check In' (depends on the airline staff). We will be sending out detailed flight information as soon as our Travel Agent forwards it our way!

Most important: you can use the miles accrued from this ASB trip for your personal SkyMiles! WOO WOO!!

Remember to come see me during my Friday office hours if you have any questions or concerns! Contact Emily, Bailey, or Liz for questions concerning service or housing. Have a wonderful week!!

Stay warm, stay safe!

Keith

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Keith Bouck
Alternative Spring Break
Site Leader Coordinator 2010-2011
Email: asb.siteleader@gmail.com
PH: (517) 355-3326

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

-- Dr. Suess