Email - Volunteer Update - June 2011

Greetings, Wonderful Breakthrough Volunteers!
If you're reading this, you've made it to June!  Congratulations!  Now read below to see how you can help out at Breakthrough this month!  :)

JUNE MEAL OPPORTUNITIES  

Here are the details for the meal serving ops this month:

• Thursday, June 9th - Men's Facility 
• For the Men's Meal, we need volunteers willing to help prepare and serve food - and set up the dining room.
• Friday, June 17th - Women's Facility (AKA Joshua Center)
• For the Women's Meal, we need volunteers willing to help lead a craft and volunteers to help prepare and serve food.
  

Let me know if you'd like to sign up for either or both of these meal times and I'll make sure to reserve a spot for you - and feel free to invite friends that might be interested.

HUNGER WALK
This year's Hunger Walk is right around the corner!  On the morning of June 25th, Breakthrough will participate in the Greater Chicago Food Depository's 26th annual 5K walk against hunger. The walk will be held in and/or around Soldier Field. Our goal is to show up with at least 100 walkers and to raise $15,000 for Breakthrough's Food Depository account. We need you to come out and walk with the Breakthrough team on the 25th, to help sponsor walkers and to recruit other sponsors and walkers!  I'm already registered and we'll be meeting as a group that morning for a "pep talk" by the un-coach, Don.  If you want to support the cause, just go to Breakthrough's Hunger Walk page (http://bit.ly/jrEjeA) and click "Donate" and/or "Join Team".  

 

Please contact Joe Hofbauer (jhofbauer@breakthrough.org or 773.346.1782) if you're interested or need more information.

JOB OPPORTUNITY
Want to make a positive difference in your job on a daily basis?  Breakthrough is currently looking to hire a Volunteer Coordinator.  If you're interested in learning more, just follow this link to the official job description: http://www.breakthrough.org/general/38/employment.

Please keep in mind that non-profit experience isn't required. So if you're a natural leader with people skills and admin ability, you should check it out.
Please contact Tony Escobar at tescobar@breakthroughministries.org if you have any questions.

FACEBOOK
Find Breakthrough on Facebook, and tell a friend about Breakthrough at facebook.com/brkthru.

SERVING THROUGH SPORTS
Below are a couple of really great opportunities to serve for those of us that might be a little more sports minded.

(1) "Home Court" is a Breakthrough event on Friday evenings from July 8th to August 12th. It's focused around a competitive 20-team youth basketball league, as well as free food for the community, art projects, music and fun activities. We're looking for coaches for some of the younger age divisions and for groups who would be interested in sponsoring one of the nights -- grilling and serving the food and helping to run some of the activities. If you know of anyone interested in this opportunity, please have them contact Rusty Funk, our Sports Coordinator, at rfunk@breakthrough.org or 773.722.0179 ext. 221.
(2) We are also looking for a set of baseball coaches for our 5th and 6th grade teams. This commitment would be from now through late July. Rusty Funk (rfunk@breakthrough.org or 773.722.0179 ext. 221) is the person to talk to about that opportunity as well.

OUR WONDERFUL BLOG
Don't forget to check out our blog: http://wcbreakthrough.blogspot.com/. This blog keeps an archive of all the monthly update emails, and there's also a lot of unique information here that's just good to know as well as great updates and other opportunities to get involved at Breakthrough. Feel free to bookmark the blog for easy reference.

Love and Hugs -
Amanda (&Don)