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SEATTLE AOM SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT: BAG FOOD FOR THE POOR

  • 1.  SEATTLE AOM SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT: BAG FOOD FOR THE POOR

    Posted 07-18-2003 04:06
    LET'S MAKE SUMMER A PICNIC FOR EVERYONE
    SERVICE-LEARNING & CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
    ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
    SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
    AUGUST 2, 2003

    Come one, come all. Please join the efforts of this three-part
    service-learning project. We begin the day bringing together local business
    executives and Academy members to sort and bag food for Northwest Harvest
    clients. The food has been "raised" by drives conducted by local businesses
    as part Northwest Harvest's "Let's Make Summer a Picnic for Everyone"
    campaign. Play an additional role and bring a box, can, or bag of food
    (non-perishable) to donate and/or your checkbook for a monetary gift.

    Afterwards, we will have a casual lunch conversation about making
    service-learning work for corporate and social responsibility. Boxed
    lunches will be available for a nominal fee, a portion of which goes to
    Northwest Harvest.

    The afternoon concludes with a continuation of the lunchtime conversation
    with a more formal session. Here the following questions are addressed:
    What does community service mean for management educators? What does it
    mean for managers and other corporate leaders? How does corporate
    volunteerism affect broader corporate social responsibility/corporate
    citizenship programs? How does involvement in service learning affect
    student views toward social responsibility? What can corporate volunteer
    programs and university service learning programs learn from each other?

    AGENDA:
    8:30am
    Travel to Northwest Harvest. Transportation provided by the conference.
    Pick up will be at the Grand Hyatt Seattle.
    9:00am
    Arrive at Northwest Harvest warehouse at Pier 91 under the Magnolia bridge.
    Begin service-learning project.
    11:30am
    Travel back to the Grand Hyatt.
    12:00pm
    Making Service Learning Work For Corporate & Social Responsibility I: A
    Conversation Over Lunch. Located in the Grand Hyatt Seattle, Sealth Room.
    2:00pm
    Making Service Learning Work For Corporate & Social Responsibility II.
    Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, West Room B.

    To sign up for the service project, contact Michelle Eldridge at
    eldridm@seattleu.edu . For information regarding the afternoon sessions,
    contact Joan Weiner at weinerjl@drexel.edu , Gordon Rands at
    GP-Rands@wiu.edu , or Laurie-DiPadova-Stocks at
    dipadovastoc@exchange.nku.edu .

    Co-sponsored by the following Academy of Management Divisions: Public and
    Nonprofit; Social Issues in Management; Conflict Management; Managerial and
    Organizational Cognition; Organizational Behavior; Management Education and
    Development; the Teaching Theme Committee.