Project List:
Adopt-a-Mile | AIDB | Animal Shelter | Bryce | CHOM | Habitat for Humanity | Key to College | Luminaries | Nursing Home Pet Therapy | Red Cross | RISE | Salvation Army | Tuscaloosa Group Home


Adopt-a-Mile
Our club has adopted a one-mile stretch on Highway 82 out past Skyland Blvd. It is our responsibility to keep this mile clean.
Project Chair: Nobody (Contact an officer for more information)
Project Times: Once Sunday a month, as scheduled by the chair.
Chair Goes: With everyone else.
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
We pick up lunches, assist the teachers, and perform basic secretarial work.
Project Chair: Laura Osburn
Project Times: 9:30am - 11:00am
Chair Goes: ???
Animal Shelter
Volunteers play with and walk the animals at the shelter.
Project Chair: J.W. Snider
Project Times: Monday - Friday; 9:00am - 5:00pm
Chair Goes: ???
Bryce Hospital
We provide patients with entertainment and refreshments.
Project Chair: Caitlin Knowles
Project Times: Tuesday nights at 7:00pm
Chair Goes: with everyone else.
Children's Hands-on Museum
We give tours at the museum and help out with specific events or exhibits. Interested parties are asked to attend a short training session prior to volunteering.
Project Chair: Abby Grammer
Project Times: Tuesday - Friday; 8:45am - 2:30pm
Chair Goes: ???
Habitat for Humanity
We help the Tuscaloosa Chapter of Habitat For Humanity build low cost housing in surrounding areas. Volunteers are asked to bring a hammer, tape measure, and nail apron if owned. If not, these items will be provided to you at the site.
Project Chair: Mary Ann McMeans
Project Times: ???
Chair Goes: ???
Key to College
We visit area Key Clubs and talk with them about college life, the transition from High School and answer whatever questions they may have. This is not a Circle K recruiting event.
Project Chairs: Cathy Collier & Jonathon Garrison
Project Times: TBA
Chair Goes: with everyone else.
Luminaries
Each year around Christmas, Circle K arranges hundreds of candles on the University Quad to celebrate the festivities of the holiday season. Student organizations and local businesses are asked to support this special event with their donations of time and money. All proceeds are then used to help provide Christmas gifts for the residents at the William D. Partlow Developmental Center.
Project Chairs: Caitlin Knowles
Project Times: December 5, 2004; 8:00am - 10:00pm (break for lunch)
Chair Goes: with everyone else.
Nursing Home Pet Therapy
We take puppies from the animal shelter to the nursing home for the elderly to play with since they are not allowed to have pets.
Project Chair: Cathy Collier
Project Times: Fridays at 2:00pm
Chair Goes: with everyone else.
Red Cross
We currently help the Red Cross by assisting with blood drives at the Blood Services Center. We also help out at the main office by performing basic secretarial duties (i.e. answering phones, filing, etc.)
Project Chair: Whitney Gray
Project Times: ???
Chair Goes: ???
Rural Infant Stimulation Environment (RISE)
We assist teachers with feeding and entertaining the children, both disabled and not, in their classes. (Visit the RISE Website for more information)
Project Chair: Miranda Warner
Project Times: Monday-Friday; 9:00am - noon and 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Chair Goes: ???
Salvation Army
We prepare and serve food to those in need at the local shelter. We also assist the Salvation Army with their Angel Tree project during the Christmas season.
Project Chair: Brandon Gray
Project Times: ???
Chair Goes: ???
Tuscaloosa Group Home
The Tuscaloosa Group Home is a home for troubled teenage boys. Our main functions as volunteers are to tutor, read to, and play games with the boys.
Project Chair: Sonya Hassel
Project Times: Monday-Friday; 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Chair Goes: Mondays


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