Waltham Group Timeline - Brandeis University€¦ · Center and the Waltham Family School,...

1966-1979196630 students showed up for the first Waltham Group meeting

1968 Waltham Group became the largest club on campus

1971Waltham Group charity auction began

1973 Summer Genesis began

Volunteers: 74

Budget: $1,800Children Tutored &

Mentored: 90

Original 1966 Waltham Group Charter

A Companions to Elders Volunteer Playing Guitar, 1978

Waltham Group Meeting, 1968

Brandeis University | Waltham Group

Volunteers: 200

Budget: $23,750Programs: 6

Volunteers: 200

Children Tutored & Mentored: 225

1980-1989

1982Big Siblings had 150 matches

Prospect Hill enrolled 60 children

1985Language and Cultural Enrichment (LaCE) founded

1986 “Beyond the Peripheral Road” first published

First Volunteer Orientation and Training Day

1987 Charity Week raised $21,000


Volunteers: 300

Budget: $50,190 Hours of Service: 12,000

Summer Genesis, 1983

1982 Student Leaders in the Usdan Waltham Group Office

1987 Coordinators With Director Peter Joyce

Brandeis Dance Marathon, 1987

1990-19991990

Bristol Lodge changed its name to Hunger andHomelessness

1991

Waltham Group celebrated its 25th anniversary

1995

Volunteer Vacations program founded First Community Service Day with 800 volunteers

1997Waltham Reads program founded

1998Best Buddies program founded Faculty Talent Show raised $553


Waltham Group Coordinator Meeting Notes, 1991

1999 Waltham Group Coordinators at Charity Auction

1995 Waltham Group Coordinators With President Jehuda Reinharz

Waltham Group Talent Show, 1990

Volunteers: 400 Coordinators: 35 Hours of Service: 14,000 Programs: 14

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End of Year Coordinator Party With Director Diane Hannan, 1996

2000-20102000Waltham Group received secured SAF funding by eight votes

2001Community Service Day morphed into a Community Service Fair

2008First Waltham Group bone marrow registry

Junior Brandeis Achievers, Brandeis Buddies, WATCH Clinic Translators and Hospital Helpers Programs founded

2009Volunteer Waivers implemented

Educational outreach (advocacy programs) became a formal responsibility of Waltham Group Coordinators

2010First annual Celebration of Service event instituted

Volunteers: 800


Volunteers With Waltham Group Van

Volunteer Vacations Trip to Gulfport, Miss., After Hurricane Katrina, 2006

2008 Waltham Group Coordinators at Team Day

2004 Waltham Group Coordinators With Director Diane Hannan and Department Coordinator Michelle Ercoline

Coordinators: 39

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Programs: 12

Current Waltham Group Logo Created by Mollie Greenberg ’10, Waltham Group AE Coordinator, in Fall 2008

2011-20162012SPECTRUM joined Waltham Group

Waltham Group Brandeis Buddies received Jane Z. Kirsch Community Service Award from the Greater Waltham ARC

2014Budget & Steering title changed to Waltham Group Co-Presidents

2015Symbiosis program founded

Waltham Group two-credit practicum approved

2016Volunteer Vacations changed name to Service Without Borders

Waltham Group’s SPECTRUM was awarded the Kelly Beaumont-Mazzarini Inclu-sion Award from the Waltham Special Education Parent Advisory Council


2010 Coordinators Volunteer at Drumlin Farms at Team Day With Director Lucas Malo and Department Coordinator Kelly Whiffen

Volunteers: 1,250 Coordinators: 75

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Programs: 20Budget: $61,000 Community Partner

Sites: 40

2015 Coordinators With Adviser Brian Quigley

Waltham Group Kickball Team Bonding

Waltham Group Deis Day Parade Float

Waltham Group Office Selfie

Blood Drive1986Waltham Group Blood Drive set the record for number of pints collected in one day in the Boston area; the previous record was 177 — this drive collected 193

1995Since this date, there have been 12,400 pints — or 37,200 lives saved — from Waltham Group Blood Drives

2008Bone marrow registries instituted

2012Waltham Group Blood Drive received Massachusetts College Sponsor of the Year from the American Red Cross

2000 American Red Cross Statistics: 5% of all potential donors give blood; 10% of potential donors would have to donate to meet current demand; 21% of total donations come from college and high school students; 50% of the population will need a blood transfusion at some point in their lives

Blood Drive Flyer Created by Heather Gitler ’17

Blood Drive Donor, 1983

Blood Drive Donation Sign-Up, 2001

Boston Strong Memorial Blood Drive, 2014


Waltham Group Selfie at the Blood Drive

Prospect Hill1966-67School Year: 40 kids tutored at Prospect Hill

1974Leadership of Prospect Terrace Children’s Center transferred from Waltham Group to Prospect Terrace parents as a results of years of strategic foundation building

1981Bilingual volunteers were added to the Toddler Playgroup to support growing Hispanic populations in the community

2006Waltham Kid’s Club took a field trip to Fenway Park and a Boston Duck Tour

2013A new partnership was forged with Bentley University, Waltham Police, Waltham Housing Authority and the City of Waltham to renovate, open and staff the Prospect Hill Community Center

2014

Community Center opened

Kaboom playground constructed with New England Patriots, United Health Care and New England Revolution

Daily children’s after-school program, weekly teen mentoring program and weeklyEnglish language classes for adults were implemented; over 100 community members served with the support of more than 100 college volunteers from Brandeis and Bentley


Toddler Playgroup at Prospect Hill

Adult Participants and Volunteers in the Waltham Group’s Language Empowering Action Project

Prospect Hill Volunteer

Prospect Hill Grand Opening With President Frederick Lawrence and Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy

Prospect Hill Statistics

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Charity Auction1971First charity auction

2012After a short break, the auction resurfaced

The auction raises between $2,000-$28,000 each year

Sampling of auction items over the years

- Large cans of pickles (1974)

- Dinner for two at The Chateau (1974)

- 20 pounds of sirloin strip (1974)

- Electric letter opener (1974)

- Huffy bike (1974)

- Singing telegram (1983)

- One semester of free rent from

Residence Life (1983)

- Used manual typewriter (1983)

- 100 pounds of clay (1988)

- Larry Bird jersey (1988)

- Gift certificate for four hours of

word processing (1994)

- Sony Portable Discman (1994)

- Public speaking lesson (1994)

- Student Events Super Pass (1994)

- Lunch with Mayor McCarthy (2012)

- Lizzy’s Ice Cream gift card (2012)

How much did these auction items go for?

- 10 pages of typing sold for $6.50 (1978)

- Page in The Justice sold for $70 (2000)

- 10 tickets to Commencement sold for

$400 (2000)

- Kaplan prep course sold for $525 (2000)

- All-campus parking pass sold for

$515 (2000)


1981 Auctioneers

1993 Auction Volunteers

27th Annual Auction Flyer

12K Newspaper Article

Halloween for the Hungry1990

Record-breaking high of 7,000 cans collected

2012 The Sock and Clothing Drive was instituted and was similar to Halloween for the Hungry except students collected new socks and clothing

2014 The Sock and Clothing Drive morphed into the Wellness Drive, collecting toiletry items


Final Can Collection Count

Volunteers Sorting Cans

Halloween for the Hungry Volunteers

Volunteers After Loading the Truck With Donations

Halloween for the Hungry Volunteers

Volunteers Per Year: 150

Waltham Streets: 150+

Active Years: 30

Items Collected Each Year: 3,000

+Total Items Collected: 90,000

AFTERNOON ENRICHMENT: Waltham middle -

school students are paired with Brandeis student

volunteers for an after-school enrichment and

tutorial program. The program meets on Thurs-

day afternoons from 3-5 p.m. for eight sessions

each semester at Brandeis. Transportation is pro-

vided to and from the middle schools.

BIG SIBLINGS: This program offers one-to-one

mentoring to children in kindergarten through

sixth grade. Brandeis students are paired with a

child at Stanley Elementary School and they

visit the child weekly during lunch period.

Children are matched with their big siblings

through a partnership with Jewish Big Brother

Big Sister. Other one-time events are also

coordinated by this student group.

BLOOD DRIVE: Red Cross blood drives are held

on campus three times a year with assistance

from student volunteers. Donors and volunteers

are needed for the drives. Each April, a blood

drive is partnered with awareness events and

a fundraiser.

BRANDEIS BUDDIES: This program reaches out

to developmentally disabled adults at Greater

Waltham ARC by connecting them with Brandeis

student volunteers. Recreation activities both on

and off campus provide a fun atmosphere

for volunteers and participants alike to build

friendships.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: This referral and

resource service matches Brandeis students

with volunteer opportunities in the Greater Bos-

ton area. It also plans the annual Social Impact

Job, Volunteer and Internship Fair and one-time

events such as volunteering at Cradles to

Crayons, Waltham Fields Community Farms

and other local nonprofit organizations.

COMPANIONS TO ELDERS: At two local

nursing homes, student volunteers are matched

as weekly friendly visitors with elder residents.

Additionally, in partnership with Jewish Family

and Children Services, students volunteer

monthly at the Memory Café, an event that

provides adults with memory disorders a safe

space to converse and enjoy entertainment.

Small groups also provide one-time activities

and/or entertainment at senior centers and

assisted-living facilities.

GENERAL TUTORING: This program provides

children (first grade through senior year of high

school) with one-to-one tutoring for one hour a

week at Brandeis University at a mutually agreed

upon time. SAT Prep/ESL tutors are available.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: This campus

chapter of the national organization works to

educate about affordable housing issues and

assists in building homes and raising funds for

the work of Habitat. It organizes one alterna-

tive break trip each year. Habitat also supports

local requests for basic community beautification

projects, and members volunteer at the

local Habitat for Humanity ReStore and House-

hold Goods.

HOSPITAL HELPERS: This program places

Brandeis students at local hospitals to assist

with customer service satisfaction, waiting room

childcare and other administrative work. In

addition, once a month volunteers educate

youth through a public health Veggie Buddies

program in the Waltham public schools.

HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS: Student

volunteers address poverty issues through

service and advocacy by assisting at the

Community Day Center of Waltham and

organizing the Halloween for the Hungry food

drive and Spring Wellness drive. Volunteers also

collect guest meal donations and prepare meals

as part of Food for Thought.


Waltham Group Current Programs

JUNIOR BRANDEIS ACHIEVERS: JBA offers

weekly after-school club programming for

children at local elementary schools for a six-

to-eight-week period. Past clubs have included

music, journalism, dance, science, creative writ-

ing, creative arts and many others. The clubs

are implemented with the help of students from

Waltham High School.

KIDS CONNECTION: This student volunteer

referral and resource service places students in

nonprofit children’s agencies such as the Boys &

Girls Club and YMCA. Kids Connection also runs

a weekly teen mentoring program at the

Prospect Hill Community Center. A variety of

programs and times are available.

LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

(LACE): Waltham Middle School students who

are English language learners are paired with

Brandeis students for an after-school enrichment

and tutorial program. The program meets on

Thursday afternoons for eight sessions each

semester at Brandeis. Transportation is provided

to and from the middle schools.

LANGUAGE EMPOWERING ACTION PROJECT

(LEAP): Volunteers work in local nonprofits that

may require occasional or ongoing services to

non-native English speakers. In partnership with

English at Large, the Prospect Hill Community

Center and the Waltham Family School,

volunteers provide weekly English lessons to

local community members and new Latino

mothers. Opportunities are not limited to direct

translation services, but cover a wide scope of

activities aimed at supporting local residents

and the missions of the Waltham Group’s

community partners.

PROSPECT HILL KIDS CLUB: Volunteers run an

after-school program for elementary and middle

school children at the Prospect Hill Community

Center. The program provides educational and

social enrichment every weekday afternoon from

3-5:30 p.m. and is organized in partnership with

volunteers from Bentley University. Children who

attend are residents of the Prospect Hill

Terrace low-income housing neighborhood.

SERVICE WITHOUT BORDERS: Service Without

Borders organizes and sends Brandeis students

to alternative spring break volunteer programs.

Locations and projects vary yearly, but recently

have included environmental sustainability, youth

empowerment, poverty, natural disaster relief,

and health and wellness trips.

SPECTRUM: SPECTRUM is a disability aware-

ness group that works to build relationships and

connections between the families of children

with disabilities and Brandeis students. Through

dance, movement, songs, games and other

social and recreational activities, Brandeis

students form bonds with the children and their

families while reaching out to the whole Brandeis

community and the Waltham community.

Volunteers also provide tutoring services to

children with disabilities.

SYMBIOSIS: Symbiosis seeks to connect Brandeis

students with local environmental volunteering

opportunities. The club has one-time events,

educational community gardens, farm work

and recurring events such as volunteering with

animal shelters.

TUTORING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (T.I.P.S.):

Student volunteers assist teachers and staff with

students and are placed in local schools during

school hours in Waltham schools. They also run

an early literacy program at the Whitemore

Elementary School.

Waltham Group Current Programs


Afternoon Enrichment (AE)

Best Buddies

Big Brother/Big Sister

Big Siblings

Blood Drive

Boys Club

Brandeis Buddies

Bristol Lodge

Community Connections

Community Health

Community Placement

Companion Elder Outreach

Companion Program

Companions to Elders

Fundraising and Development

General Tutoring (GT)

Habitat for Humanity

Hispanic Liaison Program

Hospital Helpers

Hunger and Homelessness

Junior Brandeis Achievers (JBA)

Kids Connection

Kids to College

Language and Cultural Enrichment (LaCE)

Language Empowering Action Project (LEAP)

Prospect Hill Kids Club

Prospect Hill Summer Recreation

Prospect Terrace After-School Program

Prospect Terrace Recreation

Public Relations

Red Cross Blood Drive

Service Without Borders

SPECTRUM

Summer Genesis

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program

Symbiosis

Tenant’s Association

The New Program

Toddler Playgroup

Tutoring

Tutoring in Public Schools (T.I.P.S)

Volunteer Vacations

Waltham Kids Club

Waltham Reads

Waltham Translators

WATCH Translators

50 Years of Waltham Group Programs


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