VEP VISTA Training

On June 15, all of the Volunteer Empowerment Project VISTAs gathered from across the state for a VISTA training. Topics included: life after VISTA: resumes and interviewing, strengthening supervisor relationships, evaluation and goal setting, VISTA Barriers, and Influencer training. It was a great day of learning, connecting, and socializing. Here are some photos from the event:

Jeremy, Amy, Stephanie, and Russell

More introductions with Sully, Rachel, Kayla, and Jill:

Barry, Carol, Kristin, and Sonali:

Lunch was a nice break from the training.
Here are Aly and Heather grabbing some pizza:

Lee and Jeremy:

Enjoying lunch outside:

Stephanie and Sonali:

Matt and Jill:

A training discussion between Allen and Jeremy:

Stephanie and Kristin:

Russell and George discussing projects:

Influencer training by Justin from Vital Smarts:

Thanks for your participation! We appreciate all of your great work as VISTAs and hope you will use this information to help you succeed in your projects.

Kick-Off S.O.S. Project

Last Saturday, we had our first Summer of Service project at North Park in Provo. The looming rain forecast made us nervous, but we lucked out! No rain, perfect weather for working outside, yummy food, and most importantly, LOTS of great volunteers. We are excited for the rest of the summer! If you have any ideas of some service projects for youth, let me know!


Look closely at Kristin's face. Quite beautiful.

Hardest workers' award.

Coolest hat award.

Coolest VISTA award. Not!

Volunteering!

Check out the article in the Tribune yesterday! Look closely at the picture and you might see a VISTA. Saturday was a really fun project and we had a great turnout. We'll post a little more about it later, but I just wanted to share the story.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_15302710?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com

I think we are all really lucky to work in a state where people find volunteering so important.

Looking for Something to Do This Summer?

Do you think you'll get bored this summer? Even if not, do you want to get involved and do something meaningful with your months in the sun? I have the perfect solution. Summer of Service!

Summer of Service is a summer-long program designed to encourage youth to serve! To learn more, please join our Facebook group or visit our website.

Join us for our kickoff on June 12th!

When: June 12th 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Where:Provo North Park (500 N 500 W Provo)
What: Outdoor park cleanup and party- Pizza will be served and learn about our fun prizes!


Hope to see you there!

Help United Way Win $100,000!

A great thing is going on right now! APX Alarm, a local company, is giving away $250,000, $100,000 being the top prize. The contest is simple. Simply endorse your favorite charity on Facebook and if that charity makes it to the second round you simply just vote for the charity that you would like to see the grand prize. APX is giving the other $150,000 to the runner ups in the contest.

So we need your help! Every endorsement helps us get one step closer to $100,000!

Simply go to Facebook, and click on 'start nominating your charity' and then find United Way of Utah County and click on 'endorse this charity'

Take a second to help support us!

VISTAs in the news

I thought I'd share this news article about Help Me Grow. One of our VISTAs has helped to start this great program. Take a second to read the article and learn about a great program that our VISTAs are working on!

Read it here!

My other blog...

The other blog that I help update is United Way of Utah County's blog. Recently, one of our bloggers posted a really great article that I thought I'd share with you.

Ever worry about balancing your work life with your personal life? Do you feel busy and stressed? Read this post and maybe it will give you a boost.

The post is 7 Tips to Work Life Balance. Happy Reading!