Join in the campus-wide initiative, as Randolph-Macon College students get involved with our community. Macon a Difference Day will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Macon a Difference Day is an annual event held in conjunction with the celebration of Earth Day. Students, staff, and faculty volunteer along with citizens of the Town on a variety of earth friendly and service projects in the Randolph-Macon Community and the Town of Ashland. Macon a Difference Day was created in 2006 and each year since its inception participation has increased and the College and the Ashland community have augmented the scope of their community service to truly make this an important event. And we need you to volunteer to make this year even more successful! R-MC students, faculty, and staff members, and the Ashland Community are taking a part in planning and working on the activities for this year's Macon a Difference Day. Please come and be a part of this important event!
Randolph-Macon College is excited to announce that we are collaborating with The Hanover County Department of Community Resources on their annual Global Youth Service Day 2012. Hanover County is hoping to host Hanover’s most successful Global Youth Service Day to date. For the fourth consecutive year, Hanover County has been selected by Youth Service America to serve as one of 79 Global Youth Service Day Lead Agencies throughout the nation. Celebrated in over 100 countries, Global Youth Service Day is an annual world-wide event that mobilizes millions of young people to improve their communities through service and service-learning. This year R-MC will be taking part in this national event through our community service effort for Macon a Difference Day.
How to get involved:
If you are working on a project with a student organization - your organizations' leader should email elanyachin@go.rmc.edu with a list of members that are participating. In addition, please specify if you would like us to match your group up with a project, or if you already have a project you are working on.
If you are working on a project with your RA from your hall - sign up on the list your RA has in their room.
If you are a student and you would like to sign up individually for a project:
Projects for 2012
- Cleaning up Mechumps Creek - Kappa Alpha Theta and Theta Chi are sponsoring this event
- Adopt a Spot - Delta Zeta is sponsoring this event
- Adopt a Spot - Sigma Phi Epsilon is sponsoring this event
- Adopt a Spot - Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring this event
- Building a Bridge with BARK - Phi Kappa Sigma is sponsoring this event
- Special Olympics
- Cheering at a Mothers Against Drunk Driving Walk - The R-MC Cheer and Dance team are sponsoring this event
- Habitat for Humanity Build - The R-MC Habitat for Humanity Chapter are sponsoring this event
- Ashland Parks Clean Up - Alpha Gamma Delta is sponsoring this event
- Trolley Line Clean Up - The Resident Assistant Staff are sponsoring this event
- Feeding the Homeless at Monroe Park - Moreland 3rd is sponsoring this event
- RAFT - Smith Hall is sponsoring this event
- Suds N’ Fun – Hanover Safe Place needs their van cleaned inside and out.
- Organize Our Storage Unit – HSP needs volunteers to organize and inventory the storage unit.
- Route 51 Clean-Up – Ashland Kiwanis is looking for volunteers to help with roadside clean -up efforts
- Area 31 Softball Tournament – (I think this is on Sunday) Special Olympics needs volunteers to cheer, give out water and help with registration.
- Bloomin’ with Seniors - Omni Park Senior Apartments needs volunteers to provide plants and do landscaping work alongside their seniors.
- Puppy Lovin’ – BARK needs help at their dog adoption stand in Short Pump. BARK is also recruiting for Kennel Cleanup Helpers on another day.
- Ranch Work Day -Wings of Hope Ranch needs help with maintenance of their facilities
- Mulch for Mutts – Hanover Humane Society needs help landscaping
- Paw Paw Path - Hanover Humane Society needs help maintaining the dog walking trail
- Flower Sale – The Ashland Garden Club needs help selling flowers at their annual flower sale.
- Beautification Day – Henry Clay Elementary needs landscaping help
- Special Needs Prom – HYSC may need volunteers to help throw an evening party for youth with disabilities. This project may be filled.
- Pinwheels for Prevention – Hanover CASA needs volunteer groups to purchase outdoor pinwheels for $1 each and plant pinwheel gardens in public places (getting permission first) in order to raise awareness about child abuse.
- Welcome Baskets – Hanover Safe Place needs groups to collect items that can be donated to the shelter
- Call for Help! – Hanover Safe Place needs groups to coordinate cell phone collections
- Have a HART (bag) – Hanover Safe Place needs groups to collect and package items for their sexual assault response bags they bring to the hospital.
- Lighten our Landfills- The Hanover County Community Services Board is hosting an e-waste collection event on April 22nd at Hanover County’s Down to Earth celebration. Volunteers are needed throughout the month of March and April to collect e-waste in their community and deliver it to Bass Pro Shop on April 22nd.
Schedule of Macon a Difference Day Events on Saturday, April 21, 2012:
8:30am - 9:00am - Check in at the Fountain Plaza (or the Campus Center as a rain location) (then report to project sites)
8:30am - 9:15am - Ceremonial Tree Planting with President Lindgren, the Town of Ashland, and R-MC Student Leaders
9:00am - 12:00pm - Work at project sites *Some projects have special hours and some have afternoon hours.*
3:30pm - 7:30pm - Concert at MB Courtyard (co-sponsored by SEA and SGA)
If you have questions, please contact Christina Brown Cozart at christinacozart@rmc.edu.
Macon a Difference Day Events for 2012:
E-Waste Recycling:
On April 21, 2012 from 9:00am – 12:00pm – drop off your old electronics at Bass Pro Shop at VCC so they can recycle them. Do you have old computers, stereos, microwaves, computer wires, etc? If so, let us help you recycle them! CVWMA's electronics recycling program helps citizens properly dispose of unwanted equipment instead of land filling them where they could cause soil, water or air contamination. CVWMA and select member governments have coordinated the listed electronics recycling opportunities for residents and businesses in central Virginia. Select the site and date most convenient for your schedule. More events will be added, so please visit www.cvwma.com often to check for updates. Visit electronics recycling for an updated list of acceptable and unacceptable items and fees where applicable.
Green Passport: On the Green Passport website there are links to ‘assessments’ that students can take themselves (http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php), that show them visually the kind of ‘footprint’ that they (/their community) have as far as energy and waste. There will be a table in Estes a few weeks before MADD – where students can take an interactive quiz on laptops, and where we will advertise/inform students and the community about actions that are being taken – that they can be a part of – on campus and in the local community, as well as in general, with regards to their lifestyle and personal decisions.
A Fair Trade Booth will be set up at the Macon a Difference Day Concert. Check out www.afairworld.com
Macon a Difference Day Co-Sponsors:
Community Groups 
Ashland Garden Club
Ashland Main Street Association
Hanover Academy School
Hanover County Department of Community Resources
Hanover Habitat for Humanity
Henry Clay Elementary School
Pamunkey Regional Library
Town of Ashland
Randolph-Macon College
Advancement Office
Alpha Phi Omega
Brothers 4 Change
Campus Events Committee
Environmental Studies Program
Greek Life
Habitat for Humanity (R-MC Chapter)
International Interest Group
Marketing and Communications Department
McGraw-Page Library
Office of the Chaplain and Volunteer Services
Office of International Education
Office of Residence Life and Housing
Physical Plant
Resident Assistant Staff
R-MC Cheerleaders and Dance Team
Sociology Department
Student Government Association
Students for Environmental Action
Young Alumni Organization
R-MC Macon a Difference Day Steering Committee:
Elanya Chin
Executive Director
elanyachin@go.rmc.edu
Reber Dunkel
ddunkel@rmc.edu
Darrell Headrick
dheadric@rmc.edu
Mayumi Nakamura
mayuminakamura@rmc.edu
Laurie Preston
lpreston@rmc.edu
Bailey Price
baileyprice@rmc.edu
Monique Sample
moniquesample@rmc.edu
Christina Brown Cozart
christinacozart@rmc.edu