Charleston School of Law
http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Career-Services/Pro-Bono.aspx
As part of the Charleston School of Law's mission to instill within its students a commitment to public service, the Director of Public Service and Pro Bono develops and assists in coordinating a variety of pro bono opportunities for students. These placements allow students to work with attorneys practicing in the public interest legal sector and meet or exceed the 30 hours of pro bono work the School of Law requires for graduation.
Operation We Are Here
http://www.operationwearehere.com/
To create an awareness of the challenges of the military community
To offer practical suggestions to churches, communities and individuals on how to support and encourage the military community
To provide a comprehensive list of resources for the military community and its supporters
Military Stress Relief Dolls
http://www.militarystressreliefdolls.com/
The objective of Operation Military Stress Relief Doll is to show support for our young men and women in the military and to let them know they are appreciated and not forgotten. We do this by making and distributing our ‘Dang-It Doll” to them. Each doll has a poem and note of thanks that reads:
“When your day is stressful
and you want to scream and shout,
Here’s a little Dang-it Doll
That you can’t live without.
Grasp it firmly by it’s legs
And find a place to bang it!
As you whack it’s stuffing out,
Yell “DANG-IT, DANG-IT, DANG-IT”
This is a simple rag doll made from scraps of material, poly fill stuffing and yarn. We use plastic google eyes, polyester pompoms and fabric paint to decorate the faces. We attach the above note to each doll. The note has our e mail address. This is how they and other soldiers and units contact us to let us know they would like to have some dolls. In the last six and a half years, we have shipped over 66,000 dolls to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Italy, Holland, Germany, Japan and bases in the U.S. and overseas. These dolls are not sold. They are free to anyone in the military. We do not allow anyone to buy or sell these dolls. This is our tribute to the American Soldier for all they have done for our Country. We have periodic workshops where people from over the state come together to work on the dolls. We all take dolls home with us to work on there. When the dolls are completed, each one receives a hug, and then they are boxed up and shipped out to our Soldiers. From the E-mails we receive, the soldiers love them and appreciate the gesture of Love, Home and Friendship that each doll represents. The approximate cost of each doll is $5.95. This includes the cost of shipping on a per doll basis, based on a shipment of 50 dolls. We prefer not to ship single dolls as the cost is prohibitive, approximately $5.95. But we are happy to ship as many or as few dolls as needed.
Our Motto is “Working Together to Support and Thank Our Soldiers” And that is what we intend to do for as long as it is needed.
Treat The Troops
http://www.treatthetroops.org/
Treat The Troops was started by Jeanette Cram of Hilton Head Island, SC. She loves to bake cookies for the military men and women serving our country. Her friends, referred to as "Crumbs," help make the batter, pack the cookies, prepare the shipping and customs labels. What began in her kitchen in 1990 during the Gulf War has grown to a nationwide network of committed volunteer "crumbs" who have rallied their friends, businesses and school groups to participate and share in the good feeling of supporting the troops in harm's way. Treat The Troops is an all-volunteer organization with no salaries and no office space. See what the "crumbs" have done for our troops. Jeanette Cram has baked cookies for soldiers on the front line since the Gulf War in 1990 when a letter from a soldier read by then-President George Bush gave her the idea. The soldier had asked his mom to send lots of letters and cookies. Since then Jeanette and the "crumbs" have baked 3,754,971 cookies to the troops. Tips for sending treats to the troops. Answers to common e-mail questions.
Friends and families of deployed soldiers: We strongly encourage you to bake and send cookies, and/or form groups in your community to do so. If your soldier is already receiving packages, please do not send us a request. Instead, send us the name and address of a soldier who gets little or no mail.
University of South Carolina School of Law
http://www.law.sc.edu/pro_bono/
The University of South Carolina School of Law believes it is important to foster the ethic of professional obligation to provide service to the public, especially to those who cannot afford legal help. The Pro Bono Program works to connect knowledge to the real world and for over 23 years, USC law students have been actively involved in a variety of activities in service to the community. The range of opportunities is varied and ever changing. Details about the different efforts are listed under the Volunteer Opportunities section of this web page. Through their pro bono work students are able to explore career options as well as gain knowledge and skills of lasting professional benefit, all while making our state and community a better place for everyone.
Veterans on Deck
http://www.veteransondeck.org/
Our objective is to offer programs that are not just therapeutic, but also address the deeper vocational and social recalibration needs of returning Veterans. This will be accomplished through a three pronged approach involving maritime job skills training obtained through internships with local boatyards and marinas, team-building and problem solving experiences obtained through offshore sailing efforts with other Veteran crewmembers, and integrated empirically-based treatments for those mental health needs most frequently encountered by Veterans.
This multifaceted approach will provide specific and marketable maritime skills to Veterans in a context that also addresses the frequently co-occurring psychological wounds borne by service members, while at the same time providing a forum for these new vocational and interpersonal skills to be used and refined.
http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Career-Services/Pro-Bono.aspx
As part of the Charleston School of Law's mission to instill within its students a commitment to public service, the Director of Public Service and Pro Bono develops and assists in coordinating a variety of pro bono opportunities for students. These placements allow students to work with attorneys practicing in the public interest legal sector and meet or exceed the 30 hours of pro bono work the School of Law requires for graduation.
Operation We Are Here
http://www.operationwearehere.com/
To create an awareness of the challenges of the military community
To offer practical suggestions to churches, communities and individuals on how to support and encourage the military community
To provide a comprehensive list of resources for the military community and its supporters
Military Stress Relief Dolls
http://www.militarystressreliefdolls.com/
The objective of Operation Military Stress Relief Doll is to show support for our young men and women in the military and to let them know they are appreciated and not forgotten. We do this by making and distributing our ‘Dang-It Doll” to them. Each doll has a poem and note of thanks that reads:
“When your day is stressful
and you want to scream and shout,
Here’s a little Dang-it Doll
That you can’t live without.
Grasp it firmly by it’s legs
And find a place to bang it!
As you whack it’s stuffing out,
Yell “DANG-IT, DANG-IT, DANG-IT”
This is a simple rag doll made from scraps of material, poly fill stuffing and yarn. We use plastic google eyes, polyester pompoms and fabric paint to decorate the faces. We attach the above note to each doll. The note has our e mail address. This is how they and other soldiers and units contact us to let us know they would like to have some dolls. In the last six and a half years, we have shipped over 66,000 dolls to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Italy, Holland, Germany, Japan and bases in the U.S. and overseas. These dolls are not sold. They are free to anyone in the military. We do not allow anyone to buy or sell these dolls. This is our tribute to the American Soldier for all they have done for our Country. We have periodic workshops where people from over the state come together to work on the dolls. We all take dolls home with us to work on there. When the dolls are completed, each one receives a hug, and then they are boxed up and shipped out to our Soldiers. From the E-mails we receive, the soldiers love them and appreciate the gesture of Love, Home and Friendship that each doll represents. The approximate cost of each doll is $5.95. This includes the cost of shipping on a per doll basis, based on a shipment of 50 dolls. We prefer not to ship single dolls as the cost is prohibitive, approximately $5.95. But we are happy to ship as many or as few dolls as needed.
Our Motto is “Working Together to Support and Thank Our Soldiers” And that is what we intend to do for as long as it is needed.
Treat The Troops
http://www.treatthetroops.org/
Treat The Troops was started by Jeanette Cram of Hilton Head Island, SC. She loves to bake cookies for the military men and women serving our country. Her friends, referred to as "Crumbs," help make the batter, pack the cookies, prepare the shipping and customs labels. What began in her kitchen in 1990 during the Gulf War has grown to a nationwide network of committed volunteer "crumbs" who have rallied their friends, businesses and school groups to participate and share in the good feeling of supporting the troops in harm's way. Treat The Troops is an all-volunteer organization with no salaries and no office space. See what the "crumbs" have done for our troops. Jeanette Cram has baked cookies for soldiers on the front line since the Gulf War in 1990 when a letter from a soldier read by then-President George Bush gave her the idea. The soldier had asked his mom to send lots of letters and cookies. Since then Jeanette and the "crumbs" have baked 3,754,971 cookies to the troops. Tips for sending treats to the troops. Answers to common e-mail questions.
Friends and families of deployed soldiers: We strongly encourage you to bake and send cookies, and/or form groups in your community to do so. If your soldier is already receiving packages, please do not send us a request. Instead, send us the name and address of a soldier who gets little or no mail.
University of South Carolina School of Law
http://www.law.sc.edu/pro_bono/
The University of South Carolina School of Law believes it is important to foster the ethic of professional obligation to provide service to the public, especially to those who cannot afford legal help. The Pro Bono Program works to connect knowledge to the real world and for over 23 years, USC law students have been actively involved in a variety of activities in service to the community. The range of opportunities is varied and ever changing. Details about the different efforts are listed under the Volunteer Opportunities section of this web page. Through their pro bono work students are able to explore career options as well as gain knowledge and skills of lasting professional benefit, all while making our state and community a better place for everyone.
Veterans on Deck
http://www.veteransondeck.org/
Our objective is to offer programs that are not just therapeutic, but also address the deeper vocational and social recalibration needs of returning Veterans. This will be accomplished through a three pronged approach involving maritime job skills training obtained through internships with local boatyards and marinas, team-building and problem solving experiences obtained through offshore sailing efforts with other Veteran crewmembers, and integrated empirically-based treatments for those mental health needs most frequently encountered by Veterans.
This multifaceted approach will provide specific and marketable maritime skills to Veterans in a context that also addresses the frequently co-occurring psychological wounds borne by service members, while at the same time providing a forum for these new vocational and interpersonal skills to be used and refined.