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Page 4 • News • Oct. 19, 2000 Festival of Oaks lacks volunteers due to date conflict with Fall Break Lauren Vilis The Pendulum “Why did the town schedule the Festival of the Oaks during fall break?” This question has been resonating among students ever since the Festival of the Oaks banner appeared at the entrance to Elon College. The answer is simple: There was no other option. The town works with the college to make sure their events schedules do not co incide. Parents Weekend, a home football game and a function at the Elon College Community Church were part of the reason the festi val this year will be occur ring October 21, during fall break. Festival of the Oaks usually draws a large num ber of volunteers from Elon College through the Elon Volunteers! program. When asked why EV! was not going to directly pro vide volunteers for the festi val, Kate Kristian, co-direc tor of service events, said, “We knew we wouldn’t be able to provide enough vol unteers due to fall break be ing the same weekend.” Michelle Tyndall, one of the festival’s organizers found out about Elon’s fall break schedule two weeks ago and has sent out dis tress calls around the com munity. She is trying to gather volunteers from different organizations and busi nesses like Friend’s of Youth, Volunteer Center of Alamance County, church youth groups, and LabCorp. Tyndall said that in or der for the festival to run smoothly and effectively around 75-90 volunteers are needed. Tyndall had about 40 volunteers registered earlier this week. The Festival this year includes two performance stages, drawing musical acts such as Dakkota, Charisma, and Western Middle School Chorus. There will be various dance teams, a mime, a beer garden and a moonwalk as well. There will be children’s activities set up in the park ing lot of the Elon College Community Church, about 60 crafts vendors, and a vari ety of food vendors. For those students who are staying at Elon for fall break, volunteering at the fes tival gives an opportunity for credited service hours and the chance to interact with various members of the com munity. Volunteers are still needed for the festival on Saturday. Shifts are being run in two-hour increments, but if a volunteer works for four or more hours they will receive a free Festival of the Oaks t-shirt. For more information or to sign up to be a volun teer, call Michelle Tyndall at 584-2859 or 584-4828. Students can also talk to Tyndall about volunteer ing to help plan next year’s festival. Elon Alum Elon Alumna Elon Alumnus Elon Alumnae Elon Alumni C/D V-H rr1 C a C o s ■ ^ ■ . i o m WHAT do Elon Alumni do? Serve as Area Directors! Area Directors sponsor and organize various alumni events throughout the nation. “Networking Nights” for young alums are one example of area events that alumni and the Office of Alumni Relations coordinate. Paid for by Elon College Alumni Relations Clark As a student at Elon, Lee was involved in the following organiza tions: Alpha Omicron Pi, College Ambassadors and the Womens Cross Country Team. As a College Ambassador while a student at Elon, Lee learned the importance of alumni on Elon’s campus. Currently, Lee is active in alumni area event planning in the D.C. and Northern Virginia areas. W o > W mil C3 > I—4 W o luuinfY uoja 9Buuintv uo|g snuuiniy uoyg Buuinty uo^g uiniy uo|g
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