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• Oakland Goes Bananas for the Marathon

Sunday, May 4, 7:30-11:30 am

Volunteers will be decorating parking meters and passing out bananas to runners.

• Oakland Floral Bed Planting

Saturday, May 10, 9-11 am

Volunteers will plant a flowerbed on public property in Oakland as part of this project sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.

• Global Links Medical Supplies

Wednesday, May 14, or Tuesday, June 10, 5:30-7:30 pm

Volunteers will be working at the Bloomfield location of Global Links, an international aid organization that collects and repackages surplus medical supplies for distribution to needy countries.

• Lifeswork Telephoning Orientation

Thursday, May 15, noon-1 pm

Volunteers will receive a brief, on-campus orientation to Lifeswork, which supplies career training to persons with disabilities. Information will be provided about soliciting donations of non-cash items for the organization’s resale shop.

• AIDS Walk & Community Day

Saturday, June 7, 7 am-3 pm

This 10th annual event supports a broad range of AIDS education and service organizations. Pitt volunteers will work as a team in Schenley Park staffing the picnic tent.

• Project Bundle-UpTelethon

Saturday, June 14, 10 am-4 pm or 3:30-8 pm

Volunteers will be staffing the auction, broadcast live from the WTAE-TV studios located just off the Parkway East in Forest Hills. Volunteers must be at least 15 years of age.