Happy New Year

All of us at InterVol would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

This week has been slow therefore, there is not alot to report about. Remember we have a sorting party scheduled 1/3, 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Team InterVol,
Cindy, Jaime, Doug and Ralph

Food for Thought

Altruism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Altruism is either a practice or habit (in the view of many, a virtue) as well as an ethical doctrine.

Altruism can refer to:

• Being helpful to other people with little or no interest in being rewarded for one's efforts (the colloquial definition). This is distinct from merely helping others.
• Actions that benefit others with a net detrimental or neutral effect on the actor, regardless of the actor's own psychology, motivation, or the cause of her actions. This type of altruistic behavior is referred to in ecology as Commensalism.
• an ethical doctrine that holds that individuals have a moral obligation to help others, if necessary to the exclusion of one's own interest or benefit. One who holds such a doctrine is known as an "altruist."

Ask yourself:

Are you an Altruist?

What does it take to be one?

What is the power of one?

Have a wonderful Holiday Season from all of us at InterVol!

The Penfield Explorer Scouts!! 

Thanks Penfield Explorers for listening! 

InterVol donates recovered unused medical supplies to over 14 local/regional humane societies. 

Champagne Dinner Tonight at Max of Eastman Place!

InterVol and Tony Gullace will be hosting a Champagne Reception at Max of Eastman Place tonight!
Tony will again demonstrate food preparation techniques as you enjoy a four course meal paired with a great selection of Champagnes--special emphasis on dishes that can be replicated in your kitchen!
All classes begin with a reception at 6pm and are held in the Atrium at Max of Eastman Place.Cost is $60/person (includes tax and tip).

Call InterVol at (585) 922-5810 or reserve by calling Max of Eastman Place at (585)697-0491.

Airfare for BelizeTrip

We are organizing our trip to Belize, March 2006. Everything has come together nicely with the exception of finding affordable airfare. If anyone reading this Blog has contacts or ideas for obtaining reasonable group airfare, please contact myself or Jaime Barclay. You can reach us by posting a comment to this blog, or by phone: 585-249-1990, or by email:
cynthia.gordon@viahealth.org
jaimebarclay@hotmail.com

Thank you,
Cindy

Best Wishes to Simone and Andy

From all of us in Rochester, we wish Simone and Andy a Happy and Blessed Marriage!

Your InterVol family

Tonight Packing for Belize Rescheduled!!

Thank you to everyone that signed up to come to our Belize packing night at the warehouse--but we are going to need to reshedule.

Please let us know if you are interested in helping pack supplies for Belize--- we need EVERYONE to help!

email Cindy Gordon at cynthia.gordon@viahealth.org to sign up!!

Packing for Belize

We will be packing at the InterVol warehouse tomorrow afternoon from 3:30-5:00pm. We are calling all Volunteer Medical Professionals (VMP's) for YOUR help-- we have a very specific list of supplies that need to be picked and packed for shipment to Belize.

This is a VERY important project and we need ALL the help we can get. If you have a medical background or are an InterVol VMP please consider joining our team in packing for Belize.

Our warehouse is located as 1600 N. Clinton at Bastian Place. If you have any questions drop us an email at intervol@yahoo.com for more information.

Shipment to the Ukraine

Monday December 5th 2005 InterVol, teaming with local Great Commission in His Service, shipped a container of supplies to the Ukraine.

The medical supplies in this shipment were orthopedic supplies, walkers, crutches, and canes.

InterVol's donations are not limited to medical supplies---in this shipment we sent badly needed bunkbeds and mattresses for dormatory style lodging in a Ukraine orphanage. This shipment contained over 40 bunkbeds and 80+ mattresses.

Thank you to local humanitarian and InterVol friend Gary Dano for your continual support.

Thank you to Ms. Ellie Reddy and SUNY Fredonia Students!

Thank you to Ms. Ellie Reddy, education faculty at SUNY Fredonia, and her students for their interest in InterVol and our newest program FAB.

Ms. Reddy's students have some great ideas for raising funds and awareness for InterVol's international projects--including FAB in Belize--and collecting school supplies, DVD's, educational video's, and children's books for international shipment.

Thank you to all of the students and faculty who have committed to this projects for the spring semester!

If you are a student or faculty/staff at SUNY Fredonia and are interested in getting involved with this InterVol project please drop me an email at intervol@yahoo.com for contact information.

Sorting Night December 6th

Thank you to everyone who came to the sorting night on Tuesday night ~ again a huge success!!! Please remember that our next sorting night will be held on Tuesday December 20th 6-8pm. If you are interested in attending, but have questions please call InterVol at (585) 922-5810 or drop us an email at intervol@yahoo.com.

Thanks again to everyone for your continual committment to sorting and packing supplies!!

Chef Tony Gullace 

Lounge at Max of Eastman Place 

Max of Eastman Place Lounge 

Rhone & Southern France was a Huge Success!

InterVol's Rhone & Southern France Cooking & Wine class at Max of Eastman Place was a huge success on November 28th. Thank you to Tony Gullace and everyone who made this night an incredible event!

If you missed our November 28th dinner mark your calendar for December 19th!! InterVol and Tony Gullace will be hosting a Champagne Reception at Max of Eastman Place.

Tony will again demonstrate food preparation techniques as you enjoy a four course meal paired with a great selection of Champagnes--special emphasis on dishes that can be replicated in your kitchen!

All classes begin with a reception at 6pm and are held in the Atrium at Max of Eastman Place.

Cost is $60/person (includes tax and tip).

Call InterVol at (585) 922-5810 or reserve by calling Max of Eastman Place at (585)697-0491.

Sorting Parties for December 2006!!

Come join the fun at our December sorting parties on the 6th & 20th from 6-8pm---Pizza & Soda are always provided!!

Our warehouse is located at 1600 N. Clinton Ave just off of Rt. 104. If you have any questions or are interested in bringing a group please call us at (585) 922-5810 or email at intervol@yahoo.com.

We look forward to seeing you on the 6th and the 20th!!

San Ignacio
 

San Ignacio
 

Brighton High School Student Volunteers!!

Thank you to Molly and Margo for organizing the upcoming school supply drive at Brighton High School!! The supply drive will start on Monday December 5th and will end on December 16th.

The supplies collected will be donated to the schools and student organizations we are currently working with in Belize. The items being collected include basic school supplies, teacher/classroom materials, and educational Cd-Roms. If you have any items you would like to donate please call us at (585) 922-5810 to arrange a drop off of supplies.

Thank you again to Molly, Margo and all of the other student volunteers at Brighton High School for organizing this drive!