make friends among fellow graduates of Cornell, especially recent graduates who are in their first decade after graduation who have very recently joined CCW via this form.
co-host events applying ideas like these in community-building and community service gatherings that are fun, very social, energizing, great for networking, laughing.
receive orientation from Maggie and others to the operations of CCW to understand how it connects area alumni for social, learning, scholarship-offering and community service activities, and fun resources we enjoy in the DMV
move toward serving on a CCW committee or on its Board of Directors (within 1-3 years-- at a pace comfortable to your ambitions and schedule.)
Hey, it's a great resume builder... but also, we care about you and want to KNOW you and introduce you to other cool Cornellians and resources that help recent grads;
Help you enjoy service through your first committee experience in the Cornell Club of Washington. Its's typically light work (a meeting followed by WhatsApping?) while experienced CCW members do the heavy lifting. You can track what's happening on the Community Service Committee if you scroll below.
The Vice-President (Community Service) chairs the Community Service Committee, which manages periodic service events. The chair appoints vice-chairs as are necessary to the functioning of the committee.
Purpose: Our PRIMARY work involves planning, posting, and interfacing to ensure the success of 2 Cornell Cares events per year. (VP/CS provides a monthly report of our activities at the Board Meetings.)
As able and wlling, committee members initiate and lead out ADDITIONAL service projects, programs, charity fundraisers and events and meet-ups at charity organizations' with whom we partner for their success. They apply event-planning resources for 2026 that are useful and currently housed at the VP's site here and noted at on CCW's web site at volunteer resources and opportunities.
We nurture volunteerism within CCW which makes CCW a thriving, attractive and purposeful organization by ensuring communication to our membership via CCW homepage, social media, event listings, and the (quarterly) club newsletter blasts.
Keep an up-to-date list of our resources and community service involvement under "Volunteer" at the CCW web site.
Effectively document for Board Use the operations and contacts of our committee for ease of training and application for year-to-year access and use.
Participation/Attendance of committee members is strongly recommended at the half-day "Cornell Cares" events that we run-- one in Jan and one in July or June. Attending the additional CCW CS events that a committee member herself initiates, chairs or vice-chairs is a "given" unless an able sub can be arranged in an emergency.
No experience needed! This is a great, low intensity committee to join to get a feel for CCW!
Time commitment is variable per month... only about 10-20 hours cumulative for the entire year.
Time of Year: most intense periods are September/Oct-- to establish a schedule and direction for the two major "Cornell Cares" events that will occur in January and July.
(Ensuring PR support from Ithaca for Cornell Cares events, especiallymay require starting 12 weeks ahead (for Cornell Cares events.)
(For additional service initiatives that the committee could take on at other times on the calendar, we typically research, plan, post and manage registrations/ communications about the event over the 6 weeks prior to the date of its conduct.)
How often and when are CS meetings? Only as necessary 4-6 x per year, usually first Monday, 6 pm by Zoom. Additional committee business is conducted primarily by email or phone. (Attending also the "Second Tuesday" Board meetings for CCW is encouraged but not required.)
Goals for 2025-2026: 1) successfully conduct both a January and a June (or July) "Cornell Cares" event that is promoted by PR from Ithaca and from CCW. 2) improve and update documentation of our contacts and committee work to have available for future use in CCW's"digital filing cabinet" (the platform called Wild Apricot.) 3) Creatively make our community service events inclusive and "socially bonding" for club members. 4) Celebrate volunteerism by posting at least 4 times on CCW's Instagram before July, 2026. 5) Ensure that the CCW home page and/or web pages regularly spotlights and opportunities for public service, refreshing and keeping them timely.
Committee members '25-'26 are CCW Board members Maggie Carpenter (VP). CCW members Elysa G-L and Eric B and Liz G