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	Vol.7, No 17, September 28, 1999
	Growing women's center aching for volunteers By Rebecca Brown Daily Forty-Niner Since the early 1970s, the Womenís Resource Center has grown dramatically, which has made the need for volunteer assistance vital.   Originally, when the center began it was just an information desk inside the University Student Union, according to the centerís assistant director Lynne Coenen.   The center needs volunteers for a variety of reasons, such as greeting new visitors, passing out flyers, working at different workshops and activities, she said.    The center has only three full-time staffers, and with the many different activities, any helping hand would be appreciated, Coenen said.   "There are several basic ways that we ask new volunteers to steer their interests in the center," she said.     First, volunteers are asked to work a minimum of 2 hours a week greeting people, introducing the visitors to what is offered by the center, accept and return books back to the personal library and invite visitors to relax in the lounge.   Many students opt to focus on specific projects, such as the "Silent Witness Series."    Wooden cutouts that look like female, male and child-like figures are set up in various places on campus.     Behind the silhouettes, a plaque has the name, age and history of the person, and an explanation how the person was killed by domestic violence.   The center is using the program, along with many others for the Month of October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.    The silhouette program will be running from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday through Thursday, beginning Oct. 4 and ending Oct.  22.    The silhouettes will be placed throughout various areas on the CSULB campus.   "With programs like Silent Witness, volunteers are especially helpful because the cutouts need to be set up," Coenen said.    "Other programs that we offer need people to pass out flyers, answer questions, and talk about upcoming programs."    Volunteers are invited to spend as many hours working as they wish as long as several other people are not volunteering during the same hours.    For more information about becoming a volunteer, one may call (562) 985-8576.		New bill protects gays L.B. buses brought to life through poetry GOP aims to get women, minorities Area code change halted Growing women's center aching for volunteers Fear, hatred back Students, retailers need more spirit President takes stand on credit cards 'Romeo and Juliet' well worth one's time 'Three Kings' action packed Men drown opposition over weekend 49ers open conference play with mixed results Another disappointing weekend for soccer Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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