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USC Community Programs and Volunteer Opportunities - F |
- Families at Fisher
- This free event for families is held in conjunction with USC Fisher Gallery's current exhibitions. Activities include tours of the gallery, hands-on art workshops, storytelling, face painting, live music and dance, and more. Please call for event dates.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Nick West, 213-740-4561
Email: nwest@usc.edu
- Family Business Program
- This program brings owners and managers of family-owned companies together to address common issues and successfully work through transitions, develop strategic vision, and enact strategic plans for the business and for the family.
Contact: Sheryl R. Schreiber, 213-740-8990
Email: uscfbp@marshall.usc.edu
- Fiesta Educativa
- Fiesta Educativa, Inc., was founded in 1978 by family members and professionals to inform and assist Latino families in obtaining services and in caring for their children with special needs and disabilities. It is one of the few organizations in the nation that is dedicated to empowering Latino families of persons with special needs through education, training, referral, information and advocacy services. This is accomplished through such projects as the "Fiesta Familiar" home-based training program; an annual two-day, bilingual conference at USC University Park; and regional conferences in San Diego, the Imperial Valley, Orange County, San Jose, and Sacramento.
Contact: Irene I. Martinez, 323-221-6696
Email: info@fiestaeducativa.org
- Figueroa Corridor Partnership
- The Figueroa Corridor Partnership -- a property-based business improvement district -- is responsible for the daily management and promotion of the Figueroa/Flower/Vermont Corridor, linking downtown Los Angeles to Exposition Park. It is committed to its development as a safe, clean, economically vibrant and aesthetically pleasing environment in which to conduct business, continue an education, visit a museum, attend a sporting event, worship or reside.
Contact: Steve Gibson, 213-746-9577
Email: info@figueroacorridor.org
- FIRST Robotics Competition
- Each high school team, using identical supplies of parts and software, designs and constructs a remote-controlled robot capable of performing a pre-determined set of tasks in a competition. Each year the competition is different, so that returning teams always have a new challenge. The robots compete in an arena with other robots in two-minute rounds. This requires teams to strategize and build into their design both offensive and defensive capabilities. USC serves as the host institution for the Southern California competition.
Ages Served: 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: Larry Lim, 213-740-1999
Email: llim@usc.edu
- Fisher Gallery Guided Tours
- Local school groups and other interested groups are invited to tour the USC Fisher Gallery, facilitated by tour guides from the museum's education department. Please call or e-mail to request an appointment.
Ages Served: 5-18 yrs.
Contact: Nick West, 213-740-4561
Email: nwest@usc.edu
- Folic Acid Fotonovela
- In order to increase knowledge of folic acid among low-income, low-literacy Hispanic families, the USC School of Pharmacy has developed a fotonovela for distribution to community organizations. The fotonovela, a popular Hispanic literary format, targets young Latina women and emphasizes the cultural value of family as well as the importance of increasing folic acid intake to improve health. Copies of the fotonovela are available to the public by request. Funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach grant.
Contact: Melvin F. Baron, 323-442-6556
Email: mbaron@usc.edu
- Food, Clothing and Toy Drive
- A committee composed of ISI division representatives conducts food/health maintenance items and cash/clothing drives as well as Thanksgiving turkeys and holiday food and toy drives to benefit families served by the Southern California Veterans Services Council in Inglewood and the Clare Foundation in Culver City.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Lisa Moses, 310-448-9104
Email: moses@isi.edu
- Friends and Neighbors Service Day
- Friends and Neighbors Service Day is a one-day volunteer blitz during which students and USC faculty and staff go out into the community to do service projects that range from gardening, painting and cleaning. There are four scheduled Friends and Neighbors Service Days scheduled throughout the academic year. Sponsored by the USC Volunteer Center.
Contact: Melissa Gaeke, 213-740-9116
Email: volctr@usc.edu
- From the Wholesaler to the Hungry
- From the Wholesaler to the Hungry establishes partnerships between charitable agencies and the food industry, city by city across the United States, whereby surplus fresh fruits and vegetables are donated and speedily distributed to hungry and malnourished people. Today, more than 147 programs distribute fresh produce to needy children and adults, obviating many chronic and preventable illnesses.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Susan H. Evans, 323-442-2613
Email: shevans@usc.edu
- FUENTE Initiative
- The FUENTE Initiative utilizes local pharmacists and USC School of Pharmacy resources to provide poison prevention and appropriate drug-use education. Services include: health fairs presented at the East Los Angeles Occupational Center and the East Los Angeles Skills Center; and poison prevention education for first-graders and parents. Funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach grant.
Contact: Kathleen A. Johnson, 323-442-1355
Email: kjohnson@usc.edu
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