Community Service Details

Randy M. Brooks, Ph.D.
August 15, 2002

Introduction & Volunteer Service & Church Service & Other Community Service

Professional Related Volunteer Service—provided professional services such as web publishing, public relations, literacy efforts and community networking for several organizations

Church Service—provided leadership and lay ministry efforts for my church and its outreach efforts in the community

Other Community Service—actively participated with 14 non-profit organizations including the Breakfast Optimist Club of Decatur, United Way, Special Olympics, Decatur Leadership Institute, Keep Decatur/Macon County Beautiful, and area school districts

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Professional Related Volunteer Service

Decatur Area Writers Fair, Decatur Public Library
Steering Committee, 1998-present

Recruited central Illinois area writers to participate in the writers fair.
Designed web site for the 1999 & 2001 writers fair located at:
http://www.millikin.edu/decaturwritersfair

James Millikin Homestead, Decatur, Illinois

web site design with students in English 301 Web Publishing, Spring 2000
webmaster, 2000-present at: http://www.millikin.edu/millikinhomestead

Decatur Magazine, Decatur, Illinois. Editorial Board Member, 1999-2000

Decatur Public Schools Foundation, Decatur, Illinois

Web site design with students in English 301 Web Publishing, Summer 1999
http://www.millikin.edu/dpsfweb

Central Christian Church, Public Relations Committee, chair, 1999-present

• web site development team leader & webmaster
• developed advertising and press releases for church events
• raised fund for year-long television commercial campaign

Communities in Partnership, Decatur, Illinois

Planned and developed the “Answer Machine” computer kiosks on human services resources in the greater Decatur area. 1995-August 1996

• offered meditations and prayers for communion in worship services
• visited & served communion to shut-ins and nursing home members
• led worship services at Imboden Creek Nursing home

• wrote short drama vignettes for calls to worship
• gave sermon “Accepting the Blessing” June 21, 2000
• gave sermon “Looking for Truth or Consequences” February 20, 2000

Children’s Play Coordinator, “The Arkansaw Bear”, Millikin University, Spring 2001

• coordinated public relations, fund-raising efforts
• coordinated production (tickets, fliers, programs, all related costs)

Judge Coordinator, 1998-1999 Optimist International Essay Contest
Judge, 1997-1998 Optimist International Essay Contest

Grant Review Board Member, 1997-2000
• evaluated and approved principal and teacher grant proposals

Faculty Development Workshops, October 1999

Scholars & Mentors Program consultant, 1999-2000

Strategic Planning Curriculum Vision Committee, February 23-24, 1998

Bylaws and Policies Committee, 1996-1998
Advisory development committee, 1996

Board Officer—Treasurer 1996, Secretary 1995
Board Member, Co-chair of Community Involvement Committee, 1994
Surveyed alumni on community involvement in order to help recruit board members for area nonprofit agencies and government boards.

Board Member, 1996-1998
Education Committee, 1992-1996

Volunteer consultant, Ask SARA community information database ongoing management and web design, summer 1996

Millikin faculty fund raising campaign coordinator, fall 1994 and fall 1995

© Randy Brooks • last updated August 26, 2002