COMMUNITY SERVICE SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH - OFFICIAL SIGN UP THREAD!

So here's the deal. On Saturday, April 4th, for those participating 9:00am-12:00pm will be spent volunteering, and the afternoon will be spent sitting together watching the A's-Giants game at the Coliseum. The earlier poll would suggest that 33 ANers intend to participate, but now and only now is the time to find out "who's really in" and what they are in for (hmm...that didn't come out right, did it?).

The April 4th Volunteering Projects (as of now):

15 of us will volunteer at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, while another handful (assuming we have more than 15 who truly commit) will volunteer either at Newman Center (2700 Dwight Way in Berkeley), where they prepare and serve meals in the morning as part of their Loaves and Fishes program, or with City Team's Bags Of Love: Downtown Food Delivery program (722 Washington St. in Oakland), where they deliver food door-to-door to low-income families. Newman Center is basically confirmed, but only needs 2-3 volunteers for the morning shift, and I am waiting for confirmation from "Bags Of Love," which asks for about 8-10 volunteers.

How to sign up:

If you want to participate, you need to comment in this thread even if you answered the poll and/or commented in the previous thread! To make it as easy as possible, here's a key so you can use short-hand to explain which situation applies to you:

1 = I'm in for both the morning and afternoon, and will equally gladly go wherever the need is - just slot me in anywhere and let me know.

2 = I'm in, and will equally gladly go wherever the need is - just slot me in anywhere and let me know, but I cannot join for the game.

3 = I'm in for both the morning and afternoon, and I would prefer to volunteer at the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

4 = I'm in, I would prefer to volunteer at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, but I cannot join for the game.

5 = I'm in for both the morning and afternoon, and I would prefer to volunteer at Newman Center.

6 = I'm in, I would prefer to volunteer at Newman Center, but I cannot join for the game.

7 = I'm in for both the morning and afternoon, and I would prefer to volunteer with "Bags of Love."

8 = I'm in, I would prefer to volunteer with "Bags of Love," but I cannot join for the game.

9 = Other (Explain in your comment...)

If we have the "nice problem" of too many attempted sign-ups to a given location, we'll probably just use a "first reply, first confirmed" method of establishing the "confirmed list" and the "stand-by" list. Then I'll turn my attention to establishing an email group for private follow-up info, and to buying a block of tickets to the game. How'z that sound? Go AN!