DECEMBER 2017

Boiler OUT Times

A Very Merry Christmas to All

Boiler OUT Times, Volume 1 Issue 3, 12/12/2017

Edited by Ayo Adetunji aadetunj@purdue.edu and Yichen Fan fan151@purdue.edu
Published by Boiler OUT Volunteer Program boilerout@purdue.edu
Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR)
Purdue University
Young Hall, Room 120
155 South Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2114
Phone: 765-496-2306 | Fax: 765-496-1989
 Delightful Decembers

Seasons greetings volunteers and community partners,

We’re finally at the end of another successful semester of volunteer work. It has been a crazy ride with
no shortage of activities, prizes, and joy. Most recently, we had our annual end-of-semester Christmas
party, which was a hit. Thanks to all the leaders for planning the event and the volunteers for making it
memorable. Sadly, none of our partner organizations could attend, which is something we’re working
towards.

In this newsletter, we feature some of our cohorts who claimed prizes in the Christmas party. Many of
their faces will be familiar as they’ve been our hardest workers this semester. Even as the semester
winds down, the Boiler OUT program is still going strong; we take a look at some moments from these
Christmas events. Watch out for the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra show on Saturday the 16th.

This Fall alone, we were able to boost our presence in the community with our pictures and dedicated
service. We’d like to thank our partner organizations for requesting our services and giving us the oppor-
tunity to work in a safe and loved environment. We thank the cohorts for putting up a professional front
and making the program look good. 2,300 volunteers hours at 131 volunteer shifts were complete: who
says 210 volunteers can’t make a lasting impression? Thanks to the volunteers who are leaving the pro-
gram this semester, it was wonderful to work with each and every one of you and to the volunteers that
will return next semester, expect more of the same, if not better.

We are continuing the search for volunteers and organizations to be featured in the newsletter! If you
would like your name and story known by more people, please contact us, the editors, or talk to your
event leader. Any comments or suggestions, such as things you want to see in the coming year are also
welcome! Don’t forget our friendly competition of “Spotlight of the Week” on social media. Simply join
it by posting your volunteering pictures on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram. More details will come in the
coming year.

Once again, it was an honor. Good luck on your Finals, have a wonderful Winter Break, Merry Christ-
mas and a happy New Year!

Your Editors,
Ayo Adetunji Yichen Fan
aadetunj@purdue.edu fan151@purdue.edu

Boiler OUT Party “Santa’s New Whip”

December 3 LUM Jubilee Christmas Event
December 9
 Meet the Fall 2017 Awards Winners

This month’s newsletter features some of the Boiler OUT! cohort award winners. Here, they talk about their shared
passion in volunteering and how they ventured into it. We also asked them for some insights into their personal
lives...and let’s just say the answers were quite revealing.

Martynas Kalpokas
As an exchange student from Ireland, I thought that volunteering is a
good experience because you see a lot of people that are equally
minded to make the community better, and are also from different
backgrounds. Boiler OUT gives you a list of volunteer opportunities
you can choose from, which helps because you might want to do
different things. Volunteering this semester gave me lots of experience
relating to people from different nationalities, and joy helping the less
fortunate. I’d probably work for Food Finders Foodbank because I feel they have a greater impact on the commu-
nity. Some things about me...I managed to fly to Paris for $10, and have been driving a motor-cross bike since I
was 15 (not one accident). I also drink milk with everything, sometimes with a main meal that has rice or meat!

Caroline Michelle
I would say I am witty, creative, and a real team player. I’ve learnt that
helping is fun and something that’s worth doing if you have free time,
and I guess it’s a good thing to do. I’m always happy when I volunteer,
and I’ve never worked with kids before and it was great to play with
them. As someone who can go to Purdue, I feel grateful that I can have
this opportunity, so I use it to give back to the world…and I guess that’s
how I show my gratitude. If I were to work with one of the volunteer or-
ganizations, it would be the Lafayette Transitional Housing (LTHC) Home-
less Services. I finally realize that it’s not about looking up, we also have
to look down. All this time, I’ve been like there are people who are better
than me and I was jealous and all but if I look down, I can more grateful
that I am in this position and…yeah, it all comes back to helping the
needy. A fun fact about me is I dye my hair every year; last year it was
blue.

Shreya Rao
From all my volunteering experience, I’ve come to understand that people are the
same. We need to put aside our differences and try to make the world a better place by
spreading kindness and positivity in our own ways - small or big. There is something so
beautiful and priceless about making someone else smile and spreading love around. It
is my way of showing gratitude and giving back. I would love to work with the Salvation
Army. They have a multitude of volunteering opportunities- helping disaster survivors,
providing shelter, spreading awareness about domestic abuse and serving veterans. I
also stand by their slogan "doing the most good". A fun fact about me is I love playing
squash. I’ve also been sky-diving!
Chirag Jadav
That’s me on the left. This semester, I’ve gotten to
work with Americans and the Latinos, and being a part
of who they are kind of has a big emphasis on why I
chose Boiler OUT. This was my first experience as a
volunteer and being a part of something that puts me
into a lot of community work, I think that gives me a
sense of belonging to the community itself. I would
love to work with the Tippecanoe Latino Festival again
because it was a new experience, lots of cultural pres-
ence, music, food...it was grand. Also, there were lots of kids there, and I love to work with kids, so it was a lot of
stuff drawing Pokémon tattoos, things I grew up with, I could share with the kids. A fun fact about me, I speak 8 lan-
guages and can fake a couple of other accents...pretty cool, eh?
Boiler OUT Christmas Party, Dec 3

LUM Jubilee Christmas Event, Dec 9