Student Occupational Therapy Association

University of Florida

Ice Breaker! • Yellow: if you could be any ice cream flavor what

kind would you be?

Green: What special powers would you want the most and why?

Purple: What OT setting would you like to work in? Blue: If you could vacation anywhere, where would it be?

Pink: How did you choose OT?

Re-Meet the Officers! • President: Kara Poole • Vice President: Alyx Aldrich• Treasurer: Shannon Plunkett• Secretary: Samantha Haynes• Historian: Jackie Pine• Public Relations: Alysha Stoner• Fundraising: Heather Engel and Chelsea Townse

nd• Service: Christen Fetchel and Kelsey Iglesias• Social: Paige Avchen and Elonna Falk •*Remember: Elections for new officers are approaching!

From the secretary…• In order to be an active member of SOTA,

one must earn at least 5 points this semester.• There are four categories of points: service,

meetings, social, and fundraising.• To be active, you need to participate in 3 at

least 3 categories, one of them being service, since we are a service club!• Also, it is mandatory for active members to

participate in our main service event.

From the secretary…

Please make sure you sign in today to earn your first

point of the semester

Fundraising- Fleece Orders

University of Florida Occupational Therapy Logo in left corner

Available in S, M, L, XL, 2XLColors: Lime, Hot Pink, Purple, Turquoise, Black, Cream/Navy, Maroon/Cream$25.00Cash or Checks. Please make checks out to Shannon Plunkett Email Chelsea Townsend or Heather Engel with questionsctownsend@ufl.edu or hengel956@ufl.edu

Service EventsGet your calendars/planners ready!!

Balance180:Special Olympics•1st Special Olympics Young Athletes Program

(YAP) in Alachua County: innovative & adaptive sports program for children with intellectual disabilities and their peers, ages 2-7.

•Must commit to MINIMUM of 5 days.

•Meet on Tuesdays, Thursdays, & occasional Saturday.▫5:15-6:30pm; arrive 15 minutes early!

•Jan 29th – April 7th (culminating event on the 7th)

Balance180: Special Olympics (Training)

• Tuesday, January 22 and Thursday, January 24 from 5:30-7:00 pm (Tonight and this Thursday!)▫ previous volunteers drop in to one of the meetings

from 6:30-7:00 pm and hand in your paperwork

• Location: Santa Fe Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CIED) ▫530 West University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601

• Check Facebook for:▫Balance180 Gym (pictures, updates)▫Balance180 Gym Volunteers (specific info for

volunteers)

Hand Camp: Hands to Love www.handstolove.org

• Camp for kids with upper limb differences and their families. As a volunteer you would be paired with a family and assist the child throughout the weekend doing various activities.

• Save the date! March 15-17

• More info on volunteer applications to be released soon!

IndepenDANCE!•Helping kids with following instructions

and doing dance moves with OT, Heather Simpson. No previous dance knowledge required!

•Saturdays at

•Located at

Other events to be on the lookout for…

•Al’z Place•Wheelchair Basketball

Get ExCiteD….

www.boggycreek.org

BIG Service Event: Kickball Tournament• When: Saturday, April 6

• Where: Forest Park (located on SW 20th near Canopy/Cabana Beach/Woodlands apartments)

• Specifics: $$/team or $$/person, 7-12 persons per team

• Registration includes a colored team t-shirt

• Your role: Your participation is necessary to remain an active member. If you have a valid reason for not being able to attend please talk to or email Kara.

BIG Service Event: Your Role (please watch for sign-up sheets going around)• Sheet 1: Have you ever refereed a sport before? Would

you be interested in helping referee games? • Sheet 2: Are you involved in another organization, club,

etc. that would like to put together a team? We can send an email with forms for you to share with them.

• Sheet 3: Would your work place or another organization be interested in donating raffle prizes, food, tournament prizes, or monetary donation?

• If you own kickballs or bases please let an officer know!

The BIG Day!(How you can help)

• Help with flyering (in advance)• Signs made for tables/fields• Games refereed• Food/drink station run• Registration table/Information table• Keeping the bracket organized• Assisting at the raffle tables• Assigned to a team* (most of you will be

assigned to a team and act as their liaison from check-in until they are eliminated)

• Social/Service/Fundraising Day (see next slide)

Fundraising Scavenger Hunt! •Meet at La Nopalera located by 34th/Archer

(across from Kohl’s and next to Red Mango) at 10am, Friday 25th or 1st??

•We will be splitting up into teams assigned to different parts of Gainesville to reach out to businesses.

•Meet back at La Nop for lunch afterwards.•Sign-up sheet going around and look for FB

event.

Off Topics• Stomp the Swamp

▫Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium▫What: Event benefitting the Center for Autism and

Related Disabilities ▫When: February 9th , 10am until 12pm▫For more information and to Register go to:

http://uffuflevents.imodules.com/STS2013▫Pre- Registration is $15, 1st 200 to sign up get a T-

shirt▫When you sign up, write SOTA as your team

name! ▫Questions???—email impact.autism@gmail.com

“Moonlight & Martinis!”•Al’z Place’s benefit event •When: February 2nd •For more information: https://events.giving.ufandshands.org/moonlight-and-martinis

Thanks For Coming! See you next time!