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Several volunteers needed to assist us with grocery sorting and distribution to over 200 cars and walk-ups. We receive around 10,000 pounds of produce, can goods, meats from Feeding the Gulf Coast every Wednesday morning.

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Precisamos de um arquiteto voluntário para nos auxiliar em um projeto estrutural de ampliação do espaço para melhor atender as crianças e adolescentes

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Pillar 6: Supportive Technology Design
Ensure all technology promotes rather than undermines Blue Zone principles:
Attention Respect Systems: Design all community digital interfaces to respect attention, protect evening relaxation, and encourage regular technology breaks.


Connection-First Design: Ensure digital tools enhance in-person connection rather than replacing it, with features that facilitate real-world meetups and activities.


Ambient Wellbeing Interfaces: Replace attention-demanding screens with subtle environmental cues (lighting changes, gentle sounds) that support healthy decisions without requiring conscious engagement.


Joy-Centered Metrics: Move beyond weight and BMI to measure success through increases in life satisfaction, community vitality, and the emergence of natural movement and eating patterns.

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Pillar 5: Augmented Social Norms
Blue Zones work partly because healthy behaviors are socially reinforced:
Network Influence Mapping: AI analysis of social connections to identify key influencers within different community segments who could naturally model Blue Zone behaviors.


Narrative Intelligence: Natural language processing to analyze community stories, jokes, and everyday conversations to understand current health narratives and help craft new ones that support Blue Zone behaviors.


Community Success Visualization: Public displays showing real-time, anonymized community health improvements, creating visible social proof that change is happening and is normal.


Norm Nudge Messaging: Precisely calibrated communications that emphasize positive deviance—showing how many community members are already adopting healthier behaviors—rather than focusing on problems.

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Pillar 4: Precision Public Health

Use AI to target interventions with unprecedented specificity:
Population Health Segmentation: Machine learning algorithms to identify distinct subpopulations with different obesity risk factors, allowing for customized intervention approaches.


Predictive Intervention Timing: AI systems that identify optimal moments for behavior change support based on life transitions, seasons, or individual readiness patterns.


Environmental Exposure Mapping: Using mobile sensors and location data to understand how different community members are exposed to obesogenic environmental factors and modify these selectively.


Success Pattern Recognition: Machine learning to identify emerging patterns of successful weight management within the community and amplify these organically occurring solutions.

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Pillar 2: Purpose and Community Connection
Blue Zones demonstrate that social connection and purpose are crucial for longevity:
AI Purpose Matching: Using natural language processing to analyze residents' interests, skills, and values to connect them with meaningful volunteer opportunities, mentorship roles, or part-time work well into older age.


Intergenerational Connection Platform: AI-powered system that matches older adults with younger residents for skill-sharing, storytelling, or collaborative projects, creating purpose for elders and wisdom transfer to youth.


Community Cohort Formation: Using network analysis to identify potential "moais" (Japanese term for social groups who support each other for life) based on proximity, interests, and schedules, then facilitating initial connections.


Celebration and Ritual Enhancement: AI systems that help communities design and maintain regular celebrations and rituals that strengthen social bonds and provide natural intervals of joy.

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Pillar 1: AI-Enhanced Natural Movement

Instead of focusing on exercise programs, use AI to transform the physical environment:

Predictive Urban Planning: Use AI to analyze movement patterns and redesign neighborhoods to naturally increase walking. The system would recommend infrastructure changes like placing daily necessities (markets, community centers) within walking distance of residential areas.

Personalized Active Transport Routing: AI-powered app that suggests walking or cycling routes that are pleasant, safe, and appropriate for each person's fitness level, gradually increasing difficulty as capacity improves.

Gamified Community Mobility: Create a community-wide game where residents earn points for natural movement. Unlike standard fitness apps, this would reward activities like gardening, walking to local markets, or taking stairs rather than gym-focused exercise.

Automated Environmental Modification: AI systems that control traffic signals to prioritize pedestrians and cyclists, making active transport more appealing than driving.

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Community Hospice & Health Services (CHHS) will host their annual Gala fundraiser on Saturday, May 10 at the Mark Gallo Health & Fitness Center at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, California. We are asking individuals to partner with us in assisting to host this elegant affair! The evening includes several fundraising opportunities including silent and live auction, as well as a raffle. The monies raised at our Gala will directly support our patient care services. CHHS is one of the largest, longest standing hospice organization in the Central Valley. We offer both adult and pediatric hospice & Palliative care services. We do our best to provide charity care for those who are un or underinsured. Your partnership with us will help us to provide an extraordinary evening experience for our guests, in turn supporting our services.

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Servers and bussers	15	n/a	n/a
Event Clean up	15	n/a	n/a

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From October 3–13, Banff Pride will host the Banff Pride Festival, a celebration of 2SLGBTQIA+ identity, inclusion, and community in Banff National Park. Volunteers are essential in creating a welcoming and vibrant experience for attendees.

Volunteers will assist with event setup and teardown, guest check-in, venue coordination, artist and speaker support, merchandise sales, and crowd engagement. Roles vary by event, offering opportunities to contribute based on interests and skills.

By volunteering, you’ll help foster a safe, inclusive space for the community while gaining hands-on experience in event planning and festival operations. Sign up to be part of this unforgettable celebration!

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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GYIS is an event held for YIS students as the culmination of their work during the year. At the GYIS they compete in a stock pitch competition, a business case study competition, financial games, attend workshops and network. It is the highlight of the year and gives students a chance to build their financial and investing knowledge and interact with professionals in the field.

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Workshop Host (variety of topics available)	4	n/a	n/a
Stock Pitch Judging Round 1	no limit	n/a	n/a
Stock Pitch Judging Round 1	no limit	n/a	n/a
Networking Session	no limit	n/a	n/a
Personal Finance Game Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Panel Session (Bull vs Bear Debate)	no limit	n/a	n/a
Panel Session (Public vs. Private Equity)	no limit	n/a	n/a
Stock Pitch Judging Round 2	no limit	n/a	n/a
Business Case Study Judging	no limit	n/a	n/a