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Beach Cleanup: Come help cleanup the beach in Surf City, California! The first 50 Kohl's volunteers get a FREE Drains to Ocean Reusable tote bag and sticker! If interested in helping run the cleanup, please let us know: info@drainstoocean.org. The Beach Cleanup runs from: 8am-12noon. Free parking on the numbered streets (inland to PCH) or metered parking is available on PCH, near 9th St. You will be just walking distance to Main St. and the HB Pier. This beach cleanup will be next to the RRR Surf Off Surfing Event that is open to the public. What to bring?: Work gloves, Reusable Bags or Buckets, Water and Sunblock. D2O can provide bags/gloves if needed (limited supplies)
More info can be found at http://www.drainstoocean.org/ or http://www.rrrsurfoff.com/

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Beach Cleanup Volunteer	200	n/a	n/a

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To help forge connections between families, family members and nature. During this program participants will gain skills to interact with each other in a natural setting. Learn about community resources, eat a meal, and have the opportunity to update their outer wear in order to continue their family adventures.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Natural Connections	no limit	n/a	n/a

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We are need of some adults that work in the business world to judge our STEM Fair Projects at a Jr. High. Judges will use the form provided to score students projects and interview students about their innovations.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
STEM Fair Judge	no limit	n/a	n/a
STEM Fair Judges	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Volunteers needed to help make a difference at over 70 beaches throughout the coast of NJ! All ages are invited to this fun, well organized beach cleanup! COA's Beach Sweeps is one of the nations longest standing and largest beach cleanups. Volunteers become citizen scientists for the day by recording the types and quantity of marine debris which COA uses to help implement anti-littering laws and policy. Not only is the Beach Sweeps a rewarding day giving back before summer, but also provides important pollution reduction education to all participants.
All supplies will be provided and each location has a trained Beach Captain to provide cleanup instructions. Please bring gloves and dress for the weather.
For more information and complete list of sites, visit CleanOceanAction.org

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Beach Cleanup	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Assist children with various activities; man a creativity station.

Available Shifts

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

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The benefits of nature are endless: It provides us with inspiration, improves mental/psychological wellbeing, and is an outlet for many kinds of recreational activities, including camping, hiking, running, picnicking, and more. Yet, Salinas residents are at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing opportunities to enjoy these many outdoor benefits. In the city of Salinas, only 3% of the land is dedicated to parks, far below the California state average for other dense urban cities. Parks and open space provide the community with natural areas to create, be active, gather and socialize, and enjoy nature. It is more important now than ever to advocate for new community parks and open spaces in Salinas.

Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT) is partnering with several community organizations to carry out the third annual Take It Outside Salinas! event at Natividad Creek park in Salinas, California. Take It Outside celebrates the green spaces that the city currently offers and highlights the importance of advocating for new community parks and open space. This event also emphasizes the many benefits of outdoor recreation and provides opportunities for people to connect with nature where they live. Overall, the goal of Take It Outside Salinas! is to inspire the community through art and enjoyment of open space.

Take it Outside Salinas 2018 will take place on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Natividad Creek Park. Big Sur Land Trust is partnering with ten community organizations in Salinas to put on the event. Included in the festivities will be public live art, gardening workshops, a skateboard competition, culturally-relevant live theater performances, live music from Salinas youth groups, and tabling by various organizations involved in the outdoors, the arts, community health, and other assorted activities. This is an opportunity to showcase how art and public space are important community assets that provide immense benefits for public health, self-expression, and community building. Using the arts, community groups will engage the public and gain valuable insight from Salinas neighborhoods on future open space projects. BSLT’s newly-acquired 73-acre Carr Lake property will set the stage for community discussion and dialogue around what is needed and valued most in neighborhood parks.

BSLT needs YOU! to help us make this event a success! We need volunteers to help us with setting up the event, helping with parking, running community information stations, taking photos, and much more. No particular skills required, just ready hands and a willing heart. We are still confirming start and end times for setup and tear-down, as well as volunteer shifts. We prefer that volunteers stay the whole time, but we are willing to work with you if your time is limited.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	150	n/a	n/a

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One Cool Earth has built and maintained gardens in 18 elementary and middle schools across San Luis Obispo County. We also provide our 'Earth Genius' education program in each of the schools, teaching hands on and experiential science lessons within the garden. We need your help with the construction and maintenance of various garden projects, so that kids have a comfortable and inspiring space to learn and grow.

Our garden workdays usually occur on a Saturday, and last for about two hours. Projects vary, but the workday might include weeding, building garden beds, moving soil, painting, etc.

Hope to see you there!

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Newport Bay Conservancy is taking on an increasing breadth and scale of activities and is looking for Board Members who can help plan, organize, market, etc. those programs that are near and dear to our mission of protecting and preserving the Upper Newport Bay.

Education programs are increasing in number, with more K through 12 participants
than ever. We are being asked to lead habitat restoration projects in the saltmarsh, on
the bluffs, and in Big Canyon. Fortunately our numbers of active, trained volunteers
is also increasing, giving us the “feet on the ground” capacity to take on these
responsibilities. There are also things we want to see moved forward to improve
community resources around the Bay which require us to be advocating and working
proactively with our partner agencies. As an example, we are working with OC
Parks to design and install new interpretive signs along the trails within the Nature
Preserve, and hope to start work with State Fish & Wildlife on similar new signage
along Back Bay Drive. At the same time we have been actively opposing the State’s
plan to begin levying a charge for users of the Big Canyon parking lot and loop trail.
We are also talking with the City to try to find a solution to the problem of trash in
the Bay. We do not support their proposal to install a trash collection device within
the Bay itself and are engaged in discussions to find a solution which can be placed
in the San Diego creek, the main source of trash and dead vegetation.
All of this means we need more people who would like to get directly involved in
helping us fulfill our mission to preserve and protect the Bay both at a Conservancy-wide
level by serving on our Board, and on the different committees which focus on
particular aspects of our work, especially marketing, fundraising and advocacy.

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Hillview is seeking two shifts of volunteers to to help our plant sale run smoothly. Areas of help needed include guiding people into the sale and to educational opportunities, helping people carry plants out to their vehicles, help track sales numbers, if you have knowledge about plants we could use help on the sale floor, and to enjoy yourself!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
1st Shift: Plant Sale	8	n/a	n/a
2nd Shift: Plant Sale	8	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Raptor Fest is an annual public education event about birds of prey. We have local live animal exhibitors come to showcase and educate event participants about their birds. We also have family-fun activities such as crafts, games, and face painting.

Available Shifts

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