Opportunity Details

This is a unique chance to be a part of our Waimea Valley Volunteers Team and help to care for our sacred valley. An RSVP is required.


Work goes from 9am to 3pm and can include: Native Planting as well as Invasive species control.

*** Please realize that when you sign up, you are committing to the entire time specified above. We do not have staff to hike down early with volunteers and you cannot hike down by yourself***

Where:

Meet at Waimea Valley Botanical Office and be ready to leave for the hike at 9am

59-864 Kamehameha Hwy.

Haleiwa HI 96712



Location Details:

When you arrive at the Valley entrance road, go mauka (towards the mountains) and park in any of the regular parking lots. Then continue walking mauka from there to the Botanical office. It will be up the road to the left of the Visitor center. If you see a sign that says endangered species 'alae ula crossing keep going up that way. If you are having trouble finding your way, go to the front desk in the visitor center, let them know you are here to volunteer and ask to be directed towards the botanical offices, they can help you.



What:

This is a conservation work day, aimed at restoring and protecting the native forest habitat. We will be hiking up onto Kalāhe`e Ridge, to plant native Hawaiian plants, remove invasive species and participate in other conservation projects. It is a moderate hike up to the site (takes about 45 minutes).

** We will provide all tools, but you are welcome to bring personal gloves**



How Many:

We are looking for a maximum of 15 people for any given date.

RSVP in advance to reserve your spot.



What Age:

Ages 12 and up are invited to attend, but any volunteers under 18 will need to have a parent or guardian go with them to volunteer.


Terrain:

The terrain is moderate for Kalahe`e Ridge.

** There is very little shade on the ridge and it can get quite hot!! Be prepared!**

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***To RSVP: Please email Volunteers@waimeavalley.net or call (808)638-5855 . Please specify which date you plan on volunteering***

**You may also, register for events through the volunteer calendar here: https://tockify.com/volunteerwaimea/agenda **

Find out more about the Waimea Volunteer Program here:

https://www.waimeavalley.net/volunteer

To reduce the risk of Covid, we recommend that everyone who visits here wears a mask in high traffic areas, when you are indoors and if you are not vaccinated, but as we are following state guidelines we do not require masks to be worn. We truly appreciate you being part of the effort to reduce the risks faced by our staff, visitors, volunteers and local community. As long as the Covid situation remains steady, we can continue with this current system, but some flexibility might be needed. I appreciate your willingness to work with the uncertain nature of planning because we truly need the volunteers help here. We thrive with all of your help and aloha.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Joppatowne Lions Club Pet Festival is an annual event hosted by the club for the community and surrounding neighborhoods. This events brings health and wellness education and joy for both pet owners and their beloved animals. It encourages people to go outside and mingle with other pet owners and businesses/organizations that can enrich their wellbeing. This event also helps promote local business and entrepreneurs to grow and introduce their products to the community. It's a fun and free event that everyone can enjoy. The funds raised by this event will be used in support of our club project to install a boardwalk (over marsh land) at the Copenhaver park pond and towards our effort to create a dog park at the park. These projects are for the betterment and safety of the community and their pets.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set-Up and Participation	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Tarla is the Turkish word for ‘field’. With this ecological life unit, we challenge the consumption patterns that harm the natural life cycles, and instead we produce natural, healthy, and sustainable products.
We produce the agricultural needs of the facility without using any chemicals while growing the plants and have other produces from the olive and almond trees that we are proud of using in our kitchen.
We adopt the dynamics of an ecological life via sustainable energy solutions rather than adopting the urban life. The solar energy panels in the facility supply a certain amount of the energy needed by the facility.
The food waste collected in the kitchen and the green and brown wastes in the nature are used as compost fertilizer in our field/farm.
The hybrid seeds and genetically modified organism are on the rise. We are trying to replace them with local and ancient seeds in our seed production area.



Project Objectives

To supply all grocery needs of the facility via the fruit trees and agricultural produce at the Dreams Academy Kaş campus in order to lead a natural, healthy, and sustainable lifestyle
To promote awareness about recycling and consumption habits
To reduce the consumption of industrial cleaning products and use environment-friendly products to prevent environmental damage
To use the wastewater in the irrigation of the fields after filtering and to collect the source waterin a tank to reduce water consumption
Project Activities

Plantation, sowing, maintenance of the field and the trees, and harvesting.


A Brief History and An Overview of Our Solutions to Social Issues

Most of our volunteers lead an urban lifestyle therefore they often do not spend much time in the nature until they have visited our premises and their volunteering experience marks their first time in nature and observing an alternative living experience. They enjoy touching the earth with their bare hands and consume what they have produced. They find the chance to question modern lifestyles, and think about recycling, the use of natural resources and become aware of the fact that human beings are a part of nature for the first time in their lives.


Project Deliverables

We have supplied the grocery needs of the facility – we produced tomato, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, basil, sage, etc. and consumed the produce of the olive and almond trees.
We planted about 100 fruit trees in 2017 in the facility gardens.
The need for fertilizers of the facilities was met by the compost fertilizers produced there in 2017.

Donation Deadline
Deadline Not Specified

Project Location
Cukurbağ köyü / ilkokul / düşler akademisi cukurbag village / first school / dreams academy,
Kaş,
Antalya 07580
Turkey.

Opportunity Details

1) Help us design merchandise, or
2) become a Committee member to help manage inventory and set up and manage an online version for a small store in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, in Fremont California, just south of the Dumbarton Bridge (Highway 84) .

Opportunity Details

Waimea's Earth Day Celebration!

It's that special day of the year when people across the globe get together and mālama honua (care for the planet). We are very excited to welcome all of you to join us at Waimea Valley for our annual Earth Day Volunteering celebration event. We will have various projects throughout the valley for helpers of all ages and volunteers will get tickets for an exclusive raffle with great prizes.

8:30am we will have the volunteers sign waiver forms and choose which projects they want to participate in. We have various things the projects will focus on such as: garden maintenance, invasive species removal, trash cleanup, weeding and cultural site care throughout Waimea Valley property.
8:45am Opening Ceremony including an introduction to the Valley and it's history and oli protocol (a traditional Hawaiian way of exchanging chants to ask for permission).
9:00 am we will be splitting into groups, getting gloves for those that need to borrow and moving to the project sites.
11:30am the volunteering projects will wrap up and it will be time for lunch. The volunteers are encouraged to stick around for the festivities.
12:30 pm we will be staring the raffle. To receive a raffle ticket, you must have signed a waiver form and signed up for a project in the morning. These are only for the volunteers and you must be present at the drawing to win.
The raffle will go until we run out of prizes. We have some awesome gifts in store for the volunteers like a free annual pass to the valley.

Speaking of passes, anyone who participates in the Earth Day volunteering will be welcomed to come into the valley for free for the rest of that day. So you can volunteer in the morning, win a prize during lunch and go for a swim at the waterfall and a stroll through our amazing valley to end a beautiful day.
We will also have booths set up for community organizations to share their information and upcoming events. The volunteers are encouraged to visit with them during their time here.

We are all looking forward to a wonderful event and we hope to continue to grow and expand this opportunity in the years to come. Please get in touch with the Waimea Valley Volunteer Coordinator if you have any questions or want to RSVP.
Volunteers@WaimeaValley.net

To reduce the risk of Covid, there are a few rules and systems in place for the volunteer events. The rules include things like maintaining social distancing, wearing masks in the visitors center and all indoor areas, proper sanitizing, and limiting group size. We follow these to protect everyone who visits or works here. We want to do our part to keep the case load in Hawaii low and keep our loved ones safe. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, but it is all part of the efforts being made by our management to reduce the risks faced by our staff, visitors, volunteers and local community, so we truly appreciate you doing your part to support this system. We will be sure to inform participants of any further changes and make sure that these rules are simple and relatively easy to follow.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	50	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Once again Friends of Rogers will be holding our annual Earth Fest at Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne, NY. This free event is festive, informative, and fun! This year’s focus is to celebrate our connection with the earth, learn how to live a sustainable lifestyle, and reduce our carbon footprint. We will have fun and meaningful activities for children, refreshments, live music, and canoe/kayak demos with community participation. Additionally, we plan to offer exhibits on alternative energy, climate change, green building design, and green living. As a special treat, the Ross Park Zoomobile will be here from noon - 3 pm. Throughout the day, we will need volunteers to assist us with activities, monitoring exhibits, tree and shrub giveaway, canoe/kayak try-outs, refreshments, set-up and clean-up. Events like this depend on volunteer help! Please consider joining us as a volunteer this year to help make this event happen. It’s always fun and the community looks forward to it!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Parking	2	n/a	n/a
Welcome table	2	n/a	n/a
Hospitality	2	n/a	n/a
Photography	1	n/a	n/a
Tree/Shrub Giveaway	2	n/a	n/a
Kid’s Crafts/Activities	6	n/a	n/a
Canoeing/Kayaking	4	n/a	n/a
Greeter	2	n/a	n/a
Recycling Collection	2	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Earth Day Festival offers a wide array of environmental education exhibits, programs and engaging activities. Visitors will learn how they can become better environmental stewards both locally and globally and how to promote conservation through everyday actions. Visitors can also participate in fun, recreational activities which demonstrate ways to enjoy the outdoors while appreciating and learning about the beautiful natural world which surrounds us. Volunteers are needed for help with the setup of environmental education Kiosks serving the community and children (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

It’s our 18th Annual Earth Day Celebration!
Please join us for the Grand Re-Opening of The Natural History Museum of Santa Maria on Saturday, April 21st from 11am to 3pm.
We’re doing some much needed repairs and renovations to this historical landmark in Santa Maria and we’re excited to begin the year with a fresh look. This year’s Earth Day Celebration will be extra special as we will have some new things to share with a fun filled day of programs, performances and education of the Natural World. Come and help us Celebrate Mother Earth!
The Celebration will feature Conservation and Natural World education, music and arts entertainment including Magic show, Righetti High School Choir and more plus refreshments. We also invite you to shop with a variety of local vendors and businesses who are also donating a portion of their proceeds and/or donation items as raffle prizes to the museum.
This annual event proceeds helps benefit the Natural History Museum. Your generosity and support allows us to make much needed repairs, maintain our exhibits and Native Garden, “keeps the lights on” and allows us to continue to provide our various outreach programs to our local schools.
The Natural History Museum is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization. We are 100% volunteer staffed due to the commitment of our volunteers and we’re able to do this through donations, fundraising events like this, grants and sponsorships.
We are always in need of volunteers! If you are a student, retired professional or someone who just loves the Natural World and interested in volunteering as a docent or for special events please leave us a PM here on Facebook and one of our board members will get back to you ASAP.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Earth Day Staffing - Crowd Control/Security/ Admission	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Severna Park Earth Day Festival is in its 18th year! More than 30 organizations and vendors join together to create this wonderful event that aims to educate and engage the community in a fun and meaningful way. Booths feature interactive activities for children of all ages, as well as materials and information for home owners striving to increase their understanding of environmental impact and find effective ways to improve it.

This year, our theme is a Clear Vision in 20/20. Any movement has to start small, environmental conservation is no different. Local activities like the Severna Park Earth Day Festival are a perfect way for the community to join together and improve our environment for the better!

Volunteers are needed in a variety of capacities. We will need help directing visitors and vendors. Help is needed with a fundraising clothing consignment area, a bike powered blender booth for making smoothies, various areas for drop off of donated items, and of course set up and take down. This is a fun event with lots of families. Between 500 and 1000 attendees. Thank you for your help!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Fin Addict Angler Foundation is partnering with San Antonio River Authority for this exciting event at Branch River Park in Goliad, Texas.

Come see what were about, visit our website www.finaddictangler.org
•Our volunteer's role is to assist with one or more of stations including setup and clean-up.
•All materials for our stations will be provided by the foundation.
•Children age of 5 or older are welcomed to join the event and participate while their parents work their shift, but must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
•Volunteers are required to read the volunteer packet and provide a filled out and signed volunteer form on or before the day of the event.
•Volunteers will need to be available for training the morning of the event.
•All fishing equipment will be provided and no fishing license required.
•Volunteers will receive an event t-shirt from the Fin Addict Angler Foundation and it need to be worn at the event (we will need your t-shirt size).
•Closed shoes, sunscreen, caps and sunglasses are recommended.
•Volunteers please check in at volunteer check-in table by 8 am.

Clinic is August 8, 2020, 9 am to 12 pm Registration is from 9 am to 11 am. Anyone 17 and older will need a fishing license.

Available Shifts

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