Opportunity Details

Volunteer with Pierce Conservation District from 10 AM - 12 PM at Adriana Hess Wetland Park in University Place on Friday, September 20th. Activities will include caring for existing plants in the demonstration gardens around the Bird Alliance building and removing invasive species such as Himalayan blackberry, non-native trees, and English ivy. This work supports water quality, our local wildlife, and pollinators. Exact meeting location will be provided after signing up.


What will volunteers be doing at the event?

While the exact tasks at hand vary through the year, our projects focus on improving the open spaces, forests, and parks in our local cities. Healthy ecosystems and thriving wetlands are vital to our community because they absorb and naturally filter rain water, produce clean oxygen, provide living spaces for wildlife, and create a place for people to connect with the outdoors.


In order to create healthy forests and riparian zones, the work can include:

- Caring for existing plantings
- Adding a layer of tree mulch in the restoration spaces to reduce regrowth of invasive weeds
- Removing invasive species such as English ivy & Himalayan blackberry


Volunteers are kindly requested to [bring/wear/have/etc.]:

- Clothing that can get dirty
- Long pants and sleeves
- Sturdy shoes (closed toed shoes required, no sandals or flats; terrain may be muddy or uneven)
- Rain gear and warm layers (the event will happen rain or shine)
- Full water bottle!


We will provide:

- All necessary tools and training.
- Gloves; participants are encouraged to bring their own but PCD will have loaners available.


Registration Required: Please use the following link to sign up:
https://forms.zohopublic.com/pierceconservationdistrict/form/AdrianaHessWorkParty92024/formperma/84dOUQmwh0Vp0ZViA5M8A_wjAzmpqKbi5tQPQj_Qhgw


Additional comments:

- This is a family-friendly event and children are encouraged to attend under adult supervision.
- Youth Policy: Youth under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	25	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event for public lands, bringing people together to strengthen their connection to the environment and build a community of environmental stewards. Held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, NPLD is also a “Fee-Free Day” when entrance fees are waived at national parks and public lands.
A signature event of the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), and supported by federal and state agencies, corporate sponsors, and nonprofits, NPLD plays a crucial role in preserving natural spaces for future generations. The theme for NPLD 2024 is “Together for Tomorrow.” From trail maintenance to tree planting, beach clean-ups to forest bathing, volunteers of all ages and abilities will join forces to care for America’s natural resources.
Ready to make a difference? Use our interactive map to find NPLD events near you.: https://www.neefusa.org/npld-event-search

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

DESCRIPTION: Using just their phones, volunteers can contribute to a citizen science project that allows individuals to collect information for a global database that helps scientists monitor species populations, geographic distribution, and seasonal/migration patterns. Volunteers will simply download iNaturalist’s Seek app – a collaboration between WWF, iNaturalist, National Geographic Society, and others – and identify species using their mobile device’s camera. Once volunteers register, the images they take are uploaded to a global database that helps scientists track changes in populations and identify trends, to better understand how species are adapting to climate change, and ultimately, how those changes impact all of us.

With a minimum group size of 75 volunteers, this opportunity could be turned into a WWF-Facilitated event featuring a virtual webinar. This webinar will provide an overview of biodiversity and the importance of protecting it, as well as details on how to use the Seek app, and guidance on how to acquire badges. This opportunity can also be self-facilitated by employee leads, using guidance from our Biodiversity Scavenger Hunt guide that can be found here: https://worldwildlifefund-my.sharepoint.com/personal/cheron_carlson_wwfus_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?share=EX8KcznKvd1GjLeVYEUdrPUBkjcB-7QyfYXxf7f_qZ-LNQ&e=jSMQkY

PARTICIPANTS - To turn this into a WWF-Facilitated event, we ask for a minimum of 75 volunteers. As a self-facilitated event led by an employee lead, there is no minimum or maximum for this project.
LOCATION - Employee leads are in charge of selecting a location for this event.
FACILITATION - Available as a WWF-facilitated event or as a self-facilitated event led by the employee lead with guidance from WWF's Biodiversity Scavenger Hunt guide.
DURATION - As either a WWF-Facilitated or Self-Facilitated event, this event could take approximately 1-2 hours.
FUNDING REQUIRED - Whether this event is facilitated or not, no funding is required.

#Give2024

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Facilitated Session by WWF (75 participant min/no max)	3	n/a	n/a
Non-facilitated session led by Giving Champion/Lead (no min/max)	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Santa Clara County Parks offers many exciting long-term opportunities that keep volunteers involved in stewardship, resource protection, and public engagement activities in 28 unique and diverse parks in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Long-term volunteers must be at least 18 years of age and participate in a variety of simple onboarding steps including a background check, vaccination verification, outside employment declaration, and sexual harassment training. Additional training and onboarding requirements may apply.

To learn more about available long-term opportunities with Santa Clara County Parks and/or apply, cut and paste or type the following link into your preferred browser to view our online volunteer recruitment portal: bit.ly/sccparksvolunteer - OR - contact the volunteer program office for more information at (408) 918-4930 or volunteer@prk.sccgov.org

Opportunity Details

Volunteer with Envisioneers! In person in class volunteer opportunities are available for corporate teams, ERG’s, community groups, and individuals. One volunteer can do all 10 classes or they can be divided among a team with each person volunteering a few days.

Be a mentor in an underserved middle school classroom, teach your passion or expertise in a 10 week-long, once a week 90 minute, after-school apprenticeship, and share real-world college and career pathways with our inspirational middle school scholars. 50+ curriculum to pick from including Tech Interactive, Gardening, NeuroMaker, Design Squad, Shark Tank, Activist Art, Electrical Engineering, Science Explorers, Mindfulness and Movement, Photography, and our newest addition Texas Instruments Robotics and Dassault 3D Printing...and more! You can view highlights from Texas Instruments Robotics apprenticeship, student impact testimonials and volunteers in action in the following link: https://www.theenvisioneers.org/apprenticeship

Envisioneers Teacher Assistants are in the classrooms to manage student behavior so you can focus on teaching and make a difference in their lives.

Fall Apprenticeships begin the week of 9/30/2024. The 10-week apprenticeships run once a week, for 90 minutes during the weeks 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9 culminating in our WOW events the week of 12/16. Times are late afternoon and vary by school site.

Opportunity Details

We provide opportunities for visitors to lead a 30-60 minute class specific to their knowledge and expertise. It should be appropriate for children ages 3-14. Our children benefit by learning from visitors from different cultures. It is best that the class be led in Spanish, although our Director can translate English into Spanish if needed.

Opportunity Details

Help researchers unlock data through Zooniverse.org, the world’s largest platform for people-powered research, with over 2.7 million people of all ages worldwide participating in over 80 active projects, from classifying galaxies, marking cells for cancer research, transcribing historic handwritten documents, and more.

To date, thousands of Microsoft employees have contributed over half a million classifications to Zooniverse projects!

During this session you will participate in PenguinWatch.org, a quick-to-learn site through which you can help researchers by tagging penguins in drone images. The data helps us understand the impact of climate change on this charismatic species and the health of our oceans.

You’ll hear directly from a Zooniverse team member about the impact of Penguin Watch, learn how to tag penguins, chicks and eggs in digital images, and spend most of the experience tagging penguins in the research project.

There is no preparation required. You will be guided through how to register for an account and how to tag penguins in the images. If you want to register for a Zooniverse account in advance, go to Zooniverse.org and select ‘register’ in the right corner. Please use your Microsoft email address so that your stats can be included in Microsoft’s overall stats on Zooniverse.

This opportunity is part of #Give2024 and beyond.

PARTICIPANTS: This project can be done by an individual or facilitated as a group. If facilitated by a Zooniverse team member, we require groups with 75+ participants. If led by a Giving Champion/employee, there is no minimum. For both scenarios, there is no maximum number of participants.

LOCATION: This activity can be completed in person or virtually over Teams. Each participant will use their laptop or computer to complete the classification experience of tagging penguins at PenguinWatch.org.

FACILITATION: Available as facilitated by a Zooniverse team member or non-facilitated. If non-facilitated (led by a Giving Champion/employee), we will provide a facilitator guide and template slide deck that you can adapt for your event and team.

REPEATABILITY AND PARTICIPANT NUMBERS: If you would like your event facilitated by a Zooniverse team member, we can offer 5 facilitated sessions for groups with 75+ participants (see Facilitated session signup Max of 5). There is no limit on the number of sessions that can be led by a Giving Champion/employee (see Non-facilitated session with no limit).

DURATION: If facilitated by a Zooniverse team member, opportunity will last 60 minutes (or can be adapted to last 45 minutes). If facilitated by a Giving Champion/employee, the experience can be modified to a shorter length (e.g., 20 minutes) or the full 60 minutes. Information on this flexibility included in the facilitator guide.

DATE/TIME: If facilitated by a Zooniverse team member, best to consider windows within Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm CT and Monday-Thursday 8:30-10pm CT.

GEOGRAPHIC REACH: The Zooniverse is hosted and led by the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the University of Oxford, and the University of Minnesota, in partnership with researchers around the world. The Penguin Watch project images are taken in Antarctica and the project is led by the University of Oxford. The Penguin Watch site is translated into English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Czech.

FUNDING REQUIRED: None

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Supplies required: Computer/tablet/laptop, internet
Type of Volunteer Project: Virtual, At Home, or In-person
Event Characteristics: Hands-on, individual or group, scalable event size, team building

#Give2024

Opportunity Details

Are you interested in mentoring a high school student or learning more about mentoring? Support our mission to ensure all CAST students graduate with a meaningful mentorship experience. Start by joining us for CAST Schools Speed Mentor Match Day, a community event where you'll have the opportunity to meet with 10th-grade students to find a mentee for this upcoming school year. Sharing your experiences can unlock multiple opportunities for our future leaders. CAST STEM High School is San Antonio’s #1 engineering school on the south side. The public high school, created in partnership with Southwest ISD, CAST Schools, and Palo Alto College, serves approximately 200 9th through 12th-grade students from across the greater San Antonio region and emphasizes preparing students for high-demand, high-wage jobs in engineering, advanced manufacturing, and global logistics.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Speed Mentoring & 24 -25 School Year	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Fazer atividades divertidas e desenvolver habilidades socioemocionais em crianças e adolescentes. Criar as atividades, utilizando a Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos como ferramenta para desenvolver as habilidades socioemocionais das crianças e de si próprios. Empatia, colaboração, pensamento crítico, criatividade, autoconsciência, são algumas das habilidades que podem ajudar as crianças a serem agentes de transformação de seu meio.
Atendemos crianças e adolescentes entre 7 a 17 anos em situação de vulnerabilidade

Opportunity Details

Plastic pollution poses a severe threat to the wildlife of Sri Lanka, especially to our iconic elephants. These majestic creatures, along with numerous other animals, suffer immensely from ingesting plastic waste, which leads to severe health complications and often fatal consequences. The ZeroPlastic Movement is dedicated to combating this critical issue, but we need your help to make a significant impact.

Why Your Donation Matters:
Save Lives: Every donation helps fund clean-up operations in crucial wildlife habitats, removing harmful plastic waste and preventing further ingestion by animals.
Preserve Biodiversity: By protecting elephants and other wildlife, we are safeguarding the rich biodiversity of Sri Lanka, ensuring these species thrive for future generations.
Promote Sustainable Practices: Your support enables us to educate local communities about the dangers of plastic pollution and implement sustainable waste management practices.
Create Lasting Change: Investing in these initiatives not only addresses immediate threats but also fosters long-term solutions for a cleaner and healthier environment.
How Your Donation Will Be Used:
Clean-Up Operations: Conduct large-scale clean-ups in areas heavily impacted by plastic pollution.
Community Education: Develop and distribute educational materials to raise awareness about the impact of plastic waste on wildlife.
Sustainable Solutions: Implement waste management programs that reduce plastic usage and promote recycling.