Opportunity Details

Each spring and summer, our community is invited to volunteer in our half-acre Growing Minds Garden and working farm. Volunteer shifts are typically two hours on Wednesday afternoons. We have hosted anywhere from 1-30 volunteers doing a variety of tasks from planting, to weeding and invasive plant removal, to harvesting and packaging. We feature
activities for every mobility level, and all are invited.

Serendipity’s Wellness program, including the Growing Minds Garden, helps our students to develop lifelong health habits, which are critical to students impacted by trauma.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
April 9th Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a
May 14th Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a
June 4th Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a
June 11th Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Kubota Garden is a free, historic, community space in the Rainer Beach neighborhood of Seattle, WA. This Japanese style garden boosts red bridges, winding paths, unique plant cultivars, ponds, free community events and more!

If you want to make a hands-on difference, please consider volunteering at Kubota Garden. Once a month, volunteers come to Kubota Garden to help Seattle Parks and Recreation gardeners weed and mulch. This is satisfying work with clear impact in maintaining Kubota Garden's beauty and is a great opportunity to learn gardening techniques.

Space is limited to 12 volunteers and volunteers must sign up on Volunteer Impact.

Create a volunteer profile here: https://app.betterimpact.com/Application?OrganizationGuid=9380814a-740f-4139-a0a8-76dcc8ac640b&ApplicationFormNumber=1

Opportunity Details

Our team provides local, community-based support via mutual aid & hot meal distributions, as well as local park clean-ups. We are always looking for volunteers to support our educational programs at local schools, sports offerings, and enrichment series like barbering, cosmetology, djing, and merch making.

We also hold many culturally-significant events in our newly renovated 2400sqft space on 4th ST in downtown, San Bernardino. In order to make these events more impactful, we need volunteers behind the scenes and on the day of events to make sure they run smoothly. If you are interest in showing up in your local community as an ally, please reach out!

Opportunity Details

Un evento speciale per scoprire storie di empowerment femminile e il loro impatto sulla società.
Attraverso testimonianze autentiche e ispiratrici, esploreremo il ruolo fondamentale delle donne nella costruzione di comunità più forti e inclusive.

Un’occasione di approfondimento e poi di azione, per riflettere su come ognuno di noi possa essere parte del cambiamento.

Le protagoniste:

Paola Crestani, Presidente di Amref Italia
Lara Ponti, imprenditrice, board member Amref Italia e fondatrice dell'EmpowHer Alliance
Cynthia Oningoi, operatrice sul campo e testimonial Amref per il contrasto alle mutilazioni genitali femminili

Partecipa anche tu ed attivati per il cambiamento in Africa e in Italia al fianco di Amref!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
general	30	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The MATE ROV Competition is an underwater robotics competition that challenges student teams from all over the world to design and build an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and compete in a series of tasks testing their skills. Past challenges have included using the ROV to document environmental changes, install offshore wind farms, maintain platforms, pipelines, and cables, search for shipwrecks, farm seagrass, or inspect aquaculture pens and shellfish beds.

This competition challenges students to develop business acumen and inspires them to embrace the United National sustainability goals, understand environmental issues, and apply their STEM and employability workplace skills to innovate and create technology solutions to address problems that impact us all. In addition to the ROV, teams also prepare technical reports, engineering presentations, and marketing displays, which are delivered to volunteers from a variety of technical disciplines.

Judges and volunteers are needed to help support regional competitions across the U.S.!
https://materovcompetition.org/en-us/volunteer

The featured event is our Florida Regional hosted at FIO Florida Institute of Oceanography on May 3rd at the St. Petersburg campus. Register your support at the website below!

Example volunteer roles include:
Dimension & Weights Judge (Weigh and measure ROVs and assign points as appropriate per specifications in the competition manuals)
Emcee (Provide commentary and insight for spectators)
Information Station (Provide information for competitors and spectators. Also in charge of t-shirt and other swag sales)
Judge – Marketing Display (Score and judge Marketing Displays per the MATE Competition guidelines)
Judge – Product Demonstration (Score and judge product demonstrations per the MATE Competition guidelines)
Judge – Product Presentation (Score and judge product presentation per the MATE Competition guidelines)
Judge – Technical Documentation (Score and judge technical documentation per the MATE Competition guidelines)
Photographer/Videographer (Film and photograph all aspects of the competition)
Pool Deck Coordinator (Manages teams on the pool deck before and after Product Demonstrations)
Repair Station (Manage the ROV repair station for teams needing to make adjustments to their robots)
Runner (Assist the official scorekeepers by providing secure and secret passage of score sheets for the judges to the tabulation area)
Safety Inspector (Inspect and verify that all ROVs meet MATE safety requirements prior to competition)
Score Keeping (Calculate and record all official scores as provided by event judges)
Team Check-In (Check teams in to the competition and communicate with mentors regarding important event information)
Time Keeper (Ensures that teams are allotted their due time per MATE Competition Guidelines)

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

ビーチクリーンは環境への負荷が少ない活動ですが、非常に重要です。ゴミを取り除くことで、海洋生物の誤飲を防ぎ、海の環境を守ることができます。

貝殻やビーチグラスが多く見られる海岸には、流れ着くゴミもたくさんあります。カジメやホンダワラなどの海藻は自然に分解されますが、その量が増えすぎることもあります。これは海洋環境の不安定化や気候変動が原因です。一方、プラスチックや発泡スチロール、タバコのフィルターなどは分解されず、海洋生物に深刻な影響を与えます。特に、マイクロプラスチックは食物連鎖を通じて広がり、針金などの金属製品も危険です。

美しく安全な海岸を次世代に引き継ぐために、私たち一人ひとりの行動が必要です。持続可能な方法で海を守り、積極的に取り組んでいきましょう。ビーチクリーンは気軽に参加できる活動で、多くの人が環境保護に貢献しやすく、地域全体で意識を高めることができます。

さらに、Anytime Beach Clean (バーチャルビーチクリーン)では、参加者が自分のペースで活動できます。例えば、ご家族や友人と海に出かけた際に1時間だけビーチクリーンに参加することができ、誰でも気軽に環境保護に貢献できます。この活動は、葉山だけでなく、日本や世界中の海で行うことができ、グローバルな環境保護に参加する機会を提供します。

この活動の目的は、より多くの人に参加してもらい、海洋ゴミ問題への理解を深め、変化を促すことです。

＜参考資料＞海洋ゴミ問題を描いたビデオ
A Plastic Ocean (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yog7qmGZIlQ)
The Story of Plastic (Animated short) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3SA4YyEYU)
Bag It (Trailer) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjPkl_4lmM)
The Clean Bin Project - Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFilb-VhAGE)
Mission Blue (https://www.netflix.com/jp/title/70308278?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=ja)
Chasing Coral (https://www.netflix.com/jp/title/80168188?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=ja)

ビーチクリーンに必要なもの。
ゴミ袋：プラスチックやゴミを集めるためのゴミ袋が必要です。
手袋：手を守るためにゴミや汚れを触らないようにするため、使い捨ての手袋や再利用可能な手袋が便利です。
ピックアップツール（ゴミ拾い用トングなど）：素手で触れたくないゴミを拾うために、長い棒付きのピックアップツールが役立ちます。
細かいメッシュの網： マイクロプラスチックは非常に小さいため、目で確認しづらいことがあります。そのため、細かいメッシュの網を使って、砂の中や水面をこすったりすくったりすると、小さなプラスチック片を集めやすくなります。釣り網のようなものを使うこともできます。
水分：暑い日には水分補給が重要ですので、飲み物を持参しましょう。
日焼け止め：日差しが強い日には、日焼け止めを塗って肌を守りましょう。
帽子やサングラス：紫外線から守るために、帽子やサングラスもおすすめです。
タオル：手を拭いたり汗を拭いたりするためにタオルがあると便利です。

ごみの捨て方：お住まいの各自治体のルールに従ってください。

活動の報告方法：
Option 1: ハッシュタグをつけて、「#オーシャンファミリー 」で、Instagram　で投稿、もしくは、oceanfamilybenevity@gmail.com へメールください。
（必須）ビーチクリーンの場所（海の様子）
（必須）収集したゴミ
（任意）参加者、ビーチクリーンの様子、など

時間の報告
Benevity ページの上部から、時間を申請してください。

Anytime Beach Clean バーチャルビーチクリーンへのご参加ありがとうございます。あなたの行動が大きな変化を生み出します！

Opportunity Details

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to pull herbaceous invasive species in our natural areas, as well as help accomplish other projects around the grounds to enhance biodiversity and take care of the native flora and fauna. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.


Advance registration encouraged:
https://form.jotform.com/242624499106157


Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wednesday Work Day 4/30	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to pull herbaceous invasive species in our natural areas, as well as help accomplish other projects around the grounds to enhance biodiversity and take care of the native flora and fauna. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.


Advance registration encouraged:
https://form.jotform.com/242624499106157


Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wednesday Work Day 4/23	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to pull herbaceous invasive species in our natural areas, as well as help accomplish other projects around the grounds to enhance biodiversity and take care of the native flora and fauna. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.


Advance registration encouraged:
https://form.jotform.com/242624499106157


Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wednesday Work Day 4/16	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to pull herbaceous invasive species in our natural areas, as well as help accomplish other projects around the grounds to enhance biodiversity and take care of the native flora and fauna. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.


Advance registration encouraged:
https://form.jotform.com/242624499106157


Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wednesday Work Day 4/9	no limit	n/a	n/a