Opportunity Details

At the event, volunteers comb the beaches to find, remove and record litter and debris.

By removing the debris, volunteers are making the beaches and waterways safer and more enjoyable for marine life and beach goers alike. By recording the data, volunteers contribute to a legacy of information on marine debris that has been growing for 34 years!

This information is utilized by COA to drive legislation that will stop marine debris at the source, saving our precious beaches and marine life. This event also provides a powerful take-home lesson for volunteers who might be unfamiliar with the severity of our world's marine debris problem.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

At the event, volunteers comb the beaches to find, remove and record litter and debris.

By removing the debris, volunteers are making the beaches and waterways safer and more enjoyable for marine life and beach goers alike. By recording the data, volunteers contribute to a legacy of information on marine debris that has been growing for 34 years!

This information is utilized by COA to drive legislation that will stop marine debris at the source, saving our precious beaches and marine life. This event also provides a powerful take-home lesson for volunteers who might be unfamiliar with the severity of our world's marine debris problem.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

Volunteers needed for our Spring Fundraiser at "The Reserve" at Perona Farms -
Grammy Winning Jazz Violinist Zach Brock
Food by Life With Joy Inc Caterers
Great Event for a Great Cause
Help us provide safe housing, teach healthy living, social skills, gardening, cooking, exercise, music, yoga, vocations in agriculture and the culinary arts to adults with Autism

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set Up,	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Earth Fair : For the past nine years, CPS has put on an annual Earth Fair. Past attendance
has been between 1,000 and 2,500-- primarily families with young to adolescent children –
this is an indication of the popularity of the Earth Fair in which there are many activities
and demonstrations held for young and old alike. (Please see www.earthfairlacrosse.com
for last year’s handout).

Recycling Fair & Spring Cleaning : Also during the Earth Fair a “Recycling Fair” will be
held at Emerson Elementary school with electronic waste, used car seats, scrap metal, CFL
bulbs, American flags, and confidential documents being collected. Spring Cleaning is a
volunteer clean-up effort held the Saturday before the Earth Fair in and around the La
Crosse River Marsh.


The Earth Fair is free and open to the public. The event is 100% supported by the
generous contributions from area businesses and organizations through grants,
sponsorships, and nominal fees from event (non-sponsor) vendors.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

The JCC needs a little help cleaning up its neighborhood. The JCC's main office at 225 E. Duval Street exists downtown, and is frequented by the over 1,000 children, youth, and their families each week . We are working to upgrade the parking lot as part of our campus beautification project. The JCC is asking for volunteers to help us make it look better!

Volunteers will help the JCC put together strings of lights that will be hung in the trees in late February. No experience necessary. If you like working with Christmas lights, then this is the project for you! Please bring garden gloves if you have them.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General volunteer	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Volunteers needed to clean parks, conservation areas, and other green spaces in the City of Springfield. Gloves, trash bags, and lunches will be provided (8a.m. to 12 noon).

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	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

Adopt-A-Bin to create community engagement, provide new opportunities for those in need AND give back to the environment. Soles4Souls needs a volunteer or a group of volunteers to "Adopt-A-Bin" and help us clean out donation bins then transport the items to the Richmond, VA Regional Donation Center Warehouse. We will provide bags, gloves and other necessary items to get the items from the bins. You will need to use your own vehicle to do this task. We have multiple donation bins that need someone to take ownership of cleaning out once a month.

1. Richmond, VA
2. Midlothian, VA
3. Mechanicsville, VA
4. Chester, VA
5. Triangle, VA
6. Fredericksburg, VA
7. Winchester, VA
8. Suffolk, VA

Commitment:
-Bins need maintenance at least once a month
-Adopt one or several bins (whichever you prefer)
-Adopt for a one time clean out or take ownership of bin for an ongoing time period
-If a group wants to do this for a one-time volunteer opportunity, they are welcome to do this too

Soles4Souls creates sustainable jobs and provides relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. It’s estimated that 21 billion pounds of textile waste is dumped in landfills every year. That makes up more than 5% of all municipal waste generated every year. Since 2006, Soles4Souls has diverted 23.8 million pounds of shoes and clothes from landfills and instead created meaningful economic opportunities and helped provide new shoes for those in need around the globe. Gently-worn shoes collected help individuals start and sustain small businesses to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Here is the impact an entrepreneur can make with the sale of 1, 20 or 30 pairs of shoes: 1 pair of shoes can provide 5 meals for Marie-Ange and her family in Haiti, 20 pairs of shoes can provide a year’s worth of shelter for Ginette and her family in Haiti and 30 pairs of shoes can provide a year’s worth of schooling for Tracy’s daughter in Honduras.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

By volunteering at the Soles4Souls warehouse, you get the opportunity to help process the shoes brought in from the community. Each bag/box needs to be opened so that the shoes can be rubber-banded together. You will break down boxes, pair shoes and bag them. Someone will be responsible for weighing all the shoes you process so at the end of your service, the impact you have made will be given.

It’s estimated that 21 billion pounds of textile waste is dumped in landfills every year. That makes up more than 5% of all municipal waste generated every year. Since 2006, Soles4Souls has diverted 23.8 million pounds of shoes and clothes from landfills and instead created meaningful economic opportunities and helped provide new shoes for those in need around the globe. Gently-worn shoes collected help individuals start and sustain small businesses to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Here is the impact an entrepreneur can make with the sale of 1, 20 or 30 pairs of shoes. The sale of 1 pair of shoes can provide 5 meals for Marie-Ange and her family in Haiti, the sale of 20 pairs of shoes can provide a year’s worth of shelter for Ginette and her family in Haiti and the sale of 30 pairs of shoes can provide a year’s worth of schooling for Tracy’s daughter in Honduras.

The Regional Donation Center is open Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm. Times to volunteer in the warehouse are flexible during this timeframe.

You can park in front of the building on the street or on the side streets. There is no specific parking lot for our office/warehouse. The warehouse is sometimes chilly, so it’s best to bring a jacket or sweater. Also, please wear comfortable clothing as this includes a lot of bending and moving. You’re welcome to play music in the warehouse with our Bluetooth speakers! We also have water/snacks for you.

This is a great opportunity to make an impact in the community and internationally while also growing as a team!

Opportunity Details

Host a shoe drive! By hosting a shoe drive you can create community engagement, provide new opportunities for those in need AND give back to the environment. Every 20 pairs of shoes counts as 1 hour of service plus any hours spent marketing the drive and collecting/pairing shoes count as service hours as well.

Soles4Souls creates sustainable jobs and provides relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. It’s estimated that 21 billion pounds of textile waste is dumped in landfills every year. That makes up more than 5% of all municipal waste generated every year. Since 2006, Soles4Souls has diverted 23.8 million pounds of shoes and clothes from landfills and instead created meaningful economic opportunities and helped provide new shoes for those in need around the globe. Gently-worn shoes collected help individuals start and sustain small businesses to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Hosting a shoe drive can be done in 5 simple steps:

1. Choose a theme for your drive (i.e. Go Green, Thanks4Giving, Women4Women or generic “Create Your Own). Marketing materials look different depending on what you choose.
2. Register to host a shoe drive for a specific period of time and with a goal in mind: https://soles4souls.org/shoe-drive/
3. Soles4Souls provides branded collection boxes for you to set out. You line these with a garbage bag and replace as it is filled.
4. You would blast an email out to your employees, clients, customers, etc as you prefer letting them know about the drive. Flyers and links to resources will be provided for this!
5. Once the drive concludes, volunteers will count the shoes, pair them together, and bring to the Regional Donation Center or ship them to the nearest warehouse. A Soles4Souls representative will help coordinate this once a drive is registered.