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

Clean up grounds and plant flowers on the church property. Donuts - Coffee - and Pizza available for Kohl's volunteers.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

Plant a salt marsh with Save The Bay! Volunteers will plant salt marsh grasses in this project to protect this threatened marsh from sea level rise.

Where to meet: We will meet at the Charlestown Breachway parking lot. A boat will ferry volunteers across the breachway to the Ninigret salt marsh restoration area.

What to wear/bring:
-Wear sturdy footwear (hiking boots are ideal) and clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
-Save The Bay will provide work gloves, but please feel free to bring your own.
-Please dress for the weather! Remember, it is often colder and windier by the shore.
-Please bring your own reusable bottle of water if you have one.
-Save The Bay will provide planting tools.

Questions? Contact July Lewis at jlewis@savebay.org.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Friday AM	20	n/a	n/a
Friday PM	20	n/a	n/a
Saturday AM	20	n/a	n/a
Monday AM	20	n/a	n/a
Monday PM	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

On Saturday May 12 from 9am - noon the Palm Bay High School volleyball teams will be holding a beach clean up at Paradise Beach. We will be removing trash from the beach in an effort to help improve in environment for fish, birds and mammals along the Space Coast. We would appreciate any assistance we could get in helping create a cleaner habitat in Brevard County.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

We have raised beds and need help getting them started. We need help planting, harvesting and weeding. We have all the tools, although people like to bring their own gardening gloves, just need the people power. This event is best in the morning, 2-3 hours during the week throughout the growing season.

We have free onsite and securing parking. Dress for gardening work.


Chrysalis helps those living in poverty, Veterans, woman and children, young adults and individuals who are struggling with mental health, addiction, HIV/AIDS, and those returning from incarceration and homelessness. Through job training, employment services, housing and other community healthcare services, Chrysalis Center helps individuals transform their lives.

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

Help beautify the gardens at the Dr. Peter Centre while also helping Centre staff and volunteers make the garden more resilient towards summer drought. This outdoor task involves pulling weeds, planting flowers and greenery, spreading mulch, digging in the dirt and getting your hands dirty!

Please wear clothing that can get dirty, bring heavy duty gardening gloves if you have some (or we will provide them), and wear a hat for sun or rain.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Garden Volunteer	18	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

Our annual plant sale is the largest fundraiser of the year and supports programming all through the Conservancy. We sell over 7000 plants to hundreds of customers in just 1 day. All hands on deck!

Available Shifts

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