Opportunity Details

Join us in conserving the natural world at our Earth Day celebration! Volunteers have the opportunity to engage with the public at recycling stations in the Zoo parking lot.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
AM Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a
PM Shift	no limit	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

Come help us celebrate our 100 year anniversary during Arbor Week by providing some Spring Clean-up at the Arboretum! On Tuesday, April 26, from 9-Noon, we will be preparing the Arboretum Entrance for our spring plantings by providing some general garden maintenance and clean-up. This opportunity will be outdoors.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Save The Bay’s largest fundraiser celebrates our vision of a swimmable, fishable, healthy, and accessible Bay for everyone. 500 swimmers and 200 kayakers traverse 1.7 miles from Newport to Jamestown to raise money and awareness for Save The Bay. Volunteers are needed to support this event!

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AT THE SWIM:

There are two locations: the starting line at the Newport Naval Base, and the finish line at Potter Cove in Jamestown. Each location has several different roles. Full Decriptions of the roles can be found on http://volunteer.savebay.org/save-the-bay-swim-volunteer/

NEWPORT VOLUNTEERING: 3:45-7:45 AM unless otherwise noted
• Parking (3:30-7:45 AM)
• Kayak Inspection
• Kayak Unloading
• Swimmer Numbering

JAMESTOWN VOLUNTEERING: 5:00-10:00 AM unless otherwise noted
• Parking, Curb and Shuttles (4:45-9:45 AM)
• Barrier Monitors
• Swimmer Food Tent/Towels/T-Shirts
• Popsicle Stick Team
• Kayaker Check Out & Shirts
• Time Sheet Runners
• Party Tent Volunteers (5:30- 10:30 AM)

Please reach out to July Lewis at 401-272-3540 ext. 130 or jlewis@savebay.org to arrange a specific role for your team.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Newport Volunteering	100	n/a	n/a
Jamestown Volunteering	100	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Kohl's Volunteers will be requested for Monday, April 23rd from 9-Noon to assist the Elementary children and their teachers to prepare the garden space created last year for planting vegetables and herbs. Later, as the spring and summer progresses, we will have events where volunteers will be needed each month to cover planting, maintenance and harvest of the crops. This will culminate in a cooking event using the grown produce.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers needed for cleanup and restoration of Abbey Brook Conservation area (8 a.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

Little River Wetlands Project is getting ready for our biggest event of the year, Earth Day Fort Wayne 2019, and we need your help! The event itself will be from 1pm to 5pm, but we will need help with shifts starting at Noon. This free community event will feature many conservation-oriented activities, presentations, educational stations, a farmers market, booths for the local organizations contributing to environmental conservation in the area, food trucks (yum!), a silent auction/contest featuring hand painted rain barrels by children’s groups in the area and more! There will be many roles you can help fill to make this day a success!

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General 1st Shift	10	n/a	n/a
Education 1st shift	10	n/a	n/a
General 2nd Shift	10	n/a	n/a
Education 2nd Shift	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Help families load their vehicles with flower orders. Lower Parking Lot
On Tuesday May 8th from 3-6pm

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

The Brewshed Beer Fest is back! During the 5th annual Brewshed Beer Fest brewery partners will be pouring over 40 of their delicious beers in the perfect beer tasting atmosphere of Hale’s Ales Palladium. Keep posted for the brewery line-up!

Each ticket gets you 8 tasting tickets, a commemorative tasting glass and of course entry. Additional drink tickets will be available for sale inside for $1 each. Guests will also have the opportunity to vote for their favorite beer during the event and the winning breweries take home a custom trophy!

Food is available for purchase throughout the event from Hale's Ales Palladium Concessions by cash or credit.

The Washington Brewshed Alliance is an outreach initiative of Washington Wild designed to help spread a simple message: protected water makes superior downstream beer. By protecting wild water sources with permanent Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River designations we are able to protect the quality and integrity of downstream Washington Beer. Come sample a wide variety of delicious beers in the perfect beer tasting atmosphere of Hale's Ales Palladium.

VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES* (You will not be expected to preform ALL listed)
Be present at Hale's Ales Palladium from 10:30 - 5:00 PM
Help Set Up the Palladium for the Beer Fest
Certain volunteers with MAST permits will be asked to pour beer for breweries*
*Must bring a copy of your MAST permit with you.
Man the Balloon Popping Station. Patrons pay a certain amount to pop different colored balloons - different colors have different prices attached. Each balloon will have a different prize included.
Man the Extra Ticket station. There will be additional tickets for sale at $1 a piece.
Help with the voting
Help with registration.
Verify ticket holders and hand out taster glasses and tickets
Sell tickets to new patrons

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Brewshed Beer Fest Volunteer	5	n/a	n/a
Brewshed Beer Fest MAST Permit Volunteer	3	n/a	n/a