Opportunity Details

This uncommon woodland community encompasses wet savanna, marsh, and mature floodplain woods, and is dominated by swamp white oaks. Join an inspiring movement of volunteers gathering to restore this special site along the Chicago River. Learn how to restore diverse wildlife, trees, wildflowers, and health to our forest preserves and river system. Our goal is to grow a community who will become caretakers through on-going education and training.

For more information, please contact Radhika Miraglia at radhika@fotfp.org.

Available Shifts

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

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We are always seeking volunteers to help pick up trash off of the roadways leading into our community. Peculiar Street Clean Up Day is normally held on the 3rd Saturday of the month of April in conjunction with Earth Day. Volunteers sign in at 9 am and receive directions as to where to go to pick up trash out of ditches and roadsides and place their trash bags at the curb and other volunteers pick up those bags and return to the donated dumpster at the sign in location. The event ends at 1 pm, so a person is donated for only 4 hours or less if that is all the time they have.

Available Shifts

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Caring Hearts of Peculiar Street Clean Up Day	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Once a year HEART Village opens it's gardens to the community. We celebrate the provision we have enjoyed throughout the year and share our knowledge about gardening and sustainability. The presentations and workshops may include propagation, composting, container gardening, beekeeping, pollination, soil composition, homesteading, urban gardening, permaculture, fermentation and anything else which helps our neighbors be successful. We provide a Farm-to-Table lunch (as long as supplies last) and invite local vendors to sell their honey, soaps, cupcakes, coffee, and tea, hand-made crafts and more.
The ticket is kept low so that we can provide a family-friendly day to our community and neighbors.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	8	n/a	n/a
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

What drink packages and other garbages are discarded on the street? Who are the producers and who the polluters? These are the questions that we set out to answer. Only by knowing what is out there can we tackle the issue at source.

The litter found during the cleanups will be registered through ourTrashHunters/Litterati app.
With the TrashHunters/Litterati app the participants can take a picture of the litter found and classify it in terms of article type, material and brand. The app recognises litter and suggests tags, which the user needs to confirm. The location and time will automatically be registered showing the litter hotspots. The data collected though the app will serve as citizen science, and can be used to create awareness, hold the industry responsible and stimulate alternative solutions.

When plastic waste ends up in the environment, it results in a misuse of valuable resources and creates a major environmental problem: “plastic soup.” That is a terrible shame. Trash Hunters refuse to accept this any longer. We will bring about a solution by creating visibility around what is on the street, and then we will pick up what we see. Trash Hunters protect our oceans and waterways.

Trash Hunters has started analyzing discarded rubbish, and is looking at drink packaging in particular. Since it started, over 70,000 items have been reported and plenty more rubbish has been cleaned up in the Netherlands.

Everybody can download the Litterati App, join the Trash Hunters - Plastic Soup Foundation club and start the clean up. You can also create your own club and affiliate to the Plastic Soup Foundation (the Trash Hunters initiator) therefore the data can be use in the fight against litter.

Opportunity Details

Join Natural Restorations, REI, and Arizona Game & Fish Department for our Inaugural Base & Meridian Wildlife Area Cleanup along the Gila River on Saturday, December 1st from 9 AM to 1 PM. We are also teaming up the City of Avondale and Flood Control for this event and future events in the area as we work towards a long-term solution to revitalize this beautiful area and keep it free from trash so it can become a premier outdoor recreation destination in the West Valley. This is a great opportunity to come out and explore this beautiful area and help us remove trash left behind. You will also learn about some of the exciting projects coming to this area to make it more user-friendly.

Available Shifts

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

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Start a new tradition and think differently about the Friday after Thanksgiving. Last year volunteers hiked along the river banks picking up 4,795 pounds of trash and recyclables from Granite Reef, Phon D Sutton, Coon Bluff, and Water Users Recreation Area along the Lower Salt River. Join us for a morning of stewardship and fun as we explore the Lower Salt River and pick up any scattered trash we see along the way.

Available Shifts

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General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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The Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter will be cleaning up our section of the road for Lake County Adopt-A-Highway from Rt 83/Rt 60 South on N Diamond Lake Rd to Gilmer Rd. We will meet at 2:00pm at the Diamond Lake School 25807 N. Diamond Lake Rd, Mundelein, IL 60060.

Please bring gloves, safety vests will be provided.

**If the weather is inclement, we will reschedule at a later date**

Please watch video from Lake County Highway Dept following the link below:
http://lakecountyil.swagit.com/play/10152014-1058/1/

Available Shifts

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General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The goal of this volunteer day is to bring together many partners and families to help re-create and beautify our many gardens at Sunset Valley Elementary. Some of our garden boxes were not originally installed correctly, and our new gardening committee would like to rectify this issue so that the gardens can flourish more in the future. We need many hands to make the work more light! This is important to our community because we use our gardens for educational and learning opportunities during the school day, for after school club opportunities, and to help share vegetables with our families.

Available Shifts

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Garden Helper	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Destined for Greatness Outreach Youth Center is sponsoring our 7th Annual Homeless Outreach Event on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 from 8:30AM-12:30PM. It will be at the Hurt Park located 25 Courtland Street NE(at Edgewood Ave.) Atlanta, GA 30303. Our goal is to feed and clothe 200 families in the park area. We are requesting volunteers to bring clothing(if possible), assist with serving of food/clothing and setting up tables.

Available Shifts

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2018 Destined for Greatness Feed the Homeless	30	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Come help restore one of the last remaining Coastal Dune and Wetland Habitats in San Diego. Over 95% of these habitat areas no longer exist in California. Home to many endangered birds, fish and mammals this area needs your help to remain as a viable habitat area. An educational walking tour will be included.

Activities include: invasive plant removal, native plant rescue, watering and care of recent plantings, trail maintenance and litter removal. All tools and supplies are provided. Community service hours can be verified for those that need them. Be sure to dress in clothes that can get a little dirty and wear closed-toe shoes, no sandals or flip-flops allowed for safety reasons.

Volunteers will meet in the grassy area just inside the Dog Beach parking lot in Ocean Beach at the western end of Voltaire Ave.

RSVP REQUIRED to receive directions: For more info or to RSVP call 619.297.7380 or email volunteer@sandiegoriver.org

Available Shifts

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