Opportunity Details

Summary:
Our shelves, refrigerators, and freezers are stocked by generous donations from our grocery partners, community members, and individual donors. Our grocery partner pickups alone require more than 15 stops per week, all thanks to the tireless work of our Transportation and Opps Manager, Steve.

The Grocery Rescue Ride Along program allows you to support our staff in securing critical food resources while learning about our supply chain logistics. As a team, you and Steve will travel to the stores assigned to that day to collect and load groceries, then return to the food bank to unload and sort, ensuring that we are abundantly stocked with needed items that families will take home that very same day. This is an exciting opportunity to act positively as an ambassador for Renewal Food Bank and to maintain and build relationships with our grocery store partners.

Volunteer Responsibility:
Have fun and enjoy getting to know Steve, our donors and our food rescue program.
Work with Steve to safely and efficiently pick up a wide variety of donated products from grocery stores, restaurants, farmers, caterers, etc.
Provide excellent customer service and communication to donors.
Represent Renewal Food Bank in a professional, positive, and efficient manner to increase our distribution abilities and enhance donor relationships.

Available Shifts:
Monday: 7am-12pm (sometimes could extended until 1pm)
Tuesday: 7am-10:30am
Wednesday: 7am-10:30am

Requirements:
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must be able to stand, walk, bend, squat, and reach overhead repeatedly.
Able to lift at least 40 pounds is essential in this position.
Able to work as a team.
Able to effectively communicate and interact with people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Please dress comfortably and for a family friendly environment, potentially handling fresh foods that may cause stains.
Please wear closed-toed shoes.

Sign Up:
If you're interested in this volunteer opportunity, please reach out to us at development@renewalfoodbank.org.

Opportunity Details

Looking for a unique team-building experience for your family, workplace, or friend group as well as a rewarding way to give back to the community? Look no further than our Team Building Volunteer Program to bring your group together in the spirit of teamwork and comradery. You can help ensure that our space is organized and clean to promote our culture of dignity and respect for all our customers.

This is a unique opportunity for you and your team to roll up your sleeves and make a difference while having a great time. Join our Team Building Volunteer Program today. Together, we can make a difference and ensure a better future for our community.

Volunteer Responsibilities:
Work together with your team to clean and organize designated areas of the food bank facility, including the pantry, storage rooms, and refrigerators.
Assist with sorting and organizing incoming donations of food and supplies.
Follow safety protocols and adhere to food handling guidelines.
Represent your group or company in a professional, positive, and efficient manner to enhance community relationships.

Requirements:
All participants must be 14 years of age or older with adult supervision, or over 18.
Participants must be able to stand, walk, bend, squat, and reach overhead repeatedly.
Able to lift at least 20 pounds is essential in this position.
Able to effectively communicate and interact with people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Additional Details:
All necessary cleaning supplies will be provided.
A food bank staff member will be present to provide guidance and support.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the food bank's mission and impact on the community. This volunteer opportunity is available year-round, rain or shine.
If your workplace uses Benevity or other matching services, please let us know so that we can maximize the impact of your volunteer hours!

Sign Up:
If you're interested in hosting a team building volunteering event, please reach out to us at development@renewalfoodbank.org.

Opportunity Details

Renewal is looking for volunteers to support the operation of the food bank, and to help us pick up the food we provide to our customers.

Our volunteer shift is listed below:
Monday: 9am-12pm (preparation), 12pm-3:30pm (operation)
Tuesday: 9am-4pm (preparation), 4pm-7pm (operation)
Wednesday: 9am-10am (preparation),10am-1:30pm (operation)

During the regular volunteer shift, you will assist with stocking shelves, helping customers to shop, handling checkouts, and cleaning up. We request a once a week commitment.

Finally, if you have skills and would like to help us with organization of items, programming/computer skills/website work, we would love to talk with you about short or long term volunteer opportunities with a flexible schedule.

We have many languages spoken by our customers, your language skills would be of particular value.

Don't hesitate to reach out!

Sign Up:
If you're interested in this volunteer opportunity, please reach out to us at development@renewalfoodbank.org.

Opportunity Details

Organizing a food drive is a wonderful opportunity to bring people together to support Renewal Food Bank. Mobilize your workplace, school, church, family, or other network to host a food drive and inspire your friends and neighbors to participate!

Food Drive Details:
Contact us about our most pressing current needs, or stick to the basics such as canned meat (fish or chicken), instant noodles, toilet paper, hygiene products, rice, or pasta.
Alternatively, you can contribute by donating through our Amazon wishlist or by making a financial contribution via our website or by mail.
We extend our sincere gratitude to our neighbors for your exceptional support!

Donation Drop Off Times:
Mondays 9am-3pm
Tuesdays 9am-6pm
Wednesdays 9am-1pm
If you are considering an alternative time, kindly contact us to coordinate the arrangement.

Sign Up:
If you're interested in hosting a food drive, please reach out to us at development@renewalfoodbank.org. We'll gladly partner with you to ensure a seamless event.

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Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup! We will divert litter from our watersheds and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will have check-in ready for you on site. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes, some form of sun protection (sunscreen or a hat) and bring a water bottle or two! Staff will be providing everything else you will need! After a short orientation and safety talk you will be sent off to remove litter around the area! Staff will sort and dispose of the collected litter and after the cleanup you can request community service verification in your Community Hub dashboard.

Check out our calendar for upcoming dates and to sign up here!
https://www.cleansd.org/events/

WAIVERS: This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. Please download and print the waiver below, sign, and bring with you to this cleanup. No printer? No problem! We will have waivers at check-in for volunteers. If you are under 18 please have your guardian check-in with us at the cleanup to sign-off on your participation.

Weather Cancellation Policy: Our events are rain or shine! If it is raining on your cleanup day, we recommend rain boots, a raincoat and a towel to dry off afterwards.

Opportunity Details

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and Green Oceanside for a litter cleanup! We will divert litter from our watersheds and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will have check-in ready for you on site. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes, some form of sun protection (sunscreen or a hat) and bring a water bottle or two! Staff will be providing everything else you will need! After a short orientation and safety talk you will be sent off to remove litter around the area! Staff will sort and dispose of the collected litter and after the cleanup you can request community service verification in your Community Hub dashboard.

Register for this event here!
https://www.cleansd.org/events/


WAIVERS: This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. Please download and print the waiver below, sign, and bring with you to this cleanup. No printer? No problem! We will have waivers at check-in for volunteers. If you are under 18 please have your guardian check-in with us at the cleanup to sign-off on your participation.

WEATHER CANCELLATION POLICY: Our events are rain or shine! If it is raining on your cleanup day, we recommend rain boots, a raincoat and a towel to dry off afterwards.

Opportunity Details

Join Us in Making a Difference!

At MakeWater, we believe in the power of collective action to address real-world water challenges. We're on a mission to inspire and empower change-makers like you! Whether you're a student, professional, or someone passionate about water and education, we invite you to join our diverse community of volunteers.

Why Volunteer with Us?

Impact: Your efforts will directly contribute to tackling critical water issues.
Skill Development: Learn and grow in a supportive environment.
Networking: Connect with like-minded individuals and experts in the field.
Education: Gain insights into STEM/STEAM fields and hands-on learning.
Community: Be part of a passionate community with a shared purpose.
Ways to Get Involved:

Educator: Help us bring hands-on STEM education to classrooms.
Mentor: Guide students in their journey to become water innovators.
Event Support: Assist in organizing and hosting engaging events.
Content Creation: Share your knowledge through articles, videos, and more.
Advocacy: Raise awareness about water-related challenges and solutions.
Special Projects: Contribute your unique skills to specific initiatives.

Ready to Make Waves?

Join us in making a positive impact on our world through water education. Together, we can inspire the next generation of change-makers and foster a sustainable future. Your enthusiasm and dedication are the key ingredients for success. Get started today and help us create a ripple effect of change!

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The Floating Classroom is an innovative tool of the AMIkids Marine Education program designed to inspire our youth to get involved in the outdoors and become better stewards of the environment around them.

The Floating Classroom is a half-day boat excursion on board "Orlando's Rose," a vessel designed to conduct marine education and research activities and donated by Bill and Carol Barrows.

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium educators power the educational component by providing lectures and environmental interpretation onboard. Different topics include biodiversity, the watershed, local ecosystems, marine food chains, the ecological services provided by mangroves and estuaries, conservation, biofact learning, water quality, and basic seamanship concepts.

The floating classroom curriculum is heavily experiential and relies on field activities such as identifying different organisms and collecting specimen samples in the waterways around the greater Tampa area. Other activities of the floating classroom include field sampling, plankton collection and identification, scientific tool use, wildlife observation, marine debris collection, citizen science projects, and group discussions.

The Floating Classroom is also an opportunity for AMIkids to share its calling to empower young people facing uncertain futures to become
confident, successful adults by cultivating business and community partnerships through team building, stewardship, and volunteerism.

Volunteers will need to bring / wear:
Water activities-friendly clothing (be prepared to wade in the water to about waist level)
Sun protection (Hats, Sunscreen, and sunglasses)
Consider bringing a change of clothes and a towel
Signed AMIkids release of liability

The volunteer role at the event:

The job of a Floating Classroom volunteer is to help with logistics and help motivate participants through positive and uplifting interactions.

We expect volunteers to arrive before the participants. The lead will direct you to preparation tasks such as preparing life jackets and water shoes, drinks, and helping set up the lunch area.

Once the participants are on-site, they will receive a briefing. At this point, your role as a volunteer involves handing out water shoes, ensuring everyone is signed in, ensuring youth wear sunscreen, have water shoes, wear shorts, store their non-essential items in lockers, write their names on water bottles, etc. Your lead will direct you to the tasks that will have the most impact.

While onboard Orlando's Rose, your role is to engage with the participants in positive mentoring ways, to keep a constant safety watch, and to help direct youth towards the educators when a lecture is ongoing.

At some point, we will get off the boat for field sampling. During this activity, your role is to partner and spend time with youth while dip-netting and ensure everyone is in approved areas (not on the mangroves, stay within sight of lifeguards)

When the boat docks and everyone is getting off, we will need you to ensure the water shoes go in the rinse bucket, help rinse and store water shoes, clean up the water activities locker, and pack the floating classroom supplies for storage.

We will provide lunch for everyone. Please let us know if there are any allergies or restrictions, and ensure you plan to share time and eat with the participants.

Opportunity Details

Restore Native Plants is an innovative nonprofit focused on restoring the region’s native plant and animal species – many of which have become threatened and endangered. Since 2013, Restore Native Plants has been at the forefront of this work in the NJ Highlands.

We invite those who share a passion for native plants and the wildlife value they provide to restoration sites within Ramapo Mountain State Fores in Oakland, NJ. We can customize a volunteer experience to suit your areas of interest and the needs of your group. Sample activities include native seed collection and sorting, identification and removal of invasive plants, pruning, stepping up plants in our nursery, interpretive walks, and general native plant care.

Those interested in a more immersive experience have the opportunity to earn professional development certificates in Wildlife Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species Management, Native Plant Garden Care, and Native Plant Nursery Operations.

Join us, and let's work together to make a lasting impact on our ecosystem and support the vitality of native plants and wildlife.

Opportunity Details

Il 6 dicembre 2023 alle ore 20.30
Refugees Welcome Italia, insieme ai suoi attivisti e attiviste, organizza una sessione formativa sulle attività di volontariato che si svolgeranno in diverse città d'Italia durante il periodo delle festività natalizie.
Un serie di iniziative al quale partecipare in veste di volontari al fianco di RWI per garantire accoglienza, protezione e inclusione alle persone rifugiate e migranti.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Formazione e volontariato di Natale	100	n/a	n/a