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Set up a Volunteer Project day at Waimea Valley!

You're invited to bring your club, team, business or organization for a fun filled day of giving back!
This is an opportunity to set up a service learning volunteer event in Waimea Valley. Your team will get the chance to help us care for this beautiful valley and learn while you work. If you are part of a group or organization looking for potential community service hours or looking for a way to make a positive impact in the world, we will work with you to set up a fun and productive day. We are a non-profit organization, so any time spent helping here will count for community service requirements.

Volunteer groups take on projects throughout the main valley such as: weeding, clearing debris, invasive species removal, cleanup in garden beds, cultural site maintenance, event setup, trail maintenance, painting and many more. We will work with you to find a project that suits your needs, availability, skills and interests; so that your crew can contribute to the future of Waimea Valley in the way that suits them best.

The available dates to set up am event are dependent on the Volunteer Coordinator's schedule which tends to fill in about 2 weeks in advance, the sooner you set up for an RSVP, the more likely you are to get the date you are looking for. The open days will change every month, but you can always send an email to the volunteer coordinator ( Volunteers@waimeaValley.net ) and find out what is available. The general schedule for the coordinator is Tuesday-Saturday, but this schedule is flexible. Given 2 weeks notice volunteer events can be scheduled on Sundays and Mondays.

The volunteer groups play a big role in caring for our botanical gardens, protecting the rare and endangered species in the valley and allowing us to do more for visitors. With our small non-profit staff and over 1,800 Acres to manage, the volunteers are essential to our success in maintaining this awesome valley. As an added thank you to the volunteers for their contributions, we offer them free entry to our valley for the rest of that day, so we recommend planning a full day with volunteering in the morning followed by lunch and time to explore the valley and learn from our cultural and botanical teams.

When contacting the volunteer coordinator to set up an event, some important information will be:

Name of the group or organization you represent.
Approximately how many people you expect would attend (ballpark estimates are fine)?
Dates you are interested in.
age ranges of the potential participants.
any specific interests?
any time restrictions?
physical limitations that we should be aware of.
will your group be entering the valley after the work is done?
would your group want to eat lunch on site? (If yes, are they looking to purchase said lunch from us?)
any questions you have
we will be looking forward to welcoming your group to be a part of helping Waimea Valley thrive.

we are open again, so we will be holding group volunteer events, but with some new rules and restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. For example, we will be limiting the group size to 50 or less participants until we feel it is safe to allow for larger groups to visit. This may change as the state and CDC guidelines are updated.

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If working in our heritage flower beds is your passion, we sure could use your help! And you might get to take some of our cuttings as we thin out the garden each spring. Our gardens are beautiful but always in need of some weeding during the summer months.

Not a lot of time to give but want to help out a day or two each spring or fall? We also need help with leaves and sticks in the yard for spring and fall clean up!

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Needed: volunteer plumbers, electricians, skilled builders, laborers, consultants and other interested parties to make this project a reality. Free room and board. Work with a team of students, professionals, Native youth, young people and culture keepers in refitting this 20-yea -old Native, non-profit located on the Crow Indian Reservation and in building a sustainable "discovery center" as a food sovereignty and education center. Experts in growing, greenhouse, conservation, animals, natural systems, healthy foods, composting, permaculture, Native plants and healing sought

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Biophelia Health Forecast Scenario Planning Volunteer, CrowdDoing

Plant proximity has been shown to be beneficial in multiple ways including from air pollution reduction & stress reduction. These leverage points have been demonstrated to have positive medical consequences in terms of reduced opioid addiction, reduced medical mistakes, prevention of diseases & conditions such as hypertension & related complications, asthma, heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes, alzheimers & dementia, schizophrenia, rheumatoid arthritisacute pancreatits, chronic kidney disease. We have also evaluated the consequences of proximity to plants on hospital staff presenteeism, absenteeism & turnover rates.

We have concluded that under any scenario we have tested, a network of plant walls & vertical gardens and other uses of plants could pay for themselves in as little as two years and provide beneficial outcomes for more than 20 years. Plant proximity is understood by the scientific community through the lens of ""biophelia"". Biophelia is the visual & sensory experience of plants and proximity to plants. You have expertise relevant to reviewing for validity and applicability our simulation of biophelia in hospitals. Our draft aims to forecast the social outcomes that could be caused by varying scenarios of biophelia in hospitals. We have identified more than 100 outcomes that in principle can be attributed to biophelia. We present here in draft for review a partial simulation of this impact potential. We have aimed to consider prospective benefits to all stakeholders. We have structured this to be a flexible model that can be adapted to any hospital circumstance. We’ve aimed to identify both health outcomes, environmental outcomes financial outcomes.
Biophelia Health Forecast Scenario Planning Volunteer, CrowdDoing
We are looking for a Healthcare Data Analyst to gather and analyze healthcare data from multiple sources (e.g. insurance processing, clinical operations, patient behavior) to extract trends and business insights.

To succeed in this role, you should be analytical and resourceful. You should also be an excellent communicator who’s able to tell the story behind raw data to non-technical audiences. If you also have experience in the healthcare industry, we’d like to meet you.

Biophelia Health Forecast Scenario Planning Volunteer, CrowdDoing
Understand health care operations and systems
Create and validate record-keeping processes
Pull and integrate data from disparate sources
Evaluate and preprocess raw information
Delve into data to discover discrepancies and patterns
Build models that capture a wide range of health care operations
Present and explain information in an accessible way
Suggest ways to both increase healthcare quality through pilots and ensure costs benefits feasibility
Collaborate with management and internal teams to implement and evaluate improvements
Biophelia Health Forecast Scenario Planning Volunteer, CrowdDoing
Proven experience as a Healthcare Data Analysis
Experience in data analysis and visualization methods
Understanding of healthcare procedures
Knowledge of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) frameworks
Proficient in SQL and analysis tools (e.g. SAS)
Excellent analytical and communication skills
Outstanding organizational and problem-solving aptitude
BSc/BA in Health Informatics, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

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Since January 2018, 350 Tacoma (with the support of EarthCorps and City of Tacoma Environmental Services) have been working to restore a tiny neglected salt marsh and mud flat deep in the industrial Port of Tacoma, nestled between an oil terminal and a container shipping yard. We'd love your help! If you would like to be notified about upcoming work party dates, please let us know by sending an email to 350tacoma@gmail.com

Location: North side of Port of Tacoma Road between Lincoln Ave and Maxwell Way. The site is just north of the Washington United Terminal. Please park in front or along Maxwell Way. Look for the orange EarthCorps signs and the 350 Tacoma banner. It helps if you arrive on time because you’ll see people milling about.

Our goal is to love this little one acre open space back to health. That involves picking up garbage, pulling out invasive weeds, restoring the soil, planting native plants and trees, and creating walkways and signage. The salt marsh was initially named for a French chemical company—Rhone Poulenc—that once operated on this site, but in consultation with the Puyallup Tribal Language Program we are working through the process to restore a native Twulshootseed place name: qʷiqʷəlut (“little marsh”).

EarthCorps supplies gloves, tools, water and snack bars. Site stewards will teach you everything you need to know about tool use, safety, and the importance of the work you will be doing. No experience necessary, just come ready to learn something new. This is a great way to meet other 350 Tacoma volunteers and get involved. Bring friends or come alone, but join us!

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Too often consumers and the public are supportive of our cause—but they just don’t know it.

This is why we need to be where they are, and attend events including markets, fairs, and festivals, to make people aware of the injustices inflicted upon animals. Having a presence at such events gives us the opportunity to interact directly with the public, including engaging in face-to-face conversations, handing out informational fliers, or soliciting petition signatures. And it’s a great way to meet new people, too!

Tabling opportunities include:
• Educating members of the public about key animal welfare issues such the caging of laying hens, dairy cow welfare, and fish binding

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Since our founding more than 20 years ago, we have never shied away from tackling neglected issues, pushing them to the fore.

Whether it be pushing to reform the inhumane slaughter of pigs or fighting to end unnecessary animal experiments, we know that addressing neglected issues provides the best opportunity to help the animals most in need.

However, without public awareness we will never be able to create the society we seek. As a volunteer speaker, you will have the opportunity to educate influential institutions and the public, swaying their views on the issues that affect animals.

Speaking opportunities include:
• Speaking to the public, institutions, schools, and at events about the welfare issues confronting caged laying hens

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We hope to see Taiwan become a global leader in animal welfare—and indeed, Taiwan is already leading Asia on many fronts.

However, there will always be a need to keep up to date with progress in other parts of the world, in other languages.

As a volunteer translator, you will ensure that our work is backed up by the most up-to-date resources worldwide, and that decision makers, stakeholders, and others have access to this information in the language they understand.

Translation opportunities include:
• Translating international scientific research, animal welfare guidelines, and laws into Chinese
• Translating information about our work—such as press releases—into English, to be shared with international stakeholders

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Research is the backbone of all of the work we do at EAST.

It helps us to uncover the ways in which animals suffer, understand opportunities for change, and power our policy work with scientific evidence and persuasive precedents.

Research opportunities include:
• Researching new animal issues that we have yet to work on
• Researching local and international policy or other precedents
• Uncovering opportunities to modify existing local laws and regulations

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We’re confident in our work, however sometimes our website doesn’t show it in its best light!

Should you possess the right website development skills, there is ample opportunity to help us rejuvenate our website, giving a clear and accessible voice to the animals.

Website Development opportunities include:
• Refreshing the design
• Adding new features
• Improving legibility and site structure
• Assisting with maintenance

Our website: www.east.org.tw