Opportunity Details

If you are a passionate and hands-on person who wants to contribute to your community and help end furniture poverty, then volunteering for the Furniture Bank in Toronto may be for you.

AS A SHOWROOM GUIDE VOLUNTEER, YOU WILL:

Greet clients and learn more about what they need for their homes and families
Accompany clients around the showroom and help them with any furniture selections, using an iPad to track selected items and cost
Pack, unpack, and sort various donated household items
Provide general information and answer questions about the Furniture Bank
Work alongside other volunteers and visitors, and support with basic administrative tasks
IS THIS YOU?

Willing to commit to volunteering once a week for 4 hours, over a 6-month period.
Shifts are scheduled from Monday to Friday from 8:30am – 12:30pm
Be at least 18 years old and fluent in English
Comfortable with using technology and have access to an email
Able to be standing/walking for a 4-hour shift on a concrete floor, and pack household items
Comfortable working with people who do not speak English as their primary language
Understand and knowledge of diverse cultures and challenges of vulnerable populations (including formerly homeless, those leaving shelters, newcomers to Canada, refugees, seniors, LGBTQ, etc.)

Opportunity Details

SPCC operates a 35 bed emergency shelter. The bedrooms are in need of fresh paint. This project would allow all six bedrooms to be cleaned, painted, and set back up for the guests of the shelter.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Clean Up and Paint Prep	12	n/a	n/a
Painting	12	n/a	n/a
Clean up and set beds	16	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Colgate-Palmolive experts will provide valuable information in two two-hour zoom conversations with our Heat Island Resiliency (HIRP) undergraduate team. The focus of their conversations will include but not be limited to: heat island challenges in NYC, greatest heat vulnerability in these communities, methods of financing resiliency in these heat vulnerable communities, strategies to maximize social communication within these communities, strategies to maximize attention of others who can help from outside of the community. The Baruch HIRP team has been asked to: 1) map the heat-related communication networks between community leaders, and between community leaders in two heat vulnerable council districts within each of three NYC boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens) and 2) clarify preparation strategies promoted through these networks. These HIRP students will 1) conduct semi-structured interviews with community leaders (e.g., district council members, local NGOs, and local health and safety leadership, 2) map heat communication networks, 3) map communication network with residents regarding extreme heat preparation, 4) invite leaders to an on-line group zoom conversation to discuss heat island issues in their district, leadership communication, and neighborhood strategies for safety before and during extreme heat events, 5) create and share a report with community leadership describing the communication network in their council district regarding preparation for and response to extreme heat, 6) generate ideas for resiliency financing, 7) capture plans to bring renewable energy to these neighborhoods and 8) consider ways to reduce local heat vulnerability.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

It has been more than 20 years since 9/11. To commemorate this occasion, we will honor the victims and heroes of that day through acts of service to support a new generation of civic-minded Americans. We invite you to join us in unity for the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.

On Saturday, September 10, 2022, beginning at 0900 hours, The Mission Continues’ Killeen Service Platoon and its local community partners will host a service project honoring 9/11 through service. We will improve and overhaul an aquaponics system at Heroes Rancheros, a veteran advocacy organization based in Florence, Texas. By partnering and working with Heroes Rancheroes to rebuild their aquaponics system, we will be an integral part of their aquaponics and horticulture initiative.

The program’s goal is to promote healthy food for those in need, particularly the veterans in the Florence area. With access to the right resources, people can become empowered by their abilities and gain the confidence to fulfill their most basic necessities. Aside from the aquaponics and horticulture initiative, Heroes Rancheros also provide mental health education, veteran advocacy, tiny homes & housing, livestock therapy, and special skills training.

The Killeen Service Platoon is humbled and proud to partner with Heroes Rancheros and other community organizations in commemorating the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance through meaningful and impactful community service. Charlie Mike!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Morning	50	n/a	n/a
Afternoon	50	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We are looking for a volunteer to join the great team of Arboles Sin Fronteras! Are you planning to stay in Argentina for at least 6 months and are you looking to get involved in a useful and meaningful action? Our organization would love to welcome you to be part of the adventure and make your experience in the country meaningful. The volunteer will be able to collaborate with tasks of nursery, forestation but also general tasks that help the good functioning of the association as a whole. If you are motivated, curious to learn and discover, concerned about climate change and aware of the importance of trees and nature in general, now is the time to get involved to make a difference!

Opportunity Details

Arboles Sin Fronteras is looking for a volunteer to run a fundraising campaign to raise funds in the United States for the association. The objective of this campaign would be to highlight a project of Arboles Sin Fronteras and to set up a process of research and collection of voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, companies, charitable foundations or government agencies. Fundraising will allow the association to function and implement many projects and is therefore of great importance. The association is therefore looking for someone who is motivated and passionate and will welcome him/her with great pleasure to the Arboles Sin Fronteras tea

Opportunity Details

Arboles Sin Fronteras is looking for a volunteer lawyer or a law firm that has experience in working with Non Governmental Organizations. The association would like to develop a branch pro bono in the United States, so that Arboles Sin Fronteras exists legally in the United States. The whole team will be happy to welcome a new member who could help in this sense!

Opportunity Details

We're designing a GIS data structure that our subsistence farmers can easily use to document land-use, and biodiversity sightings so their credits are more transparent. This will be used to correlate with satellite imaging and use Google App Engine. If you have specific competencies in GIS data modeling, Google Maps coding, or satellite imaging we would love to work with you.

Opportunity Details

Eradicating invasive species on the property and replacing with native plants.

Trail construction consists of clearing existing trails, creating safe stairs and railings adding chips for safe hiking.

Opportunity Details

WaterStrong Eco-Swim clinics are designed to destroy barriers to swimming and clean water and to make water magical with its specialized curriculum in swimming, water safety and environmental education. Clinics take place where families recreate: public lakes, rivers, and swimming pools in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Volunteers join the clinic as swim instructors, water watchers, environmental educators and greeters. Because WaterStrong programs are delivered in communities where language, economic, and access barriers exist, Spanish-speaking and bilingual/bi-cultural volunteers are encouraged to join. Eco-Swim clinics vary in length from 1 hour to 1 day (maybe a week-long day camp sometime in the future). Every participant receives a free life jacket. Every volunteer receives a WaterStrong t-shirt, swim cap, sticker, and light meal. The guiding principles are "as we care for the water, the water cares for us" and "swim! learn! thrive!"

Available Shifts

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