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Become a #Food Rescue Hero
We rely on amazing people, like you, to be our feet on the ground to rescue and deliver food to hunger centers in less than an hour. Rescues can be weekly, scheduled food rescues or pop-up food rescues.

Weekly Rescues
Weekly rescues occur on the day, time, and frequency of your choice (i.e. every Monday at 10:00AM). These types of rescues allow you to build relationships with our food donors and food recipients during your recurring rescues, making you their favorite food rescue friend!

Pop-Up Rescues
Pop-up rescues occur on an as needed basis. These are not at pre-determined days and times and you can choose to claim or ignore the rescue.

Download our app!
Hunger Network - Food Rescue App
Prevent good food from entering the waste stream and redirect it to people who most need it!

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The 16th Annual West Fork White River Watershed Cleanup will take place Saturday, May 15th, from 9:00 am till Noon. We invite volunteers to come to help pick up trash in areas around Winslow, West Fork, Greenland, and Fayetteville which are all located in the West Fork of the White River Watershed.

Advance registration is required for site assignments. Masks, clean-up supplies, water, and small snacks will be provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes and weather appropriate clothing.

To register or for more information, please email kayla@beaverwatershedalliance.org or call 479-750-8007.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	100	n/a	n/a

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We are a volunteer-driven organization that relies on the energy, talent, and enthusiasm of thousands of people. Because of your help, we can grow and donate nutritious local produce to people in need of fresh, healthy food. We simply could not accomplish our mission without your hard work as a farm volunteer.

“Volunteering at Gaining Ground is a time for me to escape the urban rat race and reconnect with the earth. There is an amazing sense of satisfaction one gets from transforming a field full of weeds to one of neat rows of lettuce or beets. The setting is beautiful and the camaraderie shared with the farmers and the other volunteers is something I always look forward to.” -Karin C.

“My team really enjoyed it. Well organized, you know how to host volunteers well! My team loved your passion and felt like they had a greater appreciation for farming.” -Vickie B.

From early April through late October, we depend upon thousands of helping hands working outside with us morning and afternoon. Our community of volunteers is broad-based, often including:

Individuals ages 15 and up
Families with children ages 5 and up
Education groups: schools, colleges, alumni, homeschool coops
Religious groups
Community groups: scouts, camps, senior citizens, civic organizations
Special needs groups
Corporate groups

When you arrive, you walk out through the fields to our farm pavilion. You are welcomed and given an introduction to Gaining Ground and our hunger-relief role. Our farmers explain what’s going on at the farm and the tasks they’ve lined up, based on the the skills and abilities of that day’s volunteers. Then, you work alongside our staff—planting, mulching, cultivating, harvesting, washing… At the end of your visit, our farm staff returns with you to the pavilion to share observations and experiences.

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OVERVIEW

The SEED Conservation Research Programme (SCRP) is based in the beautiful coastal area of Sainte Luce, surrounded by extremely rare and threatened fragments of littoral forest. Join us and you will carry out important, hands-on, conservation fieldwork with species including lemurs, bats, chameleons and amphibians, help with community initiatives, and environmental education. You'll also have the chance to explore the local area, meet some amazing people and enjoy some spectacular sunsets.

The southern littoral forest in Sainte Luce is one of only three significant areas of this forest type remaining in Madagascar, having been reduced by over 90%. As the forest has both high biodiversity and a heavily reliant local population, we work to combine scientific research with community conservation to build knowledge and capacity in the area.

Currently, our research focuses on biodiversity, collecting data about species present, their distribution, density, behaviour and habitats. Study species include lemurs, geckos, chameleons, bats and many more. The data is used to better manage the forests, support the local community and protect the species concerned. Volunteers also help to run regular environmental education classes for local children.

WHY ARE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED?

Conservation Volunteers provide vital support to the long-term research staff with collecting research data on the coastal forest ecosystem. The more people that help search along a transect, the more likely we are to record everything in the area.
Data collected on these projects is used to inform and educate governments, businesses and communities responsible for the conservation of these areas and species. Some of our projects include:
• Long term monitoring of lemurs, amphibians and reptiles—Creating long term datasets that provide information on population densities, ecological preference of species and changes over time.
• Project Ala—Increase and improve viable habitat for two endangered species of lemur and a newly discovered mouse lemur in the Sainte Luce littoral forest, through corridor reforestation coupled with strengthened local and regional capacity to support the conservation of lemurs and their natural habitats.
• Project Rufus—Conducting research and education to enhance the long-term survival of Madagascar’s flying fox bats.

DATE/TIME NOTES
Our Conservation Research Programme is designed as a 10-week programme starting at the beginning of January, April, July and October each year. You can join from a minimum of 2 weeks, up to a maximum of 10 weeks. To participate in the full range of activities you will want to stay for the full 10 weeks!

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Volunteers will work alongside LSNC staff to do some or all of the following: remove invasive plants, rake/dig to remove roots, plant native species, collect appropriate materials for the nature playscape, move and rake woodchips in and around native gardens.

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We would like native English or German speaker to help review our language on our platform and provide feedback.

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Join Thousand Islands Area Habitat for Humanity as we do some spring cleaning in Watertown! Registration opens at 9:00 am at the Fairgrounds. Please - wear a brightly colored shirt or some reflective clothing. We also encourage you to bring work gloves or a garbage picker if you have one. Event will end at noon.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	15	n/a	n/a

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We are excited to announce that our 15th annual Fight For Air Climb - Detroit is going to happen on May 23 in person and outside - at Comerica Park!

Join the American Lung Association in Michigan in their efforts to combat COVID-19 and other lung diseases at this event. Already we have had a surge of energy and excitement from our Climbers and community, who are only too happy to participate in an endurance event in person, especially after the many virtual ones.

Help make the day a success by arriving early on Sunday, May 23 to set up our Race Route throughout the Park. We need active, athletic people to tape the route, add signs and encourage our Climbers along the way!

You can go to our website www.ClimbDetroit.org to Register as a Volunteer and to find out more information and details for our day, including our Climb Safe Commitment - which outlines our intention to hold to the best health precautions, including spatial distancing, health screenings, sanitation protocols, and face masks.

We hope you can join us and help us defeat all lung diseases!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Morning Shift - Route Help and Set Up	30	n/a	n/a
Afternoon Shift - Route Help and Take Down	30	n/a	n/a

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Registration on our website is required, as well! Choose from 70+ Sites around the river basin. Milwaukee Riverkeeper provides the gloves, trash bags, and amazing FREE T-SHIRTS. YOU provide the people power to pick up the trash that finds its way into our beautiful river system. Together, we can help restore our waterways.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
9:00 Time Slot	no limit	n/a	n/a
9:30 Time Slot	no limit	n/a	n/a
10:00 Time Slot	no limit	n/a	n/a
10:30 Time Slot	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Join us on a Virtual Field Trip to Kathgora, Bangladesh

In place of traditional Earth Day activities this year, travel with Pure Earth to Bangladesh and meet the Pure Earth team changing lives by cleaning up severe lead pollution from the informal, unsafe processing of used lead-acid batteries. First stop is Kathgora where Pure Earth cleaned up massive piles of battery waste and lead slag left behind by the illegal open air smelters. You’ll hear from relieved parents whose children are now safely playing in cleaned up bamboo groves.

Our team will then show you the next cleanup site, another abandoned open air smelting operation in a residential setting that has soil readings of 300,000 PPM lead.

And finally, we will visit a site that is operating today breaking batteries in this dangerous manner, with workers harming themselves and contaminating the entire area.

You will then have an opportunity for a live Q&A with our team members.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Virtual Field Trip	no limit	n/a	n/a