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Spring clean up in North Hill!
Keep Akron Beautiful provides beautiful plants for the community, but it is up to volunteers to clean up the neighborhood and ready the gardens for planting.
This project will be held on Earth Day, April 22, 2024. We will convene at 9:00am at People's Park (760 Elma St. Akron) and then move in groups to clean up several areas in the neighborhood. No skill is necessary, but gloves are encouraged. Volunteers will clear dead foliage, plant spring bulbs, and clear debris and trash that may have accumulated during the winter at People's Park, Temple Square, the Howard Street Heritage Courtyard, and several planter boxes in the neighborhood. Up to 20 volunteers are needed for 2-3 hours

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	20	n/a	n/a

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We run team corporate volunteering days for up to 50 people in community green spaces needing urgent support. We have sites all over Greater London.

The best way to get a feel of what we offer is to watch our testimonial video from MUJI's day with us earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ineTjSXQoNQ

In short we manage the entire day from registration, the gardening itself, to the wrap up:

- Organising - We take the headache out of registering your colleagues with our forms
-Timings - Days last from 9.30 am to 4 pm (max), incl. 1-hour lunch break.
-Health & Safety - we give a H&S briefing, provide all gardening tools and gloves on the day. Our team of Gardening Team Leaders are also First Aid trained.
-A fun, educational, and productive gardening day. We love how much we always get done and we make sure we have a good time doing it.
-Expect "hands-on"! Practical activities we might be doing together including pruning, digging, planting flowers, shrubs and trees, creating bug hotels and wildlife habitats, improving soils, turning compost, litter picking and sowing seeds.
-Photos- we will provide you with team and individual shots to remember our day together.
-'Golden Gloves' Awards ceremony at the end of your session gives us a chance to say thank you.
-Marketing & CSR wrap up - we provide photos, infographics, and concise reports for your CSR / ESG reporting, annual wrap up, and social media. We occasionally get a 'Feel Good' press story in - and we'd love to involve you in these also.

Fee for the day:

We charge £990 for up to 12 people joining us for a full day (9.30am - 4.30am). This covers our organising time, tools, gardener's fees, plants, etc.

If you would like to stay for a party with the residents we ask you to bring the cakes and drinks for yourself on the day.

All profits are channelled back into looking after the sites and communities we support.

We are sending volunteers AS A PRIORITY to Sheltered Housing blocks across London. Read below what an example of such a day might look like:

Lucy Brown House Sheltered Housing.
Address: 27 Park St, London SE1 9EG.
10 minutes’ walk from Blackfriars or London Bridge. Right behind Borough market.

Capacity
We have enough room (and to-do!) for 24 individuals to volunteer for a full day. We always include a party with the residents after the day of gardening.

Suggested Timings (though we can be flexible)

9.15am arrival for 9.30am start.
9.30am-12.30 Gardening (with tea break)
12.30-1.30pm Lunch break - borough market is 3 minutes walk away. We don't provide lunch, but you can eat it and play a game of pool at our site. Most teams go to Franco Manco together, 5 mins away.
1.30pm - 4.30pm Gardening afternoon session with tea break
4.30pm - 6.30pm Optional party with residents (tea and cake and whatever else you wish to eat and drink!)

Any questions - email Matt@LeavesBreathe.co.uk

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Are you looking to start your year by making a positive difference and contributing to the betterment of your community?

We invite you to join us for OneOC’s In-House Volunteer Sign Up Event on January 19th open house style from 4:00pm – 6:00 pm!

Our staff will interview you and see what type of volunteering you are looking to participate in based off your skills, availability and interests. A few days later, we will reach out to you with multiple opportunities that fit within your answers.

All interviews will be done on the spot with light snacks and beverages provided.

Scan the QR code on the flyer or email Luke Hardy at lhardy@oneoc.org to sign up or get more information on this event!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Open House Interview	no limit	n/a	n/a

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At Satyananda Yoga Farm, one of the key principles we have is Yoga and Ecology. In Yoga and Ecology, we involve the community and students to come together and learn :
How to live in harmony with nature.
How to incorporate Yogic lifestyle (or natural lifestyle) in daily routine while engaged in karma and dharma of society and student life.
How to use STEM to enrich the environment and scientific research based on data.

Available Shifts

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

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Our 1.6 acre school, community, and botanical garden helps grow food for our local White Center Food Bank, just North of our Burien, WA. location. We can arrange for volunteer work parties to help maintain the garden between April and the end of October. All ages are welcome and we can take groups of up to 20 with enough lead time. Activities may include, weeding, harvesting, planting, mulching, watering, and sometimes light construction. Youth groups must have one adult for every three kids. Most volunteer sessions are one to two hours long. Visit our website for more information.

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Detroit was originally designed and known for tree-lined streets. Once hailed as the Paris of the Midwest, since the 1950’s, Detroit has lost nearly 500,000 trees on public and private property. The restoration of tree canopy along our streets, in our parks, at our schools, on vacant lots and open spaces is a key objective for The Greening of Detroit. We work with Detroit communities and the city in order to make this possible and by joining us in our effort, you will be a part of reforesting the city. There are many social, economic and ecological benefits to planting trees.

With over 30 years of tree planting experience, The Greening of Detroit has developed a simple and systematic approach to organizing a successful event.

A “Citizen Forester” or staff member is assigned to each group to teach your how to plant, answer questions, and provide support and quality management throughout the planting event. Most teams of volunteers should expect to plant 2-3 trees. Some teams will plant more or less depending on planting conditions and their ability.

Unless otherwise stated, our volunteer plantings follow this general schedule:

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Registration
Sign in at the welcome table to confirm your arrival, get a name tag, and receive your zone number.

9:15-9:30 a.m. Welcome
Greening staff will introduce out work and the specifics of the project before sending you off in your zone to begin planting.

9:30a - 10:00 a.m. Planting Demonstration
Citizen Foresters will demonstrate The Greening’s planting method. This method has been proven successful in challenging urban environments.

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Tree Planting
Teams of 2-3 volunteers will each choose and plant a tree. It generally takes about one hour to plant a tree. When finished, you may move on to the next tree.

1:00 p.m. Wrap Up
Collect your tools and return to the welcome area. Congratulate yourself and your teammates on a job well done!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Community Tree PLanting	250	n/a	n/a

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Renovation of John Retreat Center Cameroon Association(JRCCA) Training Center . This project will upgrade the existing health care and educational systems for women and girls in 28 rural villages in NW Cameroon, through skill training, social economic development, women's rights and gender equity. . It will also resolve the need for the JRCCA MPC and Urgent Care Center. The urgent care center, school and meetings can be held indoors with the upgrade of the guest house!

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Join the City of Bellingham, Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), and the community for our annual volunteer work party in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Together, we will plant native trees and shrubs to restore fish and wildlife habitat and improve water quality near the Squalicum Creek Re-route project. This important ecological restoration project was constructed in 2020 to benefit salmon and other native species. Find out more and register at https://cob.org/event/volunteer-mlk2024

Available Shifts

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

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You will be preparing diets for monkeys as well as feeding several different types of monkeys. In addition providing enrichment in the form of toys and puzzles and different activities. Also responsible for keeping enclosures cleaned and grounds clean, raked and free from debris.

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La nostra serra ribolle di piantine biologiche che non vedono l’ora di trovare la loro collocazione in orto. Ti va di aiutarci a metterle a dimora?
Sotto la guida del nostro team agricolo, prepareremo insieme il terreno, metteremo a dimora le piante e ci assicureremo che abbiano il giusto supporto e sostentamento.
È un lavoro alla portata di tutti: servono solo abbigliamento comodo e che si possa sporcare, scarpe da campagna, una borraccia personale (perché in campo fa caldo) e la voglia di “mettere le mani in pasta”.
Concluderemo la mattinata di lavoro condividendo un gustoso pranzetto, offerto da La Nuova Arca e preparato con le verdure bio del nostro orto. Che dici, sei dei nostri? Ti aspettiamo!