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Creating a platform for everyday volunteers to assist in the beautification of Tampa and surrounding areas. Project 100 Inc, focuses on providing multiple opportunities for everyday individuals to make their stamp on the community they reside. Building a hub of individuals with aligning missions & visions to see Tampa & surrounding areas, Parks, Streets, & Major highways cleaned for the people who use it on the daily. We've Adopted: Florida Ave, Cuscaden Park, Robles Park & Owen St. all local to Tampa, while still completing random street-cleans in neighboring areas.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Street-Cleaners | no limit | n/a | n/a |
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Purpose: Assist with trail maintenance at one of Story County Conservation's newest parks.Event Description:
Assist with some trail maintenance on National Trails Day! We'll be working at the Tedesco Environmental Learning Corridor to spruce up the mulched trails. Volunteers are needed to use wheelbarrows to move mulch to the trails and rake mulch into place. Leftover mulch can then be used on trees throughout the park.
Wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes and long pants.
Bring work gloves if you have them -- we'll have some extras.
Bring a water bottle (we'll have a water cooler on site)
Masks will be required if unable to physically distance -- we'll have some extras
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
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Purpose of event: SCC recently acquired a new greenspace and we need your help to start some habitat restoration! Celebrate Earth Day by giving back to the land. Join us for a morning of cedar removal at this unnamed property.- All needed tools will be sanitized and provided -- feel free to bring your own hand saw if you'd rather
- Portable toilet will be on site
- Dress in long sleeves and long pants
- Wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes
- Bring work gloves if you have them and a water bottle
We will be following CDC recommended COVID guidelines. Face coverings will be required if unable to maintain physical distancing of 6 feet or more.
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | 10 | n/a | n/a |
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We have opportunities for groups to participate in volunteering activities such as cleaning trails, spreading mulch, planting flowers and more!Volunteers can help in a variety of areas, from governance to food service!
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
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Become a #Food Rescue HeroWe 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!
Opportunity Details
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 |
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| 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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OVERVIEWThe 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!
Opportunity Details
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.