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Three community organizations are calling on volunteers from throughout Rochester to come together later this month to pitch in on a citywide spring cleaning.

Check-in will take place from 9-10 a.m. at Central Square, before groups fan out across town to clean up either a stretch of road in Rochester or the city’s downtown area.

Volunteers will be treated to a complimentary doughnuts and coffee during check-in, as well as a complimentary lunch back at Central Square from 12:30-2 p.m., courtesy of Moe’s Italian Sandwiches.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
VG 1	no limit	n/a	n/a
VG 2	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Keep Islip Clean is joining with Good Samaritan Hospital for a good old fashioned litter cleanup! It's the quickest way to make a positive improvement in our environment. Litter isn't just ugly, it hams our shared local environment. Join us!

This is a Keep Islip Clean 30th Anniversary Event.

Available Shifts

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

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Weeding, trimming bushes, cleaning up trash around building, planting flowers, and/ or removing debris

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Volunteers will be beautifying the City gardens! There will be spring clean-up of the Kohls Garden located along the Healthy Living Trail and then cleaning up of trash on the city roundabouts on 33rd Street South and Graniteview Road.

Available Shifts

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

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Join Regional Manager Lizzy Swiderski on Good Friday, April 19th @7am to help load up over 5,000 pairs of shoes, and squeeze in an hour of service before work! The shoes go towards our micro-enterprise program which helps us to create sustainable jobs in developing nations!

Details below!
Schedule
Arrive @7am
Start loading by 7:15am
Finish Loading by 8:15am

Address
Columbia Storage Facility
1025 US 206, Bordentown, NJ 08505

Requirements
Will need to be able to lift 20-50lb bags!
Gloves
Water Bottle
Wear comfortable clothing & sneakers

Got shoes? This is also a great time to drop-off any shoes you have from you shoe drive! We can load them up right away!

If you’re interested, please email the Regional Donation Centers Manager Lizzy Swiderski at lizzys@soles4souls.org OR call/text 615-598-7311. With a handful of volunteers, it should only take 1 hour to load the truck.

WHERE DO THE SHOES GO?
In supporting Soles4Souls in just a few hours of service, you will help make a major impact on the lives of families in places like Haiti and Honduras. The 5,000 pair of shoes you will load will benefit Soles4Souls international micro-enterprise program as a tool to generate income. The micro-enterprise model offers a powerful and sustainable way for people to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Available Shifts

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

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The Jackson Friendly Home is asking for volunteers to help spruce up the gardens and get them ready for spring. It is important to us to keep our grounds looking nice and so the ladies can enjoy the beauty of the gardens.

Available Shifts

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General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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We are seeking pro-bono/volunteer help in the area of advertising/marketing/pr. We want to be as effective as possible getting our message out, and also in letting our supporters and target audience know about important information and events.

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Come help at centrally-located Felicia's Farm. Individuals and groups are welcome to help us weed, turn compost, clear beds, and more. Tasks change continually but we will show you how to do that day's chores. Wear clothes and shoes that can get dirty! Please see our website for more. Our latest news will be on facebook and instagram. Everything we do at the farm goes to producing naturally grown veggies, fruits and eggs. We donate 100% to local soup kitchens and organizations serving those in need in Tucson. Thanks and hope to see you at the Farm!

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The purpose of our event is to bring our students, parents, staff, and community together to celebrate Earth Day and clean our school. Volunteers will help us clean our campus, organize classrooms, plant flowers, care for our animals such as turtles, chicken, and rabbits, and help us clean our butterfly garden! Our students are very involved in the gardening program, raising our animals, and they will learn to care of our school at the same time. We are hoping to bring our community together and this will be the first event of this kind. Lunch will be provided at 12pm. Thank you!

Available Shifts

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

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People Making a Difference (PMD), which organizes one-time, hands-on volunteer projects for individuals, partners with businesses to promote effective community involvement, and trains and assists nonprofit leaders in quality volunteer management, is seeking qualified candidates for its Board of Directors, which governs the organization as well as leads philanthropy efforts. Board nominations are being accepted for three-year terms on a rolling basis.

Since PMD began in 1992, it has engaged and learned from more than 9,500 volunteers and 45 for-profit and public business partners. PMD has organized and executed more than 1,290 service projects, helping 143 recipient charities, of which 83% do not have staffing and other resources dedicated to working with volunteers year-round and so need assistance in order to involve volunteers effectively. PMD has built a reputation for providing high quality volunteer experiences that make a real difference to local charities.

Community Service Projects - PMD’s award winning, well planned service projects engage volunteers in meaningful, hands-on work that effectively meets real needs and educates volunteers about the context of their work. Participants consistently feel energized and motivated from making a difference as PMD volunteers. PMD also trains and supervises a corps of experienced volunteer project managers who lead volunteer groups.

Corporate Community Involvement - PMD partners with businesses of all sizes to identify clear community service goals and objectives and then to develop appropriate employee volunteer opportunities. PMD’s involvement ranges from research and project development to complete planning and full-service execution, such that employers need only recruit participants. PMD offers experience, innovation, and convenience. Recent corporate partners have included
BNY Mellon, Novartis, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Dell EMC.

Assisting Nonprofit Leaders - PMD trains and provides technical assistance to charities in implementing strategic practices in volunteer management, so that other nonprofits will embrace high standards that are the hallmarks of PMD’s successful service program.

PMD board members serve staggered, three-year terms. The Board meets quarterly in the early evenings (usually in Downtown Boston or Randolph) and on the first or second Sunday in November in Randolph for a working meeting.

PMD is particularly interested in candidates with expertise in any of the following areas:
-Special Event. PMD organizes a spring benefit (Tuesday, 5/14/2019), so needs help with sponsorship and ticket sales.
-Organizational and Communications Skills. Schedule and keep written records of all meetings, conference calls, and official board actions between meetings, as well as distribute minutes in a timely fashion via email. (Must be a Massachusetts resident.)
-Resource Development Skills and Contacts. We are particularly seeking an experienced development professional who can introduce and mentor inexperienced board directors in fundraising from individuals (annual appeal) and intimate special events. Ideally includes expertise in corporate and foundation fundraising, special event planning, major donor identification and cultivation, and/or individual solicitations. Connections to potential, (paying) corporate partners and major donors are also helpful.
-Web Site Design. Our aged web site needs a complete makeover so it is optimized for mobile-devices and includes more images and calls to action, as well as information for additional stakeholders. We seek a project lead to coordinate with volunteer (and paid) consultants for content design and then development.
-App Design. Although Tufts JumboCode students have successfully developed PMD’s first app for checking in/out volunteers and providing assignments and other communiques so that volunteers no longer have to wait in line (particularly important when more than 20 volunteers officiate for a large event like a science bowl, conclude at different times, or have their assignments/locations changed at large venues), bugs must be fixed and additional features must be developed. We seek a project lead to coordinate with volunteer (and potentially paid) developers.
-Talent Acquisition. Help identify and recruit new volunteer leaders with shared values and priorities. We seek new members with strong commitments to our mission and active participation in expanding support for our work among our board’s and their networks.
-Leadership Development. Increase and expand board engagement and autonomy.

We strongly recommend that potential board candidates become acquainted with the typical work of PMD by FIRST signing up and participating in a PMD service project as a volunteer. Upcoming PMD volunteer opportunities are listed at http://www.pmd.org/events.phtml one month in advance.