April 2020 NYC Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2020 - NYC   We are all currently experiencing the impact of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Our lives have changed dramatically in the past few weeks - our schools are closed, community events and everyday activities have been canceled, our homes transformed into schools and workspaces. Many nonprofits that serve vulnerable populations are now struggling to meet their basic needs. Although we like to encourage our subscribers to get out in the community and volunteer, right now fulfilling an organization's wish list or making a financial donation may be the best way that we can help. Below is a list of organizations you can contact in your community, as well as a few national sites you can use to search for additional organizations in your area. We suggest you be cognizant of potential staff shortages and the increased work demands on nonprofit staff and check an organization's website and social media channels for updated information. Here are some organizations that serve our hungry neighbors that can use your financial assistance: West Side Campaign Against Hunger - www.wscah.org  The Campaign Against Hunger - https://www.tcahnyc.org/ Food Bank of NYC - https://www.foodbanknyc.org/, https://www.foodbanknyc.org/covid-19/  City Harvest - https://www.cityharvest.org New York Common Pantry - http://nycommonpantry.org/,  Rescuing Leftover Cuisine - https://www.rescuingleftovercuisine.org  God's Love We Deliver - https://www.glwd.org/  City Meals on Wheels - https://www.citymeals.org National food pantry search site - https://www.foodpantries.org  National homeless shelters and human services search site - https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org  Also, visit the Doing Good Together COVID-19 response page for a growing list of ways your family can share kindness, volunteer, donate, and learn together, even as you stay home together to slow the spread of the pandemic. There is much that we can do from home to lift the spirits of others who are struggling with ongoing issues made more difficult by the current crisis. Let's take this opportunity to turn our gaze outward, to spread joy, to help our neighbors and to be kind to ourselves and others. Everyone at Doing Good Together sends warm wishes for the health and safety of every member of our community. Be well.   Virtual Family Project - Make Greeting Cards for Seniors! Repair the World Date/Time: Monday, April 13, 11am - noon Location: This is an online virtual project on Zoom -  https://zoom.us/j/364279502 Ages: Geared toward children ages 6-12 with an adult, open to younger and older siblings Time Commitment: One hour Join us on Zoom for a special project at home, together! Families are invited to learn with Repair the World in this engaging virtual project. From home, we'll craft greeting cards together for seniors living in Met Council on Jewish Poverty's affordable housing buildings. During this time of physical distancing, let's connect to reach our most socially isolated neighbors! Open to the public, free of cost. Generously made possible by the UJA Federation of NY. Contact: kate.thomas@weRepair.org. Registration is available online.  https://werepair.org/brooklyn/   Virtual Playdates with a Purpose Repair the World Date/Time: Sunday, April 26, 11:30am - 12:30pm Location: This is an online virtual project on Zoom -  https://zoom.us/j/151830175 Ages: Geared toward children ages 3-6, open to younger and older siblings! Time Commitment: One hour Join Repair the World Harlem and JCC Harlem for a project for our youngest volunteers! Playdates with a Purpose includes facilitated play, learning, and storytime around issues of equity. This month's Playdates will be from the comfort of your own home! Join us on Zoom to play and learn at home, together! Generously made possible by PJ Library, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Contact: kate.thomas@weRepair.org. Registration is available online.  https://werepair.org/harlem/  Thank You Letter to a Sanitation Worker Big Reuse/DSNY Date/Time: Anytime Location: At home Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies Sanitation workers work hard to keep our city clean, healthy, and sustainable. Especially during this time, they are putting themselves at risk to do a job that our city depends on. Please show them your support by writing a letter of thanks. If you know your sanitation worker's name, you can personalize your letter.  Feel free to include drawings, too! Then take a picture of your card, and send it to us. We will share it with the sanitation garage in your community, (and, if personalized, will do our best to make sure your particular sanitation worker sees it). Through the Make Compost, Not Trash campaign, DSNY employees, volunteers, and organizational partners like Big Reuse and the NYC Compost Project, are working to spread the word about the importance of using the NYC curbside composting brown bin. When you put your food and yard waste in a brown bin, you are helping to nourish soils, make energy, fight climate change, and reduce our dependence on landfills. The sanitation workers who collect the waste are an essential part of this operation. Send pictures of your thank you letters to ceorganics@bigreuse.org. Contact: Baruch Blum, Outreach Associate, 818.984.6572, baruch@bigreuse.org bigreuse.org, makecompost.nyc Take a Picture with Your Food Scraps or Create a Food Scrap Sculpture! Big Reuse / DSNY Date/Time: Anytime Location: At home Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment:  Varies For families who have the NYC curbside composting brown bin, recycling food (and yard) waste is one of the good deeds you can do from home. Through the Make Compost, Not Trash campaign, DSNY employees, volunteers, and organizational partners like Big Reuse and the NYC Compost Project, are working to spread the word about the importance of using the brown bin. When you put your food and yard waste in a brown bin, you are helping to nourish soils, make energy, fight climate change, and reduce our dependence on landfills. You can help us promote this program by taking a picture of your family with your food scraps or by creating food scrap art! You can create a food scrap sculpture. Or a painting of food scraps. Or any food scrap inspired artwork. Then take pictures of your food scraps or food scrap art and send them to us. We might feature it on our social media and then other families will be inspired to participate, too! Send your photos to ceorganics@bigreuse.org. Contact: Baruch Blum, Outreach Associate, 818.984.6572, baruch@bigreuse.org bigreuse.org, makecompost.nyc Emergency Assistance Fund for College Youth Together We Rise Date/Time: Ongoing Location: Online Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies Together We Rise's mission is to help ease the transitions that foster children experience within the system. The foster care system can be a confusing and sometimes disheartening place for children. Together We Rise's fundraising and network of passionate volunteers strives to give children in foster care a brighter future, a sense of normalcy and belonging. Right now college students formerly in the foster care system are being displaced from their dorms and on-campus housing. The Together We Rise network is working on creating emergency housing, providing travel, utilities, and groceries to these students. You can help by making a financial donation to this emergency fund. Contact: 714.784.6760, info@familyfellows.org.   https://www.togetherwerise.org/  Letters of Gratitude Operation Gratitude Date/Time: Ongoing Location: Put all loose artwork and letters/cards (no individual envelopes) in a large envelope or box according to their recipient type, and ship to: Operation Gratitude ATTN: Letter Writing Program 9409 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate Time Commitment: Varies Write letters to our military, veterans and first responders. Operation Gratitude sends care packages to our active duty military, veterans, first responders and new recruits. Each package includes a bundle of letters from the American people, thanking them for their service to our country. Package recipients tell us these letters, notes, and drawings are the most cherished items in their box. Visit the Operation Gratitude website for full instructions.     Contact: info@operationgratitude.com www.operationgratitude.com Send Kindness to an Elder Letters of Love Date/Time: Anytime and as often as you'd like Location: Mail cards to: Love For The Elderly P. O. Box 24248 Cleveland, OH 44124 Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies The mission of Letters of Love is to bring joy into the lives of the elderly. They do this by collecting cards and mailing these to elders in senior communities across the globe. These include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices and senior centers. With the outbreak of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to fight loneliness with love for our elders. Here are their letter writing guidelines: Letters must be legible (large print) and handwritten. Avoid religion. Please refrain from including anything religious in your letters, such as religious quotes, words like "God," etc. Exclude the date (day, month, and year). Embrace creativity! Recipients love it when the letters are personal. We encourage you to make your letters detailed, thoughtful and heartfelt. Be kind and thoughtful (more than talking about yourself). This is a one-way letter exchange, meaning you will not receive a letter back, so remember that no reciprocation attached is part of the beauty of your act of kindness, and the recipients don't feel burdened by feeling obligated or being unable to respond. Envelope your letters if you can! It's so much nicer to open up an enveloped card, don't you think? If you're sending more than 1 letter, leave your enveloped letters unsealed and unstamped and put them in a larger envelope or box to send. Learn more here. Contact: https://lovefortheelderly.org/contact https://lovefortheelderly.org/ Feed a Hungry Family Family-to-Family Date/Time: Monthly donation Location: Contact Family-to-Family to sign up to sponsor a family Ages: The whole family can participate Time Commitment: Varies Family-to-Family, Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit 501(c)(3) hunger and poverty relief organization dedicated to providing food, personal hygiene products and other basic life essentials to American families struggling with the challenges of poverty. Your family can help by sponsoring a family in need with a monthly box of groceries. Once you sign up to Sponsor a Family,Family-to-Family will match you with a family in one of the communities they sponsor, and email you information about your "new family." Monthly sponsorships are $36.50 and will help provide enough groceries for an average of 15 meals per month. Families are encouraged to learn more about one another, and you are encouraged to exchange emails and letters with your family. Family-to Family offers other options to help hungry families - click here to learn more. Contact: Nancy Hennessee, nhennessee@family-to-family.org. Sign-up online to sponsor a family. https://www.family-to-family.org/ Check out our featured Project of the Month!   EXPLORE our growing list of at-home projects you can do whenever you're ready, each with conversation starters, book ideas, and more! Follow along on social media as other families tackle this month's projects and share their stories! Simply join our Facebook group or find us on Instagram (@doinggoodtogether and #sharekindness)   Stay home, teach kindness, make a difference, and have fun! Homebound with your kids? This is the ideal time to teach your children that when our community faces difficult challenges, your family thinks about helping others, too. We've put together a DGT Kindness Kit that allows you and your kids to offer simple acts of generosity right from your own kitchen table. Find all you need to advocate for issues that matter; combat hunger; treat homebound folks to creative artwork; share gratitude with people who mean the world to you; and spark fun, meaningful conversations about empathy, compassion and the common good! Find more information about our Kindness Kit  in our DGT Store and order today: only $9.95, including shipping. (Bulk discounts are available.) We're also offering a digital version for $4.95. However, if the cost is a problem, use the coupon code KINDNESS to download it for free       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2020 Doing Good Together™

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April 2020 Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2020 - Silicon Valley  We are all currently experiencing the impact of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Our lives have changed dramatically in the past few weeks - our schools are closed, community events and everyday activities have been canceled, our homes are transformed into workspaces. Many nonprofits that serve vulnerable populations are now struggling to meet their basic needs. Although we like to encourage our subscribers to get out in the community and volunteer, right now fulfilling an organization's wish list or making a financial donation may be the best way that we can help. We are including a list of organizations you can contact in your community, as well as a few national sites you can use to search for additional organizations in your area. We suggest you be cognizant of potential staff shortages and the increased work demands on nonprofit staff and check an organization's website and social media channels for updated information. Please check with project organizers before beginning a project as needs are changing quickly!     There is much that we can do from home to lift the spirits of others who are struggling with ongoing issues made more difficult by the current crisis. Let's take this opportunity to turn our gaze outward, to spread joy, to help our neighbors and to be kind to ourselves and others. Our Doing Good Together family sends our warm wishes for the health and safety of every member of our community.  Be well.    Catholic Charities - https://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/covid19-information Community Services Agency (CSA) - https://www.csacares.org/ Loaves and Fishes - https://www.loavesfishes.org/ Martha's Kitchen - https://www.marthas-kitchen.org/ Sacred Heart Community Services - https://sacredheartcs.org/ Samaritan House - https://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/, https://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/samaritan-house-service-update/ Second Harvest of Silicon Valley - https://www.shfb.org/ Sunday Friends - https://www.sundayfriends.org/index1.html Sunnyvale Community Services - https://svcommunityservices.org/, https://svcommunityservices.org/donate-how-to-donate/ The Health Trust - https://healthtrust.org/ COVID-19 Coronavirus Regional Response Fund - https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/coronavirus-fund South Bay Mutual Aid - South Bay Mutual Aid Volunteer Intake Search for additional food shelves: https://www.foodpantries.org Search for additional homeless shelters and human services: https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org How you can help the Bay Area's most vulnerable populations: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ways-to-help-Bay-Area-s-most-vulnerable-15141732.php EHP Emergency Food Program Ecumenical Hunger Program Date/Time: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 9:30am - 4:30pm. Please check their website for EHP's current work schedule Location: Please drop off or send care packages to Ecumenical Hunger Program, 2411 Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies EHP is asking for the public's help in garnering items for local families in need. Food items that are the most needed are prepackaged, preferably single-serving sizes or any canned items that require little or no cooking. Some suggested items are; canned chili, soup, tuna, salmon, (poptop cans are preferred for homeless clients), fruit cups, Top Ramen, juice boxes, bottled water (8 oz. or 16 oz.), Cup-A-Soup and single serve meals and snacks (listed below). Many of these items may be ordered on Amazon. Gift cards to Walmart, Costco, Target or CVS would also be greatly appreciated. Non-food items that are also in high demand and needed are soap, wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet tissue, paper towels and diapers, sizes 4, 5, & 6. The items below are sold on Amazon, but any similar items from any store will work: Campbell's Ready Meals, Creamy Dumplings with Chicken & Vegetables, 9 Ounce (Pack of 6) Bumble Bee Snack on the Run Tuna Salad with Crackers, Canned Tuna Fish, High Protein Food, 3.5 Ounce (Pack of 12) Hormel Compleats - Portion Control Variety Pack - Microwave Meals - No Refrigeration Needed (5 Pack) Hormel Compleats Chicken Alfredo, 10 Ounce (Pack of 6) Hormel Compleats Tender Beef with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (Pack of 6) Hormel Compleats XL Chicken Alfredo, 13 Ounce (Pack of 5) Ultimate Snack Care Package, Variety Assortment of Chips, Cookies, Crackers & More, 40 Count Healthy Snacks Care Package (Count 30) Nabisco Cookies Sweet Treats Variety Pack Cookies - with Oreo, Chips Ahoy, & Golden Oreo - 30 Snack Pack Contact: 650.323.7781 or lakesha@ehpcares.org. https://www.ehpcares.org/ Help Out Your Neighbors West Valley Community Services Date/Time: Monday through Friday; 8am - noon, 1 - 5pm (Please ring doorbell) Location: West Valley Community Services, 10104 Vista Drive, Cupertino Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies Thank you for your compassion.  Even at the darkest of times, a compassionate community can make an incredible difference. Here are three ways that you can help:  To help us buy food, supplies and to support our clients, please donate here  To help feed low income and homeless community residents, drop-off unexpired and unopened cans of food or shelf-stable dry packaged food (like canned soup, meals in a can, canned fruit, canned veggies, oatmeal packets, mac and cheese, cereal bars, pasta, noodles, rice, instant soup cups, snacks for kids etc.) or fruit from trees in your yard at West Valley Community Services' office    Donate paper and plastic bags to help us package food for distribution Contact: joshs@wvcommunityservices.org    https://www.wvcommunityservices.org/ Send Kindness to an Elder Letters of Love Date/Time: Anytime and as often as you'd like Location: Mail cards to: Love For The Elderly P. O. Box 24248 Cleveland, OH 44124 Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies The mission of Letters of Love is to bring joy into the lives of the elderly. They do this by collecting cards and mailing these to elders in senior communities across the globe. These include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices and senior centers. With the outbreak of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to fight loneliness with love for our elders. Here are their letter writing guidelines: Letters must be legible (large print) and handwritten. Avoid religion. Please refrain from including anything religious in your letters, such as religious quotes, words like "God," etc. Exclude the date (day, month, and year). Embrace creativity! Recipients love it when the letters are personal. We encourage you to make your letters detailed, thoughtful and heartfelt. Be kind and thoughtful (more than talking about yourself). This is a one-way letter exchange, meaning you will not receive a letter back, so remember that no reciprocation attached is part of the beauty of your act of kindness, and the recipients don't feel burdened by feeling obligated or being unable to respond. Envelope your letters if you can! It's so much nicer to open up an enveloped card, don't you think? If you're sending more than 1 letter, leave your enveloped letters unsealed and unstamped and put them in a larger envelope or box to send. Learn more here. Contact: https://lovefortheelderly.org/contact https://lovefortheelderly.org/ Volunteer to Color Color A Smile Date/Time: Ongoing Location: Mail your drawings to: Color A Smile PO Box 1516 Morristown, NJ   07962-1516 Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate Time Commitment: Varies Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, our troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile. Every month Color A Smile mails out thousands of cheerful drawings. Over the last 25 years, Color A Smile has given out over 1 million drawings. Their goal is to put smiles on people's faces and remind them that someone is thinking of them. Pick up your crayons and help to spread smiles! Click here for coloring templates and instructions. Contact: info@colorasmile.org, 973.540.9222 https://colorasmile.org/ Emergency Assistance Fund for College Youth Together We Rise Date/Time: Ongoing Location: Online Ages: Everyone can help Time Commitment: Varies Together We Rise's mission is to help ease the transitions that foster children experience within the system. The foster care system can be a confusing and sometimes disheartening place for children. Together We Rise's fundraising and network of passionate volunteers strives to give children in foster care a brighter future, a sense of normalcy and belonging. Right now college students formerly in the foster care system are being displaced from their dorms and on-campus housing. The Together We Rise network is working on creating emergency housing, providing travel, utilities, and groceries to these students. You can help by making a financial donation to this emergency fund. Contact: 714.784.6760, info@familyfellows.org.   https://www.togetherwerise.org/  Bring Earth Day Home Clean up Your Neighborhood Date/Time: Choose your own date and time Location: Your neighborhood or local park Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies This April marks the 50th anniversary of Earth day. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, many cleanup projects and celebration have unfortunately needed to be canceled. Your family can  host your own independent cleanup for Earth Day instead. Celebrate by picking up trash in your neighborhood, or in your local parks -- while maintaining a safe distance from others. Check out the Doing Good Together Clean Up your Neighborhood Pick a Project page for additional ideas and reflection ideas.   Letters of Gratitude Operation Gratitude Date/Time: Ongoing Location: Put all loose artwork and letters/cards (no individual envelopes) in a large envelope or box according to their recipient type, and ship to: Operation Gratitude ATTN: Letter Writing Program 9409 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate Time Commitment: Varies Write letters to our military, veterans and first responders. Operation Gratitude sends care packages to our active duty military, veterans, first responders and new recruits. Each package includes a bundle of letters from the American people, thanking them for their service to our country. Package recipients tell us these letters, notes, and drawings are the most cherished items in their box. Visit the Operation Gratitude website for full instructions.     Contact: info@operationgratitude.com www.operationgratitude.com Check out our featured Project of the Month!   EXPLORE our growing list of at-home projects you can do whenever you're ready, each with conversation starters, book ideas, and more! Follow along on social media as other families tackle this month's projects and share their stories! Simply join our Facebook group or find us on Instagram (@doinggoodtogether and #sharekindness)   Stay home, teach kindness, make a difference, and have fun! Homebound with your kids? This is the ideal time to teach your children that when our community faces difficult challenges, your family thinks about helping others, too. We've put together a DGT Kindness Kit that allows you and your kids to offer simple acts of generosity right from your own kitchen table. Find all you need to advocate for issues that matter; combat hunger; treat homebound folks to creative artwork; share gratitude with people who mean the world to you; and spark fun, meaningful conversations about empathy, compassion and the common good! Find more information about our Kindness Kit  in our DGT Store and order today: only $9.95, including shipping. (Bulk discounts are available.) We're also offering a digital version for $4.95. However, if the cost is a problem, use the coupon code KINDNESS to download it for free       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2020 Doing Good Together™

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April 2019 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2019  - Silicon Valley  We Need You! DGT Silicon Valley Listing Coordinator Doing Good Together is looking for a volunteer listings coordinator to help us research and curate our monthly family-friendly volunteer listing. The coordinator: Researches nonprofits in the Silicon Valley area Contacts identified nonprofits, either by email and/or phone, to find out about potential family-friendly volunteer opportunities Identifies 5-10 different family-friendly volunteer opportunities each month Writes up the opportunities for the Silicon Valley monthly listing DGT staff will help you with the steps you can take to find those opportunities, answer your questions and provide materials to help you find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in your community. Time Commitment: Five to ten hours per month. A minimum one-year commitment is preferred.   Contact: ashley@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org   #SpeakUpSJ Family Volunteering Veggielution & Doing Good Together     Date/Time: Saturday, April 13, 10am - 1pm  Location: Veggielution Community Farm, 647 South King Road, San Jose Doing Good Together™Silicon Valley and our April 2019 Partner of the Month: Veggielution are partnering together to take an action-oriented and creative approach to get families invested in the future of their city. At this #SpeakUpSJ event, families will have the opportunity to volunteer at the farm and learn how food has brought people together in the San Jose community. Families will be able to work in the garden; use food from the garden to learn how to make a new recipe; participate in a kid-friendly advocacy activity to share the importance of open spaces (parks, farms, gardens, etc.) with local leaders; create and decorate a reusable produce bag at the Farm Stand to take home; and have some fun in the tractor photo booth where you can show your pride in San Jose! We encourage you to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at the outdoor tables during your visit. Families are also invited to sign up to return that evening for Neighborhood Eats; a Saturday Supper at Veggielution focused on the history of food in San Jose and discovering the best eats in East San Jose. Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate. Time Commitment: One to two hours Contact: Registration is available online. For additional questions contact Ashley Raggio, Director, Doing Good Together Silicon Valley, ashley@doinggoodtogether.org or 408.316.8889. Space is limited! www.doinggoodtogether.org/silicon-valley, veggielution.org Earth Day 2019 Events Earth Day Network & Local Partners   Date/Time: Varies by event (see below)   Location(s): Varies by event (see below)   What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish? On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of over a century of industrial development. In the U.S. and around the world, the negative impacts of pollution was becoming dangerous, and a growing global ecological awareness resulted in various policies enacted to protect our environment. Earth Day is now a global event each year, and more than 1 billion people in 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. To learn more about this global movement, visit www.EarthDay.org. The theme of Earth Day 2019 is Protect our Species... Join millions of others to help make this world a better, cleaner place! Sunday, April 14, 9:45am - 12:30pm: Earth Day at the Japanese Friendship Garden, San Jose (Register online) Saturday, April 20, 9am - noon: Beach Clean-up at Coyote Point Recreation Area, San Mateo (Register online) Saturday, April 20, 9am - noon: Earth Day at Wunderlich Park, Woodside (Register online) Saturday, April 20, 9am - 1pm: Earth Day at Alum Rock Park, San Jose (Register online) Saturday, April 27, 1 - 3pm: Earth Day Craft "Protecting our Species", San Jose (Register online) Saturday, April 27, 10am - 2pm: Earth Day Festival, San Carlos. Email Shirley Ng at info@rethinkwaste.org with the subject line "Earth Day Volunteers" Learn more about the festival here.   Ages: All ages are welcome at most events. Typically, children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Please check with the specific event organizer for restrictions and/or requirements for minors   Time Commitment: Varies by event   Contact: Check individual event registration pages listed above for contact information. https://www.earthday.org/ Great American Litter Pick Up 2019 Keep America Beautiful & Local Partners   Date/Time: Varies by event (see below)   Location(s): Varies by event (see below)   The Keep America Beautiful® Great American Cleanup® is the nation's largest community improvement program, which takes place annually in an estimated 20,000 communities nationwide. The Great American Cleanup, which marks its 21st year in 2019, engages more than 3 million volunteers and participants every year to create a positive and lasting impact. The Great American Cleanup prompts individuals to take greater responsibility for their local environment by conducting grassroots community service projects that engage volunteers, local businesses and civic leaders. Saturday, April 13, 9am - noon: Community United San Jose (Register online) Saturday, April 21, 8:30am - 1pm: City of San Jose. See event flyer for full details. District 1 - Register online District 2 - Register online District 3 - Register online District 4 - See event flyer District 5 - Register online District 6 - See event flyer District 7 - See event flyer District 8 - Register online District 9 - Register online District 10 - Register online Saturday, April 27, 8:30am - noon: City of Campbell (Register online)   Ages: All ages are welcome. Typically, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Please check with the specific event organizer for restrictions and/or requirements for minors.   Time Commitment: Approximately three to four hours. Families are not required to stay the entire time if it is not possible.   Contact: Check individual event registration pages listed above for contact information. https://www.kab.org/   Seeds of Compassion Family Volunteering West Valley Community Services   Date/Time: Saturday, April 27, 9 - 10:30am   Location: West Valley Community Services,10104 Vista Drive, Cupertino For the last 45 years, West Valley Community Services has served as a beacon of hope to low income and homeless families living in our community. This special volunteering program will give you an opportunity to volunteer with your family. The program will include a story and discussion about hunger or homelessness to provide some context around what the organization does and how they impact the community. Following the discussion, there will be simple volunteering activities for the family to participate in together. Ages: Families with children age five and older are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: One and one-half hours   Contact: Registration is available online. Please note that since space is limited to the first 15 families (approximately 25 people), this is a pre-registered event and RSVPs are required and available on a first come first serve basis. For additional questions, contact Elysse Turney, elysset@wvcommunityservices.org or 408.956.6115 https://www.wvcommunityservices.org/ Parents Place Family Fun Day Parents Place Palo Alto   Date/Time: Sunday, April 28, 8:30am - 3:30pm. The event runs from 11am - 1:30pm. Volunteer shifts are: 8:30am - noon 11:30am - 3:30pm Location: Koret Family Resource Center, 200 Channing Ave, Palo Alto Parents Place is the Bay Area's leading family resource center, and they support families and caregivers of babies, children, and teens. They offer parent and teacher workshops, coaching and consultation, services for expectant and new parents, and "baby & me" classes. They also provide behavioral and school support, clinical and special needs services, and child and family therapy. The 5th annual Parents Place Family Fun Day has over 450 families signed up so far! The Koret Family Resource Center parking lot will be converted into a Fun Zone, complete with a toddler bounce house, tasty treats, live music, face painting, and community partner booths. Parenting experts will host 20-minute mini-workshops on everything from mindfulness to tantrum tips. Volunteer duties include: face painting, helping kiddos (under 5) at the vendors booths, helping with the registration booth, giving out flyers, setting up tables and chairs, passing out stickers, and delivering water to exhibitor tables. Ages: Families with children age five and older are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Volunteer shifts are three and one-half hours   Contact: Sarah Dondysh, sarahd@jfcs.org or 650.688.3088. Volunteer registration is available online. If you want to attend the event, click here for more information and registration. https://parentsplace.jfcs.org/   Beautify San Jose The Trash Punx   Date/Time: Saturday, April 27, 9 - 11am (check-in is at 8:45am)   Location: 1200 Notting Hill Drive, San Jose. Look for The Trash Punx tent.   Our community has been over-populated by a massive amount of trash, and The Trash Punx decided to do something about this by uniting our community together. Join them as they pick up trash around our community, one piece at a time, and have fun while doing it! Parking is available along the street. Please wear closed-toe shoes, and bring water, sunscreen, sunglasses and bring a signed volunteer waiver.   Ages: Children ages six and up are welcome with adult supervision.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: For additional questions, contact Justin Imamura, thetrashpunx@gmail.com. Registration is available online. http://www.thetrashpunx.org/ Animal Farm Volunteering Event Health 4 Humanity, Inc.   Date/Time: Sunday, April 28, Noon - 2pm   Location: Baylands Park, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale   Health 4 Humanity, Inc. empowers minority women and youth for leadership and entrepreneurship through conducting scientific research, enhancing learning experience, and promoting volunteerism. Join them as they volunteer at a local farm to help build a fence around the maintenance area, weed whack, paint bird houses around the garden, build a small goat 'shedrow', and more. Through this family volunteering event, families will have fun and enjoy valuable time together while assisting the local farm. This will also be a great opportunity to enhance your connections and communications while learning about each other, doing team work, and gaining hands-on abilities.   Ages: Families with children eight and older are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Cindy Huang, health4humanityinc@gmail.com or 619.839.9249. Registration is available online. https://www.facebook.com/health4humanityinc/ Foster Animals Doing Good Together Date/Time: Varies Location: Foster a pet in your home. Specific organizations may require visits to their organization. Open your house to a pet who needs a home. When your community has dogs or cats that need extra love and care (usually because they are very young, sick, or the shelter has limited space), your family can provide a temporary home. Call your local animal shelter to learn about your fostering options. Visit Doing Good Together's Foster Animals page for more ideas and resources.   Ages: Families with children of all ages can typically help with foster a pet opportunities.   Time Commitment: Will vary depending on organization.   Contact: Click here to find your local animal shelters. https://www.petfinder.com/animal-shelters-and-rescues/search/ NEW TO DGT's WEBSITE MENU: GROUP LESSONS   Doing Good Together's Hunger Curriculum deepens a child's understanding of this complex issue, and it makes food drives more meaningful. Our recently released Just Be Kind Club gives parents or youth leaders the training and tools they need to lead their family or a youth group, faith group, troop, or after-school group in a variety of big-hearted lessons and activities. Our newest offering, Beyond Our Neighbors is a free resource that builds empathy in elementary-age children. All of these unique, high-quality offerings can now be found on our website's main menu under the GOOD STUFF tab as Group Lessons: https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/group-lessons. Kindly check out these innovative resources and share them with others.       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. 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April 2017 - NYC Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2017 - New York City Passover Package Delivery DOROT Date/Time: Sunday, April 2, 10am - noon Location: DOROT, 171 West 85th Street off Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover by delivering gifts of food to our older friends in the community. Volunteers pick up the package at Dorot and then go to visit a senior in their home!   Ages: 4-12 years old with parent Time Commitment: Two hours Contact: Judith Turner, 212.769.2850. Registration is available online. www.dorotusa.org Garden Volunteer Sessions Concrete Safaris   Date/Time: Saturday, April 8, 10am - 1pm, and Saturday, April 22, 10am - 1pm   Location: Saturday, April 8, Mad Fun Farm (98th Street and Third Avenue outside 1775 Third Ave) Saturday, April 22, Jefferson Gardens (300 East 115th Street at Second Avenue outside Jefferson Houses) Join Concrete Safaris to help clean and beautify this community garden. Tasks may include: shoveling topsoil and wood chips, composting, creating paths, planting, raking, weeding and more. Dress in layers and bring a water bottle. Ages: All ages, an adult must accompany children.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Nia@concretesafaris.org www.concretesafaris.org/en/ It's My Park Day Riverside Park Conservancy   Date/Time: Saturday, April 8, 10am - 1pm   Location: Various locations - Project details and meeting sites are determined two weeks before the project based on the weather and the needs of the park.   Chip in for spring park improvement projects throughout Riverside Park! These projects are great ways to meet other volunteers or just explore a different area of the Park. Community volunteer events are held rain or shine.   Ages: Families with children ages 10 and older are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Kristen Meade, grassroots@riversideparknyc.org, 718.430.4687 www.riversideparknyc.org/event/community-volunteer-day-mar-2017/?instance_id=5745 Host a Birthday Party for Homeless Children Celebrate U   Date/Time: Friday, April 21, 4 - 6:30pm and Tuesday, April 25, 6 - 8:30pm   Location(s): Friday, April 21: Homes for the Homeless, 730 Kelly Street, Bronx Tuesday, April 25: Henry Street Settlement House, 130 Baruch Place, NYC Founded in 2014 in New York by two teens, Talia Eskenazi and Chase Kauder, Celebrate U is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to spread happiness by throwing birthday parties for disadvantaged children, living in underserved communities. The effect of these celebrations goes way beyond cake and party favors. Celebrate U believes that by showing children that their community truly cares about them, it can raise self-esteem, provide hope for a brighter future and empower children. Ages: 6th grade and older alone, 5th grade and younger accompanied by an adult   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Alison Kauder, AlisonKauder@gmail.com www.celebrateu.org  NY Cares Day - Spring 2016 NY Cares   Date/Time: Saturday, April 22, 9:30 am - 2 pm   Location: Throughout the five boroughs Make NYC a Cleaner and Greener Place to Live! Take part in New York City's largest hands-on spring-cleaning event, and join more than 4,000 volunteers to revitalize the city's public outdoor spaces. This year, volunteers will clean up shorelines, restore garden beds, plant flowers and trees, paint benches, and remove invasive species. By the end of the day, 70 parks and gardens in all 5 boroughs will be transformed. Ages: Ages 14 and up, accompanied by an adult at all times. Youth between 14 and 17 can participate as part of a Youth Team and all under age participants must have a signed parental consent form.   Time Commitment: Approximately six hours   Contact: info@nycares.org or the Project Hotline, 212.401.1101, 212.228.5000 www.newyorkcares.org/new-york-cares-day-spring 9/11 Memorial 5K Run/Walk and Family Day National September 11 Memorial and Museum   Date/Time: Sunday, April 23, 5K events begin at 8am Family Day activities are from 9am - 2pm   Location: Run/Walk begins at Pier 26; Family Day will be held on Greenwich Street, between Cortland and Liberty, adjacent to the 9/11 Memorial Plaza The 911 Memorial is sponsoring the annual 5K Run/Walk and Family Day to raise awareness about the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and to encourage volunteerism in memory of 9/11. Following the 5K Run/Walk, Family Day festivities will include entertainment and meaningful activities for all ages, food and refreshments. This event will also offer information about the Memorial and Museum and ways to learn about volunteer opportunities. Pre-registration and a fee are required for participating in the 5K, and there are adult, teen and child divisions. The Family Day event is free and does not require registration. Ages: All ages   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: 5krun@911memorial.org www.911memorial.org/5k-runwalk-community-day   Meal Delivery Citymeals on Wheels   Date/Time: Seven days per week, various time slots available   Location: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, & the Bronx Citymeals on Wheels is a meals on wheels program serving the homebound elderly in New York City. We partner with community-based organizations and senior centers to supplement the city's weekday meal delivery program. Volunteers deliver nutritious meals to homebound elderly New Yorkers, within walking distance of local senior centers. Volunteers must complete an application (available online) and attend an orientation before they are able to volunteer.    Ages: All ages, however an adult MUST accompany anyone younger than 16 years old.   Time Commitment: Three to four hours   Contact: Vivienne O'Neill, 212.687.1234 www.citymeals.org/ Stock Food Pantry or Help with Food Preparation for Soup Kitchen St. Xavier Mission Food Pantry   Date/Time: Pantry stocking - Second Saturday of each month, 10:30am - noon Food Preparation - Every Sunday, 8:45 - 11:30 am Location: St. Xavier Mission, 55 West 15th Street, New York City Xavier Mission seeks to welcome, serve and empower those in our New York City community who are in need of human and material support. They provide food, clothing, shelter and life-skills training, guided always by a spirit of love and respect and the goal of building self-sufficiency and self-esteem. The Mission operates a food pantry, shelter and welcome table soup kitchen. Pre-registration is required via email. Ages: All ages - an adult should accompany children.   Time Commitment: Approximately two and one-half hours   Contact: xmfoodprograms@gmail.com www.xaviermission.org/programs/foodpantry/ Did you know... April is National Volunteer Month? and April 23-29, 2017 is National Volunteer Week? National Volunteer Week, brought to you by the Points of Light Foundation, is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers who lend their time, talent, voice and support to causes they care about in their community. Their stories can serve to inspire others to find ways to take action that creates change. Service Unites, the theme for National Volunteer Week, captures the power of change-makers to come together to build stronger, more vibrant communities through service  www.pointsoflight.org/signature-events/national-volunteer-week Quick Acts of Kindness Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible, quick ways to add kindness to daily family life   Location: Your home and community Not all acts of kindness require planning. Check out the Doing Good Together 24+ Quick Acts of Kindness project page for ideas. You can also print out our Design Your Own Kindness Cards to include with your quick kindness activities.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org  We're proud of our DGT™ Partnerships DGT is proud to have amazing partnerships with a variety of organizations. Yours can be next! If your group or organization is interested in hosting a fun family service event, offering a workshop on raising caring kids, or in need of custom materials to introduce children and families to important social issues, we'd love to help. To learn more, contact Jenny by email (jenny@doinggoodtogether.org).       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2017 Doing Good Together™

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April 2017 - Boston Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2017 - Boston Food Drive & Bag Decoration Kid Kindness   Date/Time: Saturday, April 1, 10  - 11:30am   Location: Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry, 467 Main St, Wakefield Kid Kindness is an organization that focuses on getting our youngest ones involved in philanthropy through community service projects that are both educational and fun. We believe you are never too young to make a difference! Kid Kindness will visit the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry to learn how they help our community and decorate shopping bags for their customers. There is no cost to join us but we do encourage you to consider taking your kid(s) to the grocery store to pick out a few items to donate or host a drive in your neighborhood. The following items are always needed: Canned soups Stews Chili Peanut butter Brand name cereals Canned coffee Baked beans Jars of pasta sauce Toothbrushes Toothpaste Bath soap  Shampoo  Ages: All ages are welcome. A guardian must accompany children.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: kidkindnessgroup@gmail.com. Registration is available online. http://kidkindness.weebly.com/ Family Table Distribution with JF&CS Jewish Family and Children's Service Date/Time: Sunday, April 2, 9am - 1:30pm Location: 1430 Main Street, Waltham Family Table provides healthy food on a monthly and emergency basis to individuals and families in need. Their mission is to offer food in a way that meets nutritional and spiritual needs. Family Table serves more than 100 towns across Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the South Area. Currently, Family Table is helping more than 450 families each month with groceries and connections to other services. Volunteers are needed to help with the following tasks: Setting up the pantry Packaging and delivering food orders to recipient families  Ages: All ages are welcome and encouraged to volunteer when accompanied by an adult. Time Commitment: One to four hours depending on the activity. Contact: Email familytable@jfcsboston.org two weeks before distribution date to sign up. All adult volunteers must complete a JF&CS administered CORI background check prior to volunteering. www.jfcsboston.org/Our-Services/Community-Services/Center-for-Basic-Needs-Assistance/Family-Table goCreate Craft Cards for Seniors at ETHOS Boston Cares   Date/Time: Sunday, April 2, 12:30 - 2:30pm   Location: ETHOS, 555 Amory St, Jamaica Plain   GoCreate is an initiative to engage youth and families in service. Boston Cares offers a hands-on portable project on one Sunday each month for kids to get crafty while making an impact. Each month's project will meet a community need and the completed goods will be donated to local agencies to fulfill that need. In April join Boston Cares at Ethos to create crafts and cards for the elderly and disabled. Ethos is a non-profit organization that serves over 3,000 individuals and families in the Greater Boston area, assisting the elderly and disabled to live at home. Cards will be donated to seniors through one of their many impactful services to brighten up a seniors' day.   Ages: This project is intended for families with young children, five and older. An adult 18 or older must accompany all volunteers under age 13.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Katie Edelman, kedelman@bostoncares.org, 617.422.0910, ext. 208. Registration is available online and an orientation with Boston Cares is required. www.bostoncares.org Container Days NuDay Syria   Date/Time: Friday, April 7, 4 -7pm and Sunday,  April 9, 10am-3pm   Location: 1 Chestnut Street, Nausha, NH Help Nuday Syria with packing shipping containers with clothes, bedding, hospital and medical items, food, and hygiene products. Making a container and sending it off is extremely demanding and hard work, but each shipment contains actual aid that reaches the people and hospitals in need within 6-8 weeks of being loaded. The NuDay Syria community has found each container to be a very rewarding and beneficial project. Volunteers needed to sort, box, and pack items for women and children on the outskirts of Syria who have lost everything. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty (we're in a warehouse and you'll sweat). Bring a smile, an open heart, and a work ethic! The fruits of your labor will be tenfold.   Ages: All ages are welcome. Children must be supervised in the warehouse.   Time Commitment: Two to four hours   Contact: info@NudaySyria.org www.NuDaySyria.org  Sorting Donations For Children In Need Cradles to Crayons   Date/Time: A variety of weekday and weekend shifts are available. Check the website for details.   Location: 155 N. Beacon Street, Brighton Cradles to Crayons offers families the opportunity to teach their children the values of service and philanthropy while volunteering together to help children and families in need. Every year, thousands of volunteers pass through the doors of the Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory warehouse to roll up their sleeves and help disadvantaged young children in Massachusetts. Together, youth and adults inspect, sort, and package all new and like-new donations into customized "KidPacks".   Ages: For safety reasons, all children present during a volunteer shift must be at least five years old. Volunteers under 18 years old must have a chaperone and a signed waiver form with them when they volunteer.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Volunteers must sign up for a shift by registering at https://cradlestocrayons.org/volunteer-inquiry/ www.cradlestocrayons.org Quick Acts of Kindness Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible, quick ways to add kindness to daily family life   Location: Your home and community Not all acts of kindness require planning. Check out the Doing Good Together 24+ Quick Acts of Kindness project page for ideas. You can also print out our Design Your Own Kindness Cards to include with your quick kindness activities.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org  We're proud of our DGT™ Partnerships DGT is proud to have amazing partnerships with a variety of organizations. Yours can be next! If your group or organization is interested in hosting a fun family service event, offering a workshop on raising caring kids, or in need of custom materials to introduce children and families to important social issues, we'd love to help. To learn more, contact Jenny by email (jenny@doinggoodtogether.org).       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2017 Doing Good Together™

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April 2017 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2017  - Silicon Valley  Beautiful Day 2017 Beautiful Day   Date/Time: Wednesday, March 29, Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2; times vary by project   Location: Varies by project   Since its inception in 2004, Beautiful Day has sought to invest in communities with simple, direct and unyielding kindness. Each project is an act of no-strings-attached service for those who are otherwise unable to help themselves. Our goal is to aggressively spread compassion, to discard apathy in favor of activity and light fires of good will in the neighborhoods we work and live in. Nine service projects will take place at multiple local organizations from San Martin to San Jose! Childcare is available at Westgate Church for children 6 weeks to 6 years old. Details for childcare are listed here: http://beautifulday.org/childcare/   Ages: Sunnyvale Park and Overfelt High School projects are available for ages 5 and older. All other projects listed are for ages 13 and older. At this time there is not a way to sign those children up on the website, so please just bring them with you to the site on the day of the project with a minor waiver.   Time Commitment: Most shifts are approximately four hours   Contact: Varies by project www.beautifulday.org Parkinson's Battle of the Bay 2017 Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center   Date/Time: Saturday, April 8, 8:30am - 4pm   Location: Baylands Park, 999 East Caribbean Dr., Sunnyvale Volunteers are needed for help with registration, sports referees, photo booth, walk route monitors/cheerleaders, water monitors, booth monitors, set up/tear down, refreshments, rest area monitors and start/finish line cheerleaders! All volunteers receive an event t-shirt.   Ages: Volunteer positions available for all ages.   Time Commitment: Varies by volunteer position   Contact: Nick Mourlam, Manager of Sponsorships & Special Events, NMourlam@ParkinsonsInstitute.org or 408.542.5637. Click to register as a volunteer or as a participant.  www.moretalkmorewalk.org Great American Litter Pick Up 2017 City of San Jose   Date/Time: Saturday, April 22, 8:30 -11:30am   Location: Various locations throughout San Jose Celebrate Earth Day by doing your part in keeping San Jose clean and green. Each District in San Jose is hosting its own event - please visit the websites below or contact your local District office for more details! The following districts have event sign ups online or by phone: District One Event: Hamann Park Community Room, 2747 Westfield Ave. District Two Event: Santa Teresa High School, Oak Grove High School and Great Oaks Park District Three Event: 438 Coleman Ave. District Six Event: To sign up for this event at Willow Glen Community Center, 2175 Lincoln Avenue, call 408.535.4906 District Seven Event: Seven Trees Community Center, 3590 Cas Drive District Nine Event: Three Locations: Doerr Park, Butcher Park, Paul Moore Park District Ten Event: Pioneer High School, 1290 Blossom Hill Rd. - Meet at back school parking lot; Vista Park, 465 Hyde Park Dr.; Comanche Park, Shawnee Ln. & Comanche Dr.   Ages: All ages are welcome   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Bernie Rosales, bernie.rosales@sanjoseca.gov, 408.535.4903 sanjoseca.gov Relay For Life Events April 2017 American Cancer Society Family volunteer opportunities at local Relay for Life events can include, but are not limited to: Luminaria set up, trash pick up, track signs & general signage, set up/tear down, registration, and staffing the Fight Back Tent. Families are also welcome and encouraged to sign up to participate in the Relay For Life. If you are interested in walking as a family or with a team check out your local Relay For Life event sign up page. The following Relay for Life events are happening in April: Cambrian Relay For Life Date/Time: Friday and Saturday, April 28 - 29, 6pm - 6pm Location: Dartmouth Middle School, 5575 Dartmouth Drive, San Jose Contact: Evan Frazer, Event Manager, evan.frazer@cancer.org, 408.688.0104 www.relayforlife.org/cambrianca Santa Clara University Relay For Life Date/Time: Saturday and Sunday, April 22 -23, 1pm - 9am Location: Santa Clara University Campus, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara Contact: Lauren Salciccia, Event Manager, lauren.salciccia@cancer.org, 408.688.0104 www.relayforlife.org/scuca Santa Clara Relay For Life Date/Time: Saturday and Sunday, April 29 - 30, 10am - 10am Location: Townsend Field, 1111 Bellomy St, Santa Clara Contact: Kate Atterbury, Event Manager, kate.atterbury@cancer.org, 510.464.8136 www.relayforlife.org/santaclaraca   Ages:  All ages are welcome Time Commitment: Varies depending on volunteer role Contact: Contact Event Managers listed above to sign up or ask questions www.RelayForLife.org Shady Oaks Park Clean Up Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Bernal Ward and the San Jose Department of Parks and Recreation   Date/Time: Saturday, April 29, 9am - noon   Location: Shady Oaks Park, 948 Coyote Rd., San Jose Volunteers are needed for tree trimming, weeding, litter pick-up, spreading bark and other general cleanup. Lunch will follow.   Ages: All ages are welcome   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Bille Grandy, momgrandy@gmail.com, 408.390.0788. To register visit the event sign up page  Weekly Dinner Servers Family Supportive Housing   Date/Time: Ongoing Mondays or Wednesdays from 4:30 - 6:30pm. Dinner is served from 5 to 6:30pm   Location: 692 North King Rd., San Jose   Family Supportive Housing helps homeless single- and two-parent families with children remain intact, while addressing their needs for food, shelter, employment and education. We offer families a respite, an opportunity to make life-altering changes, and a system to aid in finding permanent housing. Volunteers are responsible for setting up and serving dinner to our resident families. Without our volunteer dinner servers,  residents would be required to serve the families as a chore. Thank you for allowing a resident to sit and enjoy dinner with his/her family and for your commitment to our vision of empowering homeless families.   Ages: Ages 12 and up with an adult present. Ages 16 and up without adult present.   Time Commitment: Once a week for three months   Contact: Sara Tran, 408.926.8885, volunteer@familysupportivehousing.org www.familysupportivehousing.org No Sew Blankets for Children in Need Project Linus   Date/Time: Flexible   Location: Schedule a time to bring completed blanket(s) to one of the following Project Linus volunteers: Sharon Lee (Cupertino) - sjlinus@comcast.net Barbara Ross (Rose Garden) - sjlinus@gmail.com Mary Kelly (Willow Glen) - mary@gofigureinc.com Deb Bragen (South San Jose) - bragen@sbcglobal.net Project Linus provides homemade blankets to children in need. Our blankets are lovingly made by adults and children from all walks of life and many different sources. Volunteer blanket makers help provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans. You and your family can make easy, warm, cozy, no sew blankets to donate to children in need. Click here for blanket making instructions. Though most 'blanketeers' choose to work on their own, some organizations have hosted their own "Make A Blanket Day"' for their group.  It can be a fun team-building event and Project Linus can help you with planning and preparation.   Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: Sharon Lee, sjlinus@comcast.net, 408.252.1858 www.sjlinus.org/index.html   Family Volunteering Opportunities with SCS Sunnyvale Community Services   Date/Time: Flexible   Location: 725 Kifer Rd., Sunnyvale   Sunnyvale Community Services works to prevent homelessness and hunger by providing emergency services to our neighbors in need. Exposing children to the concept of giving back is very important to many families and to SCS.  We encourage and appreciate the following family activities, which are very helpful to SCS and can stimulate great conversation and discovery for you and your children. See our wish list page for specific donation needs. Feel free to bring your children with you when you donate items to SCS. Monthly family shopping trips to purchase items specifically for donation to SCS. Establish a relationship with a local retailer to pickup damaged food, cleaning products, toilet paper, or other staple household items on a regular basis. Collect hotel/motel toiletries while traveling or on vacation. We distribute hygiene kits of toothpaste, shampoo, soaps, lotions, and disposable razors to low-income and homeless clients. Buy new books for low-income children. Feel free to wrap them and include a personal note (first names only please). Buy new socks and/or gloves for the homeless. Feel free to wrap them and include a personal note (first names only please). Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: SCS Volunteer Manager, 408.738.4321 ext. 211, volunteer@svcommunityservices.org  www.svcommunityservices.org Mentors for Newly Arrived Families and Individuals At Home Humanitarian   Date/Time: Ongoing   Location: All throughout the Bay Area, currently mentors are most needed in Sacramento.   Volunteers are matched with newly-arrived individuals and families to help answer any questions relating to American culture, customs, processes, laws, or community resources that would help their match feel more connected. Mentors help find solutions to needs such as finding a job, preparing for college, filing for FAFSA, fixing a car, or passing a driver's test; and provide opportunities to get out, explore surroundings, make new friends, learn a new skill or hobby, and connect to others within their communities. Ages: Families with an adult 18 or older are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Eight to ten hours a month.   Contact: katherine@athomehumanitarian.org. Click here for volunteer application  www.athomehumanitarian.org   Help with Flood Relief in San Jose   In February 2017, during one of the wettest winters in decades, several San Jose neighborhoods experienced severe flooding that has forced thousands of residents and businesses to evacuate their homes and caused significant damage to public and private property throughout the city. The most severe flooding has taken place in neighborhoods along Coyote Creek, which includes a number of low-income communities and mobile home parks that were submerged when Anderson Reservoir reached its capacity and began spilling into the creek. You and your family can help with flood relief efforts by raising money for the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund. This fund will support nonprofit organizations providing immediate and long-term relief and recovery assistance to flood victims in San Jose. Visit the Doing Good Together Fun Fundraiser project page for ideas on how you can raise money as a family. While it will take some time to fully assess the damage caused by this emergency, we know that many families will require assistance in the weeks and months ahead. Your donation to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund will help provide relief to those most in need. Below are just a few of the organizations that will benefit from this relief fund in order to help those who need it most: American Red Cross Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County Sacred Heart Community Service The Salvation Army Contact: www.siliconvalleycf.org/sjflood   Quick Acts of Kindness Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible, quick ways to add kindness to daily family life   Location: Your home and community Not all acts of kindness require planning. Check out the Doing Good Together 24+ Quick Acts of Kindness project page for ideas. You can also print out our Design Your Own Kindness Cards to include with your quick kindness activities.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org  We're proud of our DGT™ Partnerships DGT is proud to have amazing partnerships with a variety of organizations. Yours can be next! If your group or organization is interested in hosting a fun family service event, offering a workshop on raising caring kids, or in need of custom materials to introduce children and families to important social issues, we'd love to help. To learn more, contact Jenny by email (jenny@doinggoodtogether.org).       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. 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April 2016 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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April 2016 - Silicon Valley  Sheltering the Unhoused Winter Faith Collaborative   Date/Time: Now through April 2016   Location: Multiple churches throughout San Jose   The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement that was formed to share ideas and advocate for the houseless community. The Collaborative has engaged over 40 faith communities across San Jose with the collective aim to serve and shelter those in the houseless community who are living outdoors this El Nino winter. Your willingness to volunteer at the shelters is critical in this community effort to house the unhoused and save lives this winter. Volunteers are needed to staff the temporary shelters, perform services such as laundry, and provide meals. Each shelter has its own rules for volunteer eligibility, but there are multiple options for serving with children. Volunteer positions for each shelter can be found on the sign up page.   Ages: Varies by shelter, check the Volunteer Spot sign up page for details by location.   Time Commitment: Varies by position   Contact: winterfaithcollaborative@gmail.com or 408.345.5351. Registration is available online. www.faithcollaborative.wordpress.com/   Neighborhood Cleanup Downtown Streets Team   Date/Time: Three Saturday mornings each month, 9:30am to noon. First Saturday, Santee Neighborhood Second Saturday, McKinley Neighborhood Third Saturday: Mayfair Neighborhood Location(s): Santee: Santee Community Center - 1535 Santee Drive, San Jose McKinley: McKinley Community Center - 651 Macredes Avenue, San Jose Mayfair: Mayfair Community Center - 2039 Kammerer Avenue, San Jose Beautify San Jose's most blighted neighborhoods with homeless Downtown Streets Team Members who are working hard to get housing and employment. The mission of Downtown Streets Team is to eradicate homelessness by empowering homeless individuals to be part of the solution to homelessness. Join your community by beautifying the Santee, McKinley or Mayfair neighborhoods with Downtown Streets Team Members. Not only will you be beautifying one of the most blighted neighborhoods in San Jose, fostering a safe place for people to live and play, you will be volunteering side-by-side with people who are volunteering their way out of homelessness. Feel free to ask them questions and get a new perspective on what it's like to be homeless and living on a low income in Santa Clara County.   What to wear and bring: Please wear covered shoes, pants, long sleeves and work gloves. Wear sunscreen and bring water to stay hydrated. For safety reasons please do not wear these items: no red or blue, no logos on hats/shirts and no numbers. Blue jeans are okay. All that's left to bring is your "Can-do" attitude and we'll be on our way to making our neighborhoods safer and more beautiful places.   Ages: Youth under 18 are welcome to volunteer with a parent or guardian.   Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours   Contact: Cliff Navales, San Jose Project Manager; cliff@streetsteam.org. Registration is available online www.streetsteam.org/   Great American Litter Pick Up City of San Jose   Date/Time: Saturday April 23, 8:30 - 11:30am. Event will occur rain or shine   Location: Various neighborhood options in San Jose   Celebrate Earth Day by doing your part in keeping San Jose clean and green. Each District in San Jose is hosting its own event - please contract your local District office or check out this flyer for more details! On the day of the event, register at your meeting location and receive litter cleanup supplies. There will be a celebration lunch at noon at your Council District's Event Kickoff Location. Lunch is free for volunteers.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Bernie Rosales, bernie.rosales@sanjoseca.gov, 408.975.7233 www.sanjoseca.gov/ Full Circle Farm Education Garden - Sustainable Community Gardens Full Circle Farm   Date/Time: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am to 7pm or dark, whichever comes first.   Location: Our West Gate at 955 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale Full Circle Farm's Education Garden is a one-acre patch of green at the west end of the farm. The Education Garden meets several community needs while the production fields are focused on food production. Volunteer garden tasks are different everyday; you might be harvesting, planting, weeding, composting, digging and more. No experience is necessary. All volunteers are encouraged to take home some veggies with them. Enjoy the fruits of your labor! What To Bring/Wear water bottle closed toed shoes sunblock hat snacks and/or a lunch garden gloves (if you have them) Ages: All ages, families are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Come when you can and leave whenever you need to.   Contact: Dan Hafeman, danh@fullcirclesunnyvale.org www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org   GRPC River Clean up Guadalupe River Park Conservancy   Date/Time: Every third Saturday each month (weather permitting)   Location: Meet at 438 Coleman Ave,  San Jose Alongside the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, take a visit to the Guadalupe River Park, a gem in the heart of downtown San Jose. The Guadalupe River acts as a flood control channel; meaning trash from the streets is often destined to run off into the sewer straight to the river. With Chinook Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and California Golden Beaver, we cannot afford to allow litter to deplete such critical habitat. Volunteers help collect any loose debris along the riverbank and keep the litter from making it to The Bay.   Ages: Volunteers 7 and older are welcome to participate. Volunteers 15 and under must volunteer with responsible and active parents or guardian. Minors are required to bring a completed and signed waiver.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Jessica Gonzalez, Jessica@grpg.org. Registration is required and is available online. www.grpg.org/   Beautiful Day Projects Beautiful Day   Date/Time: Weekends throughout the month of April   Location: All locations are listed on the Beautiful Day Projects page Since its inception in 2004, Beautiful Day has sought to invest in communities with simple, direct and unyielding kindness. Each project is an act of no strings attached service for those who are otherwise unable to help themselves. Our goal is to aggressively spread compassion, to discard apathy in favor of activity, and to light fires of good will in the neighborhoods we work and live in. Have a direct effect on our community. Service projects take place at multiple local organizations from San Martin to San Jose. Most projects involve helping beautify and improve local non-profits, city parks or schools.   Ages: Many projects are family friendly for those that are between the ages of 5-12 years old, and will be listed in the description. At this time there isn't a way to sign those kids up so please just bring them with you to the project site, with a minor waiver that will be attached in your confirmation email. Childcare is available at Westgate Church for children 6 weeks to 6 years old. Click here  for details about childcare.   Time Commitment: Each shift is approximately four hours   Contact: info@beautifulday.org www.beautifulday.org   Fremont Adult School Campus Cleanup Hosted by the Fremont Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints   Date/Time: Saturday, April 9, 8:30 - 11:30am   Location: 4700 Calaveras Avenue, Fremont Join members of the community in cleaning and organizing preschool classrooms, prepping and painting building eaves, weeding and cleaning up landscape areas throughout the campus. Helpful skills are weeding and painting. Bring gardening gloves, tools (rakes, shovels, brooms, clippers, hoes, etc.), wheelbarrows and water; wear a hat, long sleeves, long pants, and sunscreen.   Ages: All ages are welcome   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Teri Topham, t.topham@comcast.net, 510.299.3644. Sign up is available online www.justserve.org/   Downtown Spring Family Parade City of Mountain View   Date/Time: Saturday, April 23, 9am - noon   Location: Castro and Villa streets, Downtown Mountain View Volunteers are needed to help organize parade participants (time and place); act as block monitors, help pedestrians, and assist others with special needs (i.e., baby strollers, handicapped, etc.). Dress in comfortable clothes; prepare for the sun. Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Flexible   Contact: Bill Mykytka, 650.903.6331 or Bill.Mykytka@mountainview.gov. Sign up is available online. www.mountainview.gov   De Anza Park - Beautify the Park City of Sunnyvale   Date/Time: Saturday, April 30, 9am - noon   Location: 1150 Lime Drive, Sunnyvale Beautify the park through general trimming and cleanup. Tools, water, and gloves will be provided. If you have a pair of gloves you like, please bring them. Dress for regular yard work and bring sun protection.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Matt Ashee, 408.718.2656 or parks@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Sign up is available online www.sunnyvale.ca.gov   City of Campbell Litter Pick-Up Event Campbell City Maintenance Division of the Public Works Department   Date/Time: Saturday, April 23, 9am - noon.   Location: Los Gatos Creek County Park, 1220 Dell Ave., Campbell. This location is where volunteers will sign-in and be dispersed into groups. Instructions on safety and debris removal will be discussed, and supplies such as gloves, vests and other tools will also be distributed at check-in. The Great American Litter Pick Up event is a national event wherein volunteers across our nation participate in a volunteer cleanup program. The City of Campbell cleanup will focus on five locations: Los Gatos Creek County Park, the Los Gatos Creek Trail, the freeway on and off ramps at Camden and Highway 17, and along the railroad tracks adjacent to Winchester Boulevard at Hacienda Avenue. Volunteers are encouraged to dress appropriately for the event. Refreshments will be provided in the morning and the event will conclude at noon with a luncheon. This event will take place rain or shine. Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Diana Johnson, 408.866.2749, dianaj@cityofcampbell.com. Sign up is available online www.ci.campbell.ca.us/   San Jose Family Camp Work Weekend or Fish Camp Friends of San Jose Family Camp   Date/Time: April 15-17 (work weekend) or April 29-May 1 (fish camp). Check in time begins noon Friday (lunch is not served). Dinner is served from 6 to 8pm to accommodate late arrivals. Volunteers work Saturday all day, and Sunday morning. The weekend ends with lunch on Sunday.   Location: San Jose's Family Camp is located in the heart of the Sierras near Yosemite National Park, just east of Groveland. The camp address is 11401 Cherry Lake Road, Groveland, CA  Click for directions. Family Camp at Yosemite provides an all-inclusive camping experience where guests of all ages can fish, hike, swim, participate in organized programs, or just sit back, relax and take it easy. At a Family Camp work weekend you and your family will help prepare the camp for the summer season. There are a variety of jobs to be done at camp, including carpentry, plumbing, clean up, electrical, planting, painting, concrete, and more. Children eight and older will be given a job assignment according to their abilities. The Friends of San Jose Family Camp is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing and preserving a quality, family oriented Sierra camping experience. You must be a member of the Friends of San Jose Family Camp to participate in work weekends. An annual membership is only $20 per family. The cost to participate in work weekends is $10 per person, age three and older, with a maximum of $40 per family. There is no cost other than a Friends of San Jose Family Camp membership to help out at Fish Camp.   Ages: All ages are welcome. Some childcare is available for children under six years old as needed. Children under eight will not be allowed in areas where there are power tools being used.   Time Commitment: Full weekend for most dates.   Contact: Tom Bonsack, wash2tub@gmail.com, 408.603.5498. Click here for sign-up form. Forms can be sent to Friends of San Jose Family Camp at 21472 Almaden Rd. San Jose, CA 95120. www.friendsofsanjosefamilycamp.org/wp/   Relay for Life Events April 2016 American Cancer Society   Volunteer opportunities at local Relay for Life events can include, but are not limited to: Luminaria set up, trash pick up, track signs & general signage, set up/tear down, registration, and staffing the Fight Back Tent. The following Relay for Life events are happening in April:   Relay For Life of Santa Clara University Date/Time: Saturday & Sunday, April 16 - 17. Event runs from 1pm Saturday to 9am Sunday. Location: Benson and Kenna Lawns, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara Contact: Steve Yodz, Steve.Yodz@cancer.org www.relayforlife.org/scuca   Relay For Life of Cambrian Date/Time: Friday & Saturday, April 29 - 30, Event runs from 6pm Friday to 6pm Saturday. Location: Dartmouth Middle School, 5575 Dartmouth Drive, San Jose Contact: Miranda Glaser, Miranda.Glaser@cancer.org www.RelayForLife.org/cambrianca Relay For Life of Santa Clara Date/Time: Saturday, April 30 & Sunday, May 1. Event starts at 10am Saturday. Location: Townsend Field, 111 Bellomy St, Santa Clara Contact: Steve Yodz, Steve.Yodz@cancer.org www.relayforlife.org/santaclaraca Relay For Life of UC Santa Cruz Date/Time: Saturday, April 30 & Sunday, May 1. Event runs from 10am Saturday to 10am Sunday Location: Opers Field, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz Contact: Leah Arceneaux, Leah.Arceneaux@cancer.org www.RelayForLife.org/ucsantacruzca Ages: There are volunteer opportunities for all ages   Time Commitment: Varies depending on event, but Relay For Life is flexible for you!  www.relayforlife.org   Seeds for Change Family-to-Family   Date/Time: Flexible   Location:  Seeds can be sent to one of the locations on the Family-to-Family Seeds for Change page You and your family can help a family in need to grow their own food by starting a collection of seed packets. You can raise money through a yard sale or a bake sale and purchase the seeds from your local gardening or hardware store. Visit the Doing Good Together Send Seeds for Change Project page for more ideas and reflection questions.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: kids@family-to-family.org www.doinggoodtogether.org, www.family-to-family.org   Have you and your family worked on a Project of the Month from our monthly listings? Please tell us about it using our Good Stories form!  Here's a quote from Noah who participated in the Assemble CWS Kits project: "I bet in the places the [Syrian] refugees have to stay, they don't have a school, so they need the same things I do like notebooks and pencils." Noah's mom added: "This was a great project for Noah for two reasons: First, he has been very interested and concerned about the Syrian refugees, so it was nice to have something proactive for him to do; and second, he loves his schooling so much, the idea that refugees would not have the supplies to keep doing their schooling was very upsetting to him. With this project, he was able to help. "       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)  When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project. Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2016 Doing Good Together™

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