March 2020 NYC Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2020 - NYC Serve a Hot Meal to the Homeless Manhattan Church of Christ Date/Time(s): Saturdays: March 14, 9am - 1:30pm March 21, 10am - 2pm March 28, 9am - 1:30 pm Location: Manhattan Church of Christ, 48 East 80th St., NY Ages: All ages, families are encouraged to volunteer together Time Commitment: Varies, come for a few hours or stay for the entire shift. The Saturday Lunch Program provides hot meals with dignity and compassion to the homeless or those who live marginally.  All shifts are family-friendly, and involve a set-up team to set tables and decorate, a service team to run trays of food back and forth to the guests, and a break down & clean up team. Volunteers help set up, prepare and serve meals, then break down and clean up. Contact: carl@manhattanchurch.org. Volunteers should email Rev. Carl Garrison to sign up. www.manhattanchurch.org Brooklyn Book Bodega Event Brooklyn Book Bodega Date/Time(s): Sunday, March 15, 10am - 4pm. Shift times: 10am - 12:30pm 11:30am - 2pm 1:30 - 4pm  Location: Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue, Queens Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome. Volunteers under age 16 must be supervised by a parent or guardian Time Commitment: Two to two and one-half hours The mission of Brooklyn Book Bodega is to increase the number of 100+ book homes in Brooklyn. We believe every child in Brooklyn deserves to own the books that they want to read and enjoy. A Bodega Book event is a book collection and distribution event. Volunteer responsibilities at the event include checking in guests, checking out guests, setting up books, helping guests with browsing and assisting with miscellaneous tasks. Contact: Seema Aghera, Brooklynbookbodega@gmail.com. Registration is available online. https://www.brooklynbookbodega.org/ Purim Project in Carroll Gardens Repair the World Date/Time: Sunday, March 8, 9am - noon Location: Hannah Senesh Community Day School, 342 Smith St, Brooklyn Ages: Geared toward families with children from birth to age five Time Commitment: Three hours Repair the World Brooklyn is facilitating a family-friendly project catered to our youngest volunteers in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn! Drop by our table at the Purim celebration for an impactful project and learning experience based in Jewish tradition and social justice. Entrance fee is $5. Generously made possible UJA Federation of NY. Contact: kate.thomas@weRepair.org. Registration is available online. https://werepair.org/brooklyn/   Playdates with a Purpose at JCC Harlem Repair the World Date/Time: Sunday, March 8, 2 - 4pm Location: JCC Harlem, 318 W 118th St, New York Ages: Geared toward families with children ages three to six, but open to younger and older siblings! Time Commitment: Two hours Join us at JCC Harlem's Family Purim Festival with a project geared toward 3-6 year olds! Ready to dance, sing, and celebrate with your little ones? Join us and our friends at PJ Library for this neighborhood celebration! Come play in our costume pop-up corner, make your own mask and get your face painted. There will be fun crafts, a tzedakah (justice) project, games and more! Whether Purim is your favorite holiday or you've never celebrated before, all are welcome! This is a party you don't want to miss. Costumes are encouraged. Let us know you'll be there! Then, we'll go ahead and send you the ticket information by email. Playdates with a Purpose is a PJ Library project. Cost to attend the festival is $25/family (up to 5 people) or $10/person. Contact: kate.thomas@weRepair.org. Registration is available online. http://jccharlem.org Caring Crafts in Cobble Hill! Repair the World Date/Time: Sunday, March 1, noon - 1pm Location: Kane Street Synagogue, 236 Kane St, Brooklyn Ages: Geared toward K-2nd graders with their adults, open to younger and older siblings Time Commitment: One hour Decorate and make a tzedakah box (charity jar) and choose from Repair the World Brooklyn's local community partners for your family to commit to donating to! We'll also have tote bags for you to decorate and then bring home to collect canned and dry goods for one of our pantry partners! We'll celebrate the upcoming Jewish holiday Purim (one of the most fun Jewish holidays!) by learning about the practice of sharing "mishloach manot" and explore how these gifts can extend to our Brooklyn neighbors. Geared to families with children in kindergarten through 2nd grade, but younger and older siblings are welcome too. 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/ DOROT Purim Family Visits DOROT Date/Time: Choose your volunteer day: Sunday, March 17 between 1 -3 pm; and Wednesday, March 20 between 4 - 6pm. Families choose a 30-45-minute window within that time frame for their visit. Location: New family orientations and package pick-up at DOROT, 171 W. 85th St. Families can visit with seniors that live on the Upper West and Upper East Side. Families will receive their senior visiting information when they pick up the package. Families who have not volunteered with DOROT before must attend an orientation at DOROT on one of the following days: Thursday, March 5, 5pm Tuesday, March 10, 5pm Ages: Open to families with children ages 5 - 12 Time Commitment: 40-minute orientation for new families at DOROT. Families who have volunteered with us before can arrange to pick up the package at DOROT during business hours. Visits last 30-45 minutes and take place in the senior's homes (so volunteer time will include travel to and from the older adult's location.) DOROT alleviates social isolation among the elderly and provides services to help them live independently as valued members of the community. We serve the Jewish and wider community, bringing the generations together in a mutually beneficial partnership of elders, volunteers and professionals. Celebrate Purim by delivering gifts of food to our older friends and sharing a wonderful gift - the gift of friendship. Fulfill the mitzvah of giving mishloach manot, a traditional Purim food package filled with goodies, especially hamantaschen. Learn more here. Contact: Quinn Lockwood, qlockwood@dorotusa.org, 917. 441.3714. Families must register online. https://www.dorotusa.org/ Host a Birthday Party for Kids CelebrateU Date/Time: Thursday, March 5, 6 - 7:45pm Location: The Henry Street Settlement, 530 Baruch Place Ages: Sixth grade and older can volunteer on their own; fifth grade and younger can volunteer with their parents. Time Commitment: Approximately two hours The Celebrate U Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to spread happiness by throwing birthday parties for children in shelters or who can't afford to celebrate their birthday in the New York City area. 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. Early education is essential, but so is building a child's self-esteem, giving them hope for a bright future and knowing society cares about them. And every child deserves a birthday party. Volunteers set up a birthday party with decorations, a banner and paper goods, they do an arts and crafts project with the kids, sing songs and serve cake to the children. The party celebrates any child with a birthday that month and is open to all shelter guests.  A short training session will take place for new volunteers one week prior to each event Contact: Alisonkauder@gmail.com, 917.502.2850 www.celebrateu.org Annual Book Drive Project Cicero Date/Time(s): Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8. There are a variety of shifts available. Location: The sorting and distribution event will take place in the Gold Ballroom at The Hotel Pennsylvania, at the corner of 33rd Street & 7th Ave. Book drives are held the week of March 2- 5, and all books are picked up by March 6. Check with your school to see if they are participating in the annual drive. Books can also be donated to Project Cicero through their Amazon wishlist page. Ages: Everyone can participate in book drives. Volunteers for sorting and distribution event must be ages 12 and up with an adult. Time Commitment: For the sorting and distribution event, 2 hours or more is preferred. Project Cicero is a partnership of independent, public, and parochial schools, private and public organizations, and corporations whose primary goal is to create and supplement classroom and school libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools through an annual citywide book drive. Project Cicero also puts books into homeless shelters, juvenile detention facilities, community centers, before and after school programs, and wherever else there is a need. To date, Project Cicero has placed 3,750,000 new and gently used books into more than 30,000 classrooms and school libraries reaching over 1,000,000 children in under-resourced schools in New York City.  Donated books must be in excellent condition, and only children's book (through young adult/high school level) will be accepted. The sorting and distribution event involves helping to sort, display and organize over 150,000 donated children's books as teachers visit and select books for their classrooms. Contact: projcicero@gmail.com. Registration for the sorting event is available online and slots fill quickly. www.projectcicero.org MV4NY's Book Sorting Event for Project Cicero Muslim Volunteers of New York Date/Time: Saturday, March 7: 11:30am - 12:30pm 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: Project Cicero Sorting and Distribution Event, Hotel Pennsylvania Gold Ballroom, 401 7th Ave, NY Ages: All participants should be in grade 8 or older Time Commitment: One-hour shifts The mission of MV4NY is to engage the community at large, along with the Muslim-American community in a variety of grass-root efforts to give back to New York City and its residents. Project Cicero is an annual event where 1200 NYC teachers at public schools in need personally select as many books as they can to transport to their school and classroom libraries. Since 2001, 3,750,000 new and gently used books have been given to more than 30,000 NYC classrooms, reaching over 1,000,000 students! MV4NY Volunteers is coordinating a group to attend and help with organizing the books donated to Project Cicero according to subject, age and genre. Teachers will select from these sorted books. We will provide a community service letter to volunteers upon request. Contact: 646.267.9410 or muslimvolunteers4ny@gmail.com. Registration is available online. Click your preferred time before to register: Click here for 11:30am - 12:30pm shift Click here for 12:30 - 1:30pm shift https://mv4ny.org/ 'Make Compost, Not Trash' Big Reuse, in Partnership with NY Department of Sanitation Date/Time: Varies Location: Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 and 7 Ages: Most of the volunteer opportunities are best suited for teenagers Time Commitment: Two hours We want to grow participation in curbside composting to keep waste out of the landfill, keep methane from our atmosphere, and Make Compost, Not Trash. Join the Make Compost, Not Trash campaign by volunteering at an upcoming event with our team. Opportunities include neighborhood canvassing, street tree care, and park clean ups, and compost distribution events. Neighborhood canvassing involves educating your neighbors on curbside composting by joining us as we knock on doors and speak with New Yorkers about their experiences with the brown bins. Street tree care and park clean ups involve cleaning tree pits and parks and applying compost to plants and trees. All of these events are led by one of our Outreach Associates, who will educate and train all volunteers.     Contact: Maryrose@bigreuse.org. Please complete an online volunteer application. MakeCompost.NYC Support GallopNYC's Therapeutic Riders GallopNYC Date/Time(s): Winter term runs through March 22. The spring term will begin on March 31 and the schedule may vary slightly. Tuesday: Morning, 9:30am - noon Midday, 12:15 -1:45pm Afternoon, 3:30 - 6pm Evening, 6 - 8pm Under 16, 3:30 - 6pm Wednesday: Morning, 9:30am - noon Midday, 12:15 - 2pm Pony Club, 3:30 - 6pm Evening, 5:30 - 8pm Under 16, Pony Club, 3:30 - 6pm Thursday: Morning, 9:30am - noon Midday, 12:15 -1:45pm Evening, 4:30 - 8pm Friday: Morning, 9:30am - noon Midday, 12:15 - 2:30pm Afternoon, 3:30 - 6pm Evening, 5:30 - 8pm Under 16, 3:30 - 6pm Saturday: Morning, 8:30 - 11:15am Midday, 11:15am - 1:45pm Afternoon, 1:45 - 4:15pm Pony Club, 4 - 6pm Under 16, Pony Club, 4 - 6pm Sunday: Morning, 8:30 - 11:15am Under 16, 8:30 - noon Midday, 11:15am - 1:45pm Under 16, noon - 4pm Afternoon, 1:45 - 4pm Evening, 4:30- 7pm   Location: All sessions take place at GallopNYC, 88-03 70th Road, Flushing Ages: 16+; mature younger teens welcome with a parent and after a screening process Time Commitment: Two to four hours per shift. Volunteers are encouraged to commit to the same shift for at least 5 weeks, if possible. GallopNYC is a non-profit organization based in New York City that offers therapeutic horsemanship programs to children and adults with disabilities. We serve over 500 riders a week and operate our riding program at four locations, all within NYC. Schedules at each location vary seasonally. Therapeutic horsemanship teaches the skills of horseback riding and horse knowledge to build developmental, emotional, social, and physical skills for each individual rider. Under the direction of a PATH International certified instructor, supported by trained volunteers, each rider progressively acquires riding skills and measurable improvements in life skills. Through weekly sessions, we help riders walk, talk, learn and have FUN! We also offer hippotherapy services. Therapeutic horsemanship means learning to ride a horse but it means much more - it means building a bond with a horse, learning to care for a horse, understanding how horses perceive the world and respond to people, and ultimately being a leader to a horse. Volunteer Duties may include: Side Walking: Assist the instructor during therapeutic riding sessions by working directly with the riders. Act as an intermediary between the rider and instructor by assisting the rider in carrying out the instructor's directions. Lead Walking: Volunteer will lead horses during therapeutic riding classes, working with a group of side-walkers, keeping primary focus on assigned horse (and not the rider) while maintaining communication with team. No experience is necessary. We provide all required training. Volunteers should make sure to dress in weather appropriate attire and most importantly, volunteers need to wear shoes that covers their entire foot, ideally boots. Contact: Cheriselle Scott, volunteer@gallopnyc.org, 646.518.8699. Registration is available online. volunteer.gallopnyc.org  Do you have a teen who is making an impact in the community? Riley's Way Foundation is asking teens across the country to tell us how they can drive change that inspires kindness and builds meaningful connections in their communities. Working with their school or a nonprofit partner, teens can submit a brand new idea or tell us how they plan to improve or expand an existing teen-led initiative. Riley's Way will award 15 winning projects with $3,000 and the opportunity to join a virtual community of like-minded peers from across the country. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2020. Please visit our website at www.callforkindness.org for more information: 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!   With your generosity, we can grow a new generation of kind, caring adults: As a member of our Kindness Builders Monthly Giving Circle, you'll provide the tools families need to nurture their children's hearts as well as their minds. This special group of DGT donors builds a more just, compassionate world every day simply by making an affordable, automatic tax-deductible donation each and every month.   To set up a recurring gift, simply fill out our secure online donation form, and select the amount of your gift. If you want to make kindness common, please join us today! https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/donate-monthly       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. 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March 2020 Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2020 - Silicon Valley  Help Homeless Kids in Your Local Area The Night Night Project Date/Time: At your convenience Location: Deliver your donations to shelters in your community. Click here for a list of shelters in the Bay Area from Project Night Night. Ages: This is a great project for the whole family. Time Commitment: Varies To ease the anxiety associated with shelter living, Project Night Night distributes Night Night Packages to homeless children ages 0-10. Each Night Night Package includes an age-appropriate book, a baby blanket which can be cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can become a cherished friend. Finding comfort is vitally important for children in order to feel secure, loved, and valued - even in the midst of the upheaval and uncertainty attendant to homelessness. The mission of the Night Night Project is to provide free Night Night Packages to homeless children from birth to pre-teen who need our childhood essentials to have a concrete and predictable source of security and increased exposure to high-quality literacy materials during this time of upheaval. Project Night Night wants your project to be as successful as possible. With that in mind, we have developed a program that allows you to benefit homeless children in your local area. Determine the number of Night Night Packages you want to complete. Order tote bags from Project Night Night at $3.50 each (this covers the cost of the tote and shipping to you) Fill each tote bag with a new blanket, book and stuffed animal. Deliver your assembled Night Night Packages to a shelter on our list or that you find. We can help! In the Bay Area, we may request that you deliver your filled totes to our local office. Ensure that the homeless children in your community feel special! Contact: Kendra Robins, 415.310.0360, Kendra@ProjectNightNight.org http://www.projectnightnight.org/  Coyote Creek Clean Up! South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition Date/Time: Saturday,  March 14, 9 - 11am. Check in is at 8:45am Location: TEAM 222 on Coyote Creek @ Corie Court, 1505 Schallenberger Rd, San Jose Ages: Volunteers eight and older welcome to participate with parental supervision. Time Commitment: Two hours South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition conducts regular creek cleanup events on the Los Gatos Creek, Guadalupe River, and on the Coyote Creek. Grab your oldest clothes and shoes and come join us for a creek clean up. South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition (SBCCC) is dedicated to Reclaiming, Restoring and Revitalizing the creeks and rivers in the Santa Clara Valley watershed. Over the past four years we have completed over 200 cleanup events and removed over 200 tons of trash from our creeks and rivers. Many hands make this work a lighter task! Volunteers are asked to arrive by 8:45am for a safety presentation. We will be providing trash pick-up tools, trash bags, gloves. Please bring your own water container and we will be happy to fill and refill it! We ask everyone to wear heavy soled shoes, long pants, hat and sunscreen. Contact: info@sbcleancreeks.com. Registration is available online. https://sbcleancreeks.com Meal Serving @ Goodwill Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen Date/Time(s): Friday March 27, 9am - noon Location: Community Garden at Goodwill Site, 1080 North 7th Street, San Jose (Back RIGHT corner behind the Goodwill truck parking lot) Ages: Families with children age 10 and older are welcome to volunteer. Volunteers age 10 - 13 must have adult supervision. Time Commitment: Shifts are two hours and one-half hours   The mission of Loaves & Fishes is to provide hot nutritious meals that are prepared, delivered and served to low-income families, disadvantaged individuals with a special concern for children, families, seniors, veterans, students, disabled, and the homeless. Be ready to help prep the food, serve our guests and help clean up. As a volunteer, you will be asked to prep fruits and vegetables, serve hot meals, pour beverages, wash dishes, and tidy-up the site facility. Contact: For questions or to cancel reservations, call 408.922.9085 or volunteer@loavesfishes.org. Registration is available online. https://www.loavesfishes.org/  Help the TCV Foodbank Tri-City Volunteers Date/Time: Monday through Thursday, 8am - 4pm Location: 37350 Joseph Street, Fremont Ages: Families with children age 13 and older are welcome to volunteer. Those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult or chaperone. Time Commitment: Minimum of two hours   Volunteers are essential to Tri-City Volunteers (TCV) food bank's daily grocery cart preparation and distribution. They need approximately 40 warehouse volunteers a day to ensure that as many as 200 client families per day receive adequate nutrition. Volunteers also help sort and hang donated clothing and attractively merchandise their thrift store, which provides very low-cost items to struggling families. Community volunteers are the heart of the agency! Not only do volunteers work directly with low and very-low-income families, they bring to life their vision of a community united together to ensure that every child and adult in our area is not just free from hunger, but can access pathways to financial stability and self-sufficiency. While volunteers assist families in Tri-City Volunteers' food bank and thrift store, they are also connecting with others. That is the real strength of TCV's work. Contact: Stephanie, volunteer@tcvfoodbank.org. Attend an orientation and set shift(s) by emailing volunteer@tcvfoodbank.org or call 510.793.4583. TCV hosts 40-50-minute orientations every Wednesday at 10am and Thursday at 1pm. Orientations are mandatory for new individual volunteers and no registration is required - just show up! www.tri-cityvolunteers.org   Weed Warriors at Arastradero Preserve Grassroots Ecology Date/Time: Wednesdays, 9 - 11:30am Location: Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, 530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto Ages: All participants must register and approve the online waiver through the Eventbrite page. Youth under 18 must have their legal guardian approve the waiver on their behalf. Volunteers age 12 and under require an accompanying adult. Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours Volunteers should expect to hike through the scenic rolling hills of Arastradero, remove invasive plant species throughout grassland and oak woodland ecosystems, and help maintain restoration zones by mulching, trimming, watering, weeding, etc. Wednesday Weed Warriors is typically a small-group meetup, and tasks are often slower-paced and more detailed. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with project staff, observe flora and fauna, and reflect on the beauty of nature in a serene environment. Prepare for working outdoors: Water bottle Long pants, long sleeves recommended Sturdy close-toed shoes that can get dirty Hat/sunscreen or rain gear/boots Plan for potential exposure to sun, poison oak, ticks EpiPen/allergy medication if you have one prescribed to you  We provide gloves, tools, and light snacks. Contact: melisa@grassrootsecology.org. Registration is available online. https://www.grassrootsecology.org San Bruno Clean Up! Sign Hill Stewards Date/Time: Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28,  9am - noon Location: San Bruno Mountain Park, 555 Guadalupe Canyon Parkway, Brisbane. Click here for directions. Ages: Youth under 15 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Time Commitment: Three hours Volunteers are needed to help save critical grasslands at San Bruno Mountain Park. Join the SSF Weed Warriors for fresh air and exercise and help them weed on the south slope of mountain. The south slope has large areas of grasslands that are critical to resident endangered butterflies. The focus is to remove invasive non-native plants. Please wear long pants and layers, a long-sleeved shirt for protection, and sturdy shoes with long socks. Gloves are provided. Please remember to bring water. Contact: chuckheimstadt@yahoo.com or call the San Bruno Mountain Watch Office, 415.467. 6631. Registration is required at least two days in advance of the event. Learn more and RSVP at the San Bruno Mountain Watch website. https://www.mountainwatch.org/ Good Deeds Day Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC) Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 2 - 5pm Location: OFJCC Leslie Family Preschool (Bldg. C), Oshman Family JCC, Taube Koret Campus, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate Time Commitment: Three hours Good Deeds Day is an annual tradition of good deeds. All over the world, hundreds of thousands of people choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively change the world. Join us for hands-on opportunities at the OFJCC: we will plant, make dinner for seniors, make blankets for the homeless, bring joy to animals and many more. Contact: Robin Vasilakos, 650.223.8791, rvasilakos@paloaltojcc.org. Registration is available online. https://www.paloaltojcc.org/ Chicken Soupers Meal Preparation and Delivery Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC) Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 1:30 - 5:30pm Location: Taube Koret Campus Community Kitchen, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate Time Commitment: Four hours Work with the OFJCC to make and deliver individual meals for those who are unable to prepare meals for themselves. Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS) has partnered with us to make it possible for us to help provide these meals. The project will be done in two stages. First, we will prepare individual meals in our community kitchen and pack them. Next, we will divide and deliver the prepared meals to the designated people. This is a great opportunity for families to do a project together as well as deliver it personally to someone in need! Please remember to wear closed-toe shoes and have your hair up or covered. Contact: Robin Vasilakos, 650.223.8791, rvasilakos@paloaltojcc.org. Registration is available online. https://www.paloaltojcc.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!   With your generosity, we can grow a new generation of kind, caring adults: As a member of our Kindness Builders Monthly Giving Circle, you'll provide the tools families need to nurture their children's hearts as well as their minds. This special group of DGT donors builds a more just, compassionate world every day simply by making an affordable, automatic tax-deductible donation each and every month.   To set up a recurring gift, simply fill out our secure online donation form, and select the amount of your gift. If you want to make kindness common, please join us today! https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/donate-monthly Do you have a teen who is making an impact in the community? Riley's Way Foundation is asking teens across the country to tell us how they can drive change that inspires kindness and builds meaningful connections in their communities. Working with their school or a nonprofit partner, teens can submit a brand new idea or tell us how they plan to improve or expand an existing teen-led initiative. Riley's Way will award 15 winning projects with $3,000 and the opportunity to join a virtual community of like-minded peers from across the country. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2020. Please visit our website at www.callforkindness.org for more information:       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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March 2019 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2019  - Silicon Valley  Beautify San Jose The Trash Punx   Date/Time: Saturday, March 2, 9 - 11am   Location: 4130 Monterey Hwy, San Jose   Our community has been over-populated by a massive amount of trash. 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! Join The Trash Punx team as they target a specific area of San Jose invaded by litter. Please wear closed-toe shoes, and bring water, sunscreen, and sunglasses.   Ages: Children ages six and up are welcome with adult supervision.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Justin Imamura, thetrashpunx@gmail.com. Registration is available online.   www.thetrashpunx.org   Grassroots Ecology March Events Grassroots Ecology   Date/Time: Here is a complete list of family-friendly volunteer events for March: Friday Greenfingers: McClellan Ranch Preserve, Friday, March 1, 9am - noon, Cupertino Habitat Restoration - Sponsored by the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail, Saturday, March 2, 9am - noon, Cupertino Habitat Restoration at Byrne Preserve, Monday, March 4, 18 & 25, 9:30am - noon, Los Altos Hills Byrne Brigade: Weekend Warrior Edition, Saturday, March 9, 9:30am - noon, Los Altos Hills Stevens Creek Water Quality Monitoring, Saturday, March 9, 9am - noon, Cupertino Foothills Park, Sunday, March 10 & 24, 9am - noon, Palo Alto Habitat Protection at Juan Prado Mesa Preserve, Monday, March 11, 9:30am - noon, Los Altos Hills Wednesday Greenfingers: McClellan Ranch Preserve, Wednesday, March 13, 9am - noon, Cupertino World Water Monitoring Challenge - Los Altos, Saturday, March 16, 9 - 11am World Water Monitoring Challenge - Sunnyvale, Saturday, March 23, 9 - 11am Habitat Restoration on San Francisquito Creek, Thursday, March 21 & 28, 2 - 4pm, Palo Alto World Water Monitoring Challenge - Cupertino, Saturday, March 30, 9 - 11am Wednesday Weed Warriors, Every Wednesday, 9am - noon,  Palo Alto Location(s): Varies - Click on above links for location information   Grassroots Ecology leverages the power of volunteers to create healthy lands across Silicon Valley. We restore native plants to open spaces and neighborhoods, steward creeks and watersheds, and provide hands-on nature education. Please bring a reusable water bottle and dress for outdoor work (sturdy shoes and long pants recommended). We will provide gloves and any needed tools. While volunteering with Grassroots Ecology, you will learn interesting things about the natural world while making a positive impact on the environment. Grassroots offers opportunities for people of all ages and skill levels to help with planting, weeding, creek monitoring, or installing rain gardens and rain barrels.   Ages: All ages are welcome to participate. Children under 12 require an accompanying adult unless prior approval is obtained from the workday supervisor. All volunteers under age 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.   Time Commitment: Two to four hours, depending on event   Contact: Jeremy Merckling, jeremy@grassrootsecology.org, 650.384.5314 www.grassrootsecology.org SB Clean Creeks Coalition Team 222 Clean Up South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition   Date/Time: Saturday, March 9, 9 - 11am   Location(s): North Down Stream, Guadalupe River, 351 West Virginia Street, San José Coyote Creek at Corie Court, 1505 Schallenberger Rd, San José   Grab your oldest clothes and shoes and join SB Clean Creeks Coalition for a creek clean up. Their mission is to Reclaim, Restore and Revitalize our community's watershed. Many hands make this work a lighter task, so please join! Volunteers are asked to arrive by 8:45 am for a safety presentation. They will be providing trash pick-up tools, trash bags and gloves. Please bring your own water container and they will be happy to fill and refill it! Wear heavy soled shoes, long pants, hat and sunscreen. Ages: Families with children ages 7 and older are welcome to participate. Volunteers under age 15 must be accompanied by an adult. All volunteers must complete the waiver form required by the City of San José.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Carol Szymkiewicz, info@sbcleancreeks.com. To register, please click the link for the event you'd like to attend:  Register for Guadalupe River Register for Coyote Creek http://www.sbcleancreeks.com Donate Wishlist Supplies to Shelters HomeFirst   Date/Time: Ongoing   Location: Multiple locations. Email donategoods@homefirstscc.org to arrange to drop off your donations. HomeFirst operates housing and shelter sites across Santa Clara County. They serve approximately 5,000 chronically homeless individuals, families with children, veterans, and youth each year. Donations are needed to assist these shelters. Please visit their website for  their wish list of most needed items.   Ages: All ages welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: To donate items, please email donategoods@homefirstscc.org www.HomeFirstSCC.org Make and Donate Blankets to Children in Need Project Linus   Date/Time: Ongoing   Location: Click here for drop-off locations Project Linus has a mission to 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, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers". They welcome blankets, including quilts, tied comforters, fleece blankets, crocheted and knitted afghans, and receiving blankets in child friendly colors and patterns. Blankets must be new (made of new materials), handmade and washable. You don't have to be an expert with a sewing machine, knitting needles or a crochet hook, or even know how to sew! Elaborate or simple, these blanket gifts are all beautiful to a child. Project Linus accepts blankets in most any size. They donate to children ages infant through teen so many sizes are appropriate. The typical size is 45"x60", though infants can use blankets as small as 36"x36" (No fringe on baby blankets please!) and teens up to 54"x72". The vast majority of the blankets made by our local chapter remain in our area. Click here for easy no sew blanket directions.   Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: Sharon Lee, sjlinus@comcast.net or visit the website for more information. www.SJLinus.org   Sunday Friends' Programs for Very Low-Income Families Sunday Friends   Date/Time: Sundays - Shifts available between 10:30am and 5:30pm. There are some after school shifts on weekdays at the special store.   Location(s): Santee Elementary, 1313 Audubon Dr., San Jose, 2nd Sunday of every month Meadows Elementary, 1250 Taper Ln., San Jose, 3rd Sunday of every month Lowell Elementary, 625 South 7th St., San Jose, 4th Sunday of every month Sunday Friends Special Store, 730 Story Rd. Ste. 3, San Jose (open weekdays from 4 - 7pm) Volunteers are needed to work directly with children, and occasionally their parents, to facilitate service and learning projects. Projects include craft gift making, healthy food preparation, letter and essay writing, hands-on science projects, math and learning games, computer education, English as a Second Language classes, reading, book report writing, exercise class, parents' classes and more. Children and parents earn tickets for their participation which are redeemable for basic necessities in our special stores. Volunteers might also assist with the banking, store setup, or shopping.   Ages: Eight and older. Teens, adults, families and groups are all welcome. An adult must accompany children under age 14.   Time Commitment: No predetermined number of hours, but if you sign up to come to a program, you are expected to come.   Contact: Volunteers should begin by completing the New Volunteer Registration process. Please register to volunteer a couple of weeks in advance of the date. Contact Lilly, lillyp@sundayfriends.org, or volunteer@sundayfriends.org, with questions or call 408.217.9587 www.SundayFriends.org Adult Day Program Volunteer with Alzheimer's Clients Respite & Research for Alzheimer's Disease (RRAD)   Date/Time: Ongoing   Location: Varies   For over thirty years, Respite & Research for Alzheimer's Disease (RRAD) has served individuals of all stages of dementia - whether newly diagnosed or in the advanced stages. As the only dementia-specific adult daycare program in Santa Clara County, RRAD is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals affected by Alzheimer's and related conditions by providing safe, nurturing intergenerational services and a rich network of support. As a volunteer at the Adult Day Program, you will work directly with clients and engage in fun activities, games, crafts, and meaningful conversations. Volunteers need to: Fill out an online volunteer application Provide documentation of a negative TB test taken within the last year Attend an orientation at the center, approximately an hour in length Ages: Families with children ages 2 and older. All children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: Jill Moore, jill@alzdaycare.org www.AlzactivityCenter.org  Volunteer Beach Clean Up at Tunitas Creek San Mateo County Parks   Date/Time: Sunday March, 17, 10am - 1pm   Location: Tunitas Beach, 23000 Cabrillo Hwy South, Half Moon Bay Be part of the effort to clean and preserve Tunitas Creek Beach by joining the TLC Locals for weekend beach clean-ups. Halfway between Half Moon Bay and Pescadero, where the waters from King's Mountain reach the Pacific Ocean, lies Tunitas Creek Beach. Waters from Tunitas Creek run onto the broad, sandy beach. To the north stands an iconic sandstone cliff. Tunitas Creek Beach currently has no facilities and is only accessible via a steep, eroded trail on the property or through the environmentally sensitive Tunitas Creek corridor. Ages: All ages welcome to participate. There are no age restrictions, however it is not recommended for toddler aged children or younger due to the challenging hike in, glass on the beach, and other dangers.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Registration is available online. https://parks.smcgov.org/county-parks  Help the TCV Foodbank Tri-City Volunteers   Date/Time: Monday through Thursday, 8am - 4pm. Friday, 9 - 12:30pm   Location: 37350 Joseph Street, Fremont Volunteers are essential to Tri-City Volunteers (TCV) food bank's daily grocery cart preparation and distribution. They need approximately 40 warehouse volunteers a day to ensure that as many as 350 client families per day receive adequate nutrition. Volunteers also help sort and hang donated clothing and attractively merchandise their boutique thrift store, which provides very low-cost items to struggling families. Community volunteers are the heart of the agency! Not only do volunteers work directly with low and very-low income families, they bring to life their vision of a community united together to ensure that every child and adult in our area is not just free from hunger, but can access pathways to financial stability and self-sufficiency. While volunteers assist families in Tri-City Volunteers' food bank and thrift store, they are also mentoring and deeply connecting with others. That is the real strength of TCV's work.   Ages: Children 10 and older are welcome to volunteer. Those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult or chaperone.   Time Commitment: Minimum of two hours   Contact: Attend orientation and set shift(s) by emailing volunteer@tcvfoodbank.org or call 510.793.4583. TCV hosts 40-50-minute orientations every Wednesday at 10am and Thursday at 1pm. Orientations are mandatory for new individual volunteers and no registration is required - just show up! www.tri-cityvolunteers.org Teach the Power of Speaking Up Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Varies   Location: Your home or community   Your family can make a difference in your community by sharing your opinion with leaders. Contacting your elected officials when you feel strongly about an issue can teach your children about being engaged citizens. Doing Good Together has created three new printables to help your children create drawings, cards, and letters asking leaders to support issues that are important to them. Visit Doing Good Together's Teach the Power of Speaking Up project page to learn more and to download our new printables.   Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org   DGT has the tools to help ensure your food drive succeeds!  With our DGT downloads, you can increase your donations and make a long-term impact on children as they learn about the complex issue of food insecurity. Our digital Hunger Curriculum uses books and activities to more easily discuss this big-hearted topic. You supply the books (from a library, bookstore or online); DGT supplies the printable teaching materials ready to download. Last Chance! Did you remember to fill out the Doing Good Together Family Volunteering Survey? If you have already completed the survey, thank you. If you have not completed the survey yet, please take the survey now. The survey will take you less than 5 minutes to complete and your responses will help us understand how we can provide the best possible experience for our subscribers. As a thank you for participating in our survey we will be holding a drawing for two $25 Target gift certificate. The survey will close on February 28.       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.                                                                                                                                                                                    © 2019 Doing Good Together™

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March 2018 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2018  - Silicon Valley  Heal the Earth - Habitat Restoration and Water Monitoring  Grassroots Ecology   Date/Time: Here is a complete list of family-friendly volunteer events for March: Habitat Restoration at McClellan Ranch Preserve - March 3, 9 - 11:30am World Water Monitoring Challenge - Los Altos - March 10, 10am - noon Cooley Landing Habitat Restoration Workday - March 11, 9:30am - noon Rain Barrel and Rain Garden Installation at Gamble Garden (Part 1) - March 17, 9am - 1pm San Francisquito Creek Monitoring - March 17, 9 - 11:15am World Water Monitoring Challenge - Cupertino - March 17, 10am - noon World Water Monitoring Challenge - Sunnyvale - March 24, 9 - 11am Volunteer at Foothills Park - March 25, 9am - noon Rain Barrel and Rain Garden Installation at Gamble Garden (Part 2) - March 31, 9am - 1pm Location(s): Varies - Click on above links for location information Grassroots Ecology leverages the power of volunteers to create healthy lands across Silicon Valley. We restore native plants to open spaces and neighborhoods, steward creeks and watersheds, and provide hands-on nature education. Please bring a reusable water bottle and dress for outdoor work (sturdy shoes and long pants recommended). We will provide gloves and any needed tools.   Ages: All ages are welcome to participate. Children under 12 require an accompanying adult unless prior approval is obtained from the workday supervisor. All volunteers under age 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.   Time Commitment: Two to four hours, depending on event   Contact: Jeremy Merckling, jeremy@grassrootsecology.org, 650.384.5314 www.grassrootsecology.org Kelley Park Winter 2018 Bio Blitz Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful   Date/Time: Saturday March 3, 9 - 11am   Location: Kelley Park Disc Golf Parking Lot, 743 Phelan Ave., San José A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At a BioBlitz, scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to get an overall count of the plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms that live in a place. Join the Kelley Park Winter BioBlitz where citizens and experts come together to explore the park, and document observations of all living things in a short period of time. Docents will guide you and teach you to use the iNaturalist app on your smartphone or tablet to record all the living things you encounter. Flowers, trees, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, birds, and squirrels. We love them all - now let's go find them! And, if you don't want to bend over to see that spider, you can pick up a litter stick and bucket and collect the litter near the creek and in the park to keep it clean. Every little piece counts! Ages: All ages are welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Deb Kramer, deb@keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org, 408.372.7053. Registration is available online. www.keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org  Alum Rock Park: Trail Crew San Jose Parks: Volunteer Management Team   Date/Time: Saturday March 10, 9am - 1pm   Location: Alum Rock Park, 15350 Penitencia Creek Road, San José. Please plan on arriving at the Penitencia Creek entrance by 8:45am, then follow the "Volunteer Event" signs to the parking lot. The park is very large and has very limited cell phone reception. Like to hike? Then volunteer to improve the trails! Foot traffic wears down the tread; bushes and wildflowers grow over the trail; and rain, fire and wind have their own effects. You and your family can help to maintain a safe trail. Trail Crew Days are a great way to learn about the park, try something new, and meet new friends. After your inspiring volunteer experience, you will end up feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and ready to hike even more! No experience necessary. Come meet others who enjoy hiking and the great outdoors! Training and tools are provided, but you are welcome to bring your favorite tool. Long pants, a long-sleeve shirt, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and a hat are recommended. Please bring a filled water bottle and your own snack. Ages: School age children are welcome to participate. Elementary and Middle school students must attend with an adult.   Time Commitment: Three to four hours   Contact: ParkVolunteer@sanjoseca.gov. Registration is available online. www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=589  Coyote Valley by Bicycle - 21 Mile Loop Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and the Committee for Green Foothills   Date/Time: Sunday March 11, 9am - 12:30pm   Location: Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, 550 Palm Ave, Morgan Hill We'll visit the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, bike south and then back north across the valley floor, hop on the Coyote Creek Trail at Coyote Creek Golf Drive to the Anderson Lake Visitor Center, bike up to Northern Coyote Valley along the Coyote Creek Trail, and we'll make a stop at Spina Farms. Together we'll learn more about the history, wildlife, water, and agricultural story of this area. Bring your bike, a helmet, sun protection, 1-2 liters of water, and a bag lunch. You may want to bring cash or card to buy something at the Spina Farm Stand. Speakers will include Deb Kramer with Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and our Executive Director Megan Medeiros. Ages: All ages are welcome to participate if they can complete the 21-mile loop safely.   Time Commitment: Three and one-half hours   Contact: Deb Kramer, deb@keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org, 408.372.7053. Register your family for this educational bike ride here. www.keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org/ 4th Annual Diapees and Wipees Drive Benefiting Community Solutions Hosted by The Stebbins Family, The Stebbins Mortgage Team and Guild Mortgage   Date/Time: Wednesday March 14, 4 -7 pm. If you are not able to attend the March 14 event, donations will be accepted now through March 14.   Location: Guild Mortgage Morgan Hill Branch, 350 Woodview Ave. Suite 300, Morgan Hill   Join us for food and fun at this Open House donation drop-off event! Community Solutions is a comprehensive non-profit human services agency serving Santa Clara County and San Benito County. Since 1972, we have responded to the growing and changing needs of our community, serving several thousand people from young children to older adults each year. Help support their efforts by donating diapers and wipes for their littlest clients through this event! Ages: All ages are welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: Lisa Stebbins at stebbins.lisa@gmail.com, 408.607.3200 or Sarah Smith at sarah.smith@guildmortgage.net, 408.825.0248 http://communitysolutions.org/ Family Volunteering Day Cityteam San Jose   Date/Time: All Saturdays during March (spaces are limited), 10am - noon   Location: 1297 North 13th St, San José Cityteam provides services to people living in extreme poverty. Cityteam programs offer help such as hot meals, shelter, life transformation programs, clothing, hygiene items, learning and career help.This volunteer opportunity encourages parents and children to work together to make a positive impact in the community for those in need. Families may assist with packing hygiene kits, food boxes or sorting of donations. Volunteers must wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. Please dress modestly and comfortably. Please do not bring valuables. We do not have a secure place for volunteers to leave belongings. We encourage volunteers to take this opportunity to clean out your closet, garage, or pantry and bring along items to donate. Ages: Families with children ages 11 and older are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Erin Campos, ecampos@cityteam.org, 408.232.5620. Registration is available online. www.cityteam.org Bring and Serve Dinner for Shelter Guests at Grace Baptist Church Winter Faith Collaborative   Date/Time: Check calendar for available dates, now through April 7. Shift runs from 6:30 - 8pm   Location: Grace Baptist Church, 484 E San Fernando St, San José The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement that was formed to share ideas and advocate for the houseless community. We have engaged over 100 faith communities across Santa Clara County with the collective aim to serve and shelter those in the houseless community who are living outdoors this winter. Your willingness to volunteer at the shelters is critical in our effort to house the unhoused and save lives this winter. The Grace Baptist Church provides shelter to 50 houseless guests during the winter. Volunteers are needed to bring and serve dinner nightly. Volunteers are needed to provide a hot meal for 60 guests along with any necessary paper/plastic goods for serving the meal. Ages: Families welcome with children. Children under 16 need to be supervised by an adult at all times.   Time Commitment: One and one-half to two hours   Contact: winterfaithcollaborative@gmail.com. Registration is available online. https://faithcollaborative.wordpress.com   Help Create 'Move in Kits' for Shelter Guests Home First Services of San Jose   Date/Time: Deliver donations during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9am - 5pm   Location: 507 Valley Way, Milpitas HomeFirst™ is a leading provider of services, shelter, and housing opportunities to the homeless and those at risk of homelessness in Santa Clara County. We serve more than 4,000 adults, veterans, families, and youth each year at seven locations including our Boccardo Reception Center, which is the county's largest homeless services center. Are you planning to do some cleaning and reorganizing around your home? Donated household supplies are greatly appreciated at HomeFirst. When a shelter guest secures permanent housing, we congratulate them with a "Move-In Kit". Click here for a list of items to donate for the kits. We love to get the kids involved too! Families might consider making some homemade cards to put in each kit congratulating the shelter guests on their new home. Non-perishable, store bought treats are also welcome. Ages: All ages are encouraged to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: Tracie Wallace, Volunteer Coordinator, TWallace@HomeFirstSCC.org, 408.539.2143 www.homefirstscc.org  Sunday Friends' Programs for Very Low-Income Families Sunday Friends   Date/Time: Sundays - Shifts available between 10:30am and 5:30pm. There are some afterschool shifts on weekdays at our special store.   Location(s):  Santee Elementary, 1313 Audubon Dr., San José, 2nd Sunday of every month Meadows Elementary, 1250 Taper Ln., San José, 3rd Sunday of every month Lowell Elementary, 625 South 7th St., San José, 4th Sunday of every month Sunday Friends Special Store, 730 Story Rd. Ste. 3, San José, open weekdays from 4 - 7pm Volunteers are needed to work directly with children, and occasionally their parents, to facilitate service and learning projects. Projects include craft gift making, healthy food preparation, letter and essay writing, hands-on science projects, math and learning games, computer education, English as a Second Language classes, reading, book report writing, exercise class, parents' classes and more. Children and parents earn tickets for their participation which are redeemable for basic necessities in our special stores. Volunteers might also assist with the banking, store setup, or shopping. Ages: Teens, adults, families and groups are all welcome. An adult must accompany children under age 14.   Time Commitment: No predetermined number of hours, but if you sign up to come to a program, you are expected to come.   Contact: Volunteers should begin by completing the New Volunteer Registration process. Please register to volunteer a couple of weeks in advance of the date. Contact Lilly, lillyp@sundayfriends.org, or volunteer@sundayfriends.org, with questions or call 408.217.9587 www.SundayFriends.org Chicken Soupers Meal Preparation and Delivery Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC)   Date/Time: Sunday March 18, 1:30 - 5:30pm   Location: Taube Koret Campus Community Kitchen, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Work with the OFJCC to make and deliver individual meals for those who are unable to prepare meals for themselves. Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS) has partnered with us to make it possible for us to help provide these meals. The project will be done in two stages. First, we will prepare individual meals in our community kitchen and pack them. Next, we will divide and deliver the prepared meals to the designated people. This is a great opportunity for families to do a project together as well as deliver it personally to someone in need! Please remember to wear closed toed shoes and have your hair up or covered.   Ages: Families with children ages eight and older are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Four hours   Contact: Robin Vasilakos, rvasilakos@paloaltojcc.org, 650.223.8791. To register visit the Oshman Family JCC  event calendar! https://paloaltojcc.org Become a Senior Angel Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Once a week   Location: A  senior in your community You can help create a more age-integrated society and instill positive attitudes toward aging by providing your child with positive contacts with seniors. By becoming a Senior Angel your family will let a senior know they are remembered and loved through an ongoing weekly correspondence. Seniors who may be home-bound, confined to nursing homes, or in convalescent hospitals will look forward to your weekly greetings! You can reach out to a relative, neighbor or senior you know in your community. What you'll need: Stationery, greeting cards, pens, drawing or art supplies Occasional small, inexpensive, gifts ($2-$5), such as a box of tea or bar of scented soap Postage Once-a-week send your older friend chatty letters, friendly cards, uplifting notes, children's drawings and perhaps an occasional small gift. Learn more by visiting the Doing Good Together Become a Senior Angel page.   Ages: Your whole family can participate!   Time Commitment: Varies, but please plan on making an ongoing, long-term commitment to your senior.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org Reading together is a research-proven, amazingly simple way to practice empathy and support your child's learning on every level. But that isn't why we love it. Story time is the most intimate, thoughtful, tender way to connect with a child. Check out Doing Good Together's awesome collection of favorite picture and chapter books focused on a variety of critical topics, including Kindness, Creativity, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Bullying, Death & Grief, and more       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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March 2018 - NYC Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2018 - New York City Soup Kitchen for the Homeless & Impoverished The Manhattan Church of Christ   Date/Time: Saturdays  ---   March 10, 17, 24 and 31, 10am - 2pm   Location: Manhattan Church of Christ, 48 East 80th Street, NY   The Saturday Lunch Program provides hot meals with dignity and compassion to the homeless or those who live marginally. All shifts are family-friendly and involve a set-up team to set tables and decorate, a service team to run trays of food back and forth to the guests, and a break down & clean up team. Volunteers help set up, prepare and serve meals, then break down and clean up.   Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies, come for a few hours or stay for the entire shift!   Contact: To register, please contact Reverend Carl Garrison at carl@manhattanchurch.org www.manhattanchurch.org/ Spring Into Action! Brooklyn Community Services   Date/Time: Various dates from March 20 - April 4.   Location: Various locations throughout Brooklyn BCS was founded by volunteers in 1866 in response to the plight of Civil War veterans and homeless children who lost their fathers in the war. Volunteerism remains at the heart of what they do. Spring into Action is the signature volunteer initiative of Brooklyn Community Services (BCS). Now in its 6th year, Spring into Action has galvanized thousands of volunteers. This year, they are proud to offer more than 20 service opportunities that impact Brooklyn's low-income neighborhoods. Ages: Families with children ten and older are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: volunteer@wearebcs.org, 718.310.5823. Visit the Spring Into Action webpage for more information and to register. http://wearebcs.org/springintoaction/ Passover Package Delivery DOROT   Date/Time: Sunday, March 18, between 10am and 2pm   Location: Westside and Eastside Manhattan locations, as well as Westchester Brighten the day of a senior! Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover by delivering a package of Passover food to our elderly neighbors and sharing a wonderful gift - the gift of friendship. Ages: Families with children ages 4-12 years are welcome to participate   Time Commitment: One hour   Contact: Shai Rosenfeld, srosenfeld@dorotusa.org, 917-441-5051. Registration is available online. www.dorotusa.org Pack Easter Blessing Bags in Queens HOPE for New York   Date/Time: Saturday, March 24, 9am - 4:30pm. Four shifts are available:   9 - 10:30am 11am -12:30pm 1 - 2:30pm 3 - 4:30pm Location: CRU Inner City Training and Distribution Center, 9 - 11 44th Drive, Queens Each year, Cru Inner City packs thousands of Easter "Blessing Bags" to serve children in need throughout NYC. Volunteers will fill paper bags with Easter treats, crayons, Bible stories, as well as a gospel bead bracelet to share the message of Easter. Ages: All ages can participate   Time Commitment: One and one-half hours   Contact: 917.206.1440. Registration is available online. IMPORTANT: Once you request information for this event through the web page, you will receive a separate email with a registration link from Cru Inner City to complete your sign up. Your volunteer spot is NOT reserved until you complete the registration process through the second link. www.cru.org/us/en/communities/innercity/newyorkcity.html  Summer Teen Internship Program DOROT   Date/Time: The internship is 4 days a week, Mondays-Thursdays, 10:30am - 5pm. On the last day of the internship, the day ends at 6:30pm. Session 1: June 25 - July 19 (exceptions made for Regents exams) Session 2: July 23 - August 16 Location: Two locations are available ---   Manhattan and Riverdale   Do you have a teen looking for a summer internship program? This internship inspires high school students to develop leadership skills and give back to the community. Interns volunteer with a diverse group of socially-conscious teens to connect with older adults and provide assistance. Teen Interns may: Visit seniors in their home for companionship Teach seniors how to use a computer, iPad, iShuffle, and other types of technology Celebrate seniors' birthdays Deliver meals to seniors Send birthday cards out to seniors Read to visually impaired seniors Shop and deliver groceries to seniors Play chess, cards, scrabble, and other games with seniors Assist with office work at DOROT Have the opportunity to plan, run and implement an intergenerational game day or museum trip Visit DOROT's Homelessness Prevention Program and take part in cooking a meal for the seniors who live in our transitional housing facility Ages: DOROT's Summer Teen Internship Program is for rising sophomores through rising seniors.   Time Commitment: The internship is unpaid and designed to provide students with a minimum of 92 hours of community service.   Contact: Shai Rosenfeld at srosenfeld@dorotusa.org or 917.441.5051. Complete the online application, which will be accepted on a rolling basis until May 14th.  Apply early as spots will likely fill prior to May 14th. www.dorotusa.org Annual Book Drive Project Cicero   Date/Time: Sorting and distribution event is March 8 - 11, from 10 am - 6 pm. Book donations will also be accepted at the event. Most New York City independent schools are doing book collections, and if you have an independent school in your neighborhood, you should check with them. Donation drives end on March 6.   Location: The sorting and distribution event will take place in the Gold Ballroom at The Hotel Pennsylvania, at the corner of 33rd & 7th Ave. There is a side door entrance on 33rd. Book drive donations should be delivered to: Project Cicero, 53 East 79th Street. Books can also be donated to Project Cicero through their Amazon wishlist page. Project Cicero is a partnership of independent, public, and parochial schools, private and public organizations, and corporations whose primary goal is to create and supplement classroom and school libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools through an annual citywide book drive. Project Cicero also puts books into homeless shelters, juvenile detention facilities, community centers, before and after school programs, and wherever else there is a need. To date, Project Cicero has placed 3,250,000 new and gently used books into more than 20,000 classrooms and school libraries reaching over 700,000 children in under-resourced schools in New York City. Donated books must be in excellent condition, and only children's book (through Young Adult/high school level) will be accepted. Please consult the website for more information. Ages: Sorting and distribution volunteers must be in 6th grade or older. If you are bringing 6th-8th graders, we ask for one adult per 12 kids. Everyone can participate in book drives.   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: info@projectcicero.org or 212.288.6900 x 511. Volunteers MUST register through the Project Cicero event registration page. www.projectcicero.org/ Become a Senior Angel Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Once a week   Location: A  senior in your community You can help create a more age-integrated society and instill positive attitudes toward aging by providing your child with positive contacts with seniors. By becoming a Senior Angel your family will let a senior know they are remembered and loved through an ongoing weekly correspondence. Seniors who may be home-bound, confined to nursing homes, or in convalescent hospitals will look forward to your weekly greetings! You can reach out to a relative, neighbor or senior you know in your community. What you'll need: Stationery, greeting cards, pens, drawing or art supplies Occasional small, inexpensive, gifts ($2-$5), such as a box of tea or bar of scented soap Postage Once-a-week send your older friend chatty letters, friendly cards, uplifting notes, children's drawings and perhaps an occasional small gift. Learn more by visiting the Doing Good Together Become a Senior Angel page.   Ages: Your whole family can participate!   Time Commitment: Varies, but please plan on making an ongoing, long-term commitment to your senior.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org Reading together is a research-proven, amazingly simple way to practice empathy and support your child's learning on every level. But that isn't why we love it. Story time is the most intimate, thoughtful, tender way to connect with a child. Check out Doing Good Together's awesome collection of favorite picture and chapter books focused on a variety of critical topics, including Kindness, Creativity, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Bullying, Death & Grief, and more       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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March 2018 - Boston Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2018 - Boston Sorting Donations at the Warehouse WISH Project   Date/Time: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 am- noon; Saturday 9 - 11 am. All volunteers need to be scheduled in advance.   Location: 1A Foundry St., Lowell The mission of the Wish Project is to provide basic goods to 35,000 qualified needy clients living in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts each year. Only when people have their basic needs met can they move forward and out of the social services system. By providing basic goods to people in crisis, we help end needless suffering in the short term while helping to end homelessness in the long term. The Wish Project is looking for volunteers to help out at their warehouse. Some of the volunteer tasks in the warehouse include sorting and putting away clothes, linens, home goods, and furniture. Ages: Minimum age to volunteer without an adult is 15. Minimum age to volunteer with a parent is five. No preschool age children.   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: To sign-up for a volunteer shift, call 866. 947.4360 x703 or contact Patty at volunteer@thewishproject.org www.thewishproject.org  The Giving Factory 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. A volunteer shift in The Giving Factory Warehouse involves hands-on processing of the donated goods that flow in on a regular basis. Each station in the warehouse includes inspecting, sorting, and packaging donations to ultimately be distributed to the children served by Cradles to Crayons. Please visit the website for more specific information about volunteering. Ages: Children as young as five are allowed to volunteer. Any child under the age of 18 needs an adult present with them for the entire shift when they come to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Interested volunteers are required to register with our volunteer coordinators in advance. Click here to fill out an inquiry form. www.cradlestocrayons.org JF&CS Family Table Distribution Jewish Family and Children's Service   Date/Time: Sunday, March 25 or Sunday, April 22, between two to three hours 9am: If interested, participate in setting up for the food distribution. 10:15-11:45am: Receive your assignment and pack and deliver groceries. You may arrive anytime during this time frame. You will receive a quick orientation and can then begin packing groceries for several families. 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 end hunger in the Greater Boston Jewish community while serving people who need our assistance, regardless of religious affiliation. Family Table fulfills its mission by providing Kosher food, creating a caring Jewish connection, and empowering people to make healthy eating a part of their daily lives. Family Table serves more than 100 towns across Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the South Area. Currently, Family Table is helping more than 500 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 Packing will take approximately 30 - 45 minutes. Your delivery location will not be more than 30 minutes from your hometown but not in your hometown for confidentiality reasons. The clients know that you are just dropping off the food and not visiting. Ages: All ages are welcome and encouraged to volunteer when accompanied by an adult.   Time Commitment: One to three hours depending on the activity. Volunteers can arrive at 9am to help with setup.   Contact: Email familytable@jfcsboston.org at least two weeks before distribution date to sign up. All adult volunteers must complete a JF&CS administered CORI background check. If you have volunteered at Family Table previously, you can sign up one week before the distribution date. www.jfcsboston.org/Our-Services/Community-Services/Center-for-Basic-Needs-Assistance/Family-Table The Birthday Giving Project -- Birthday in a Box Family-to-Family   Date/Time: Flexible, at your convenience   Location: Please email birthdays@family-to-family.org before you start your boxes. If you are making five or more boxes, Family-to-Family will connect with a pantry, battered women's shelter, or a homeless shelter in your area where you can deliver them. If you make fewer than five boxes, they should be shipped to one of the impoverished communities we serve through our hunger relief program. It's hard for many of us - adults or children - to imagine celebrating a child's birthday without a party or presents. But for many of the families served by Family-to-Family, finding the extra money to afford a child's birthday celebration is a struggle at best, and frequently impossible. You and your family can help by providing a small "party in a box" for a child in need which will also help give your children an opportunity to learn empathy in a concrete way by helping another child. Decorate and fill shoe boxes with everything needed for a small birthday party. (Or, pretty, decorated shopping bags can be used instead.) Each box goes to a different child. You can make a birthday box for one child, or you can put together multiple boxes for a group of children. If you are making multiple boxes, please make them for different ages! Learn more on the Birthday Giving Project page.   First: Pick an age (or ages) and choose either boy(s) or girl(s) to send your box to. Find a large sneaker-sized shoe box (or use a party bag), and buy the things needed for a party. Please include: Box of cake mix Can of frosting Birthday candles (no matches please!) Wall decoration (like streamers, or a happy birthday banner) Children's book for the aged child you are making the box for Another ($10-$15) gift for that child. If you like, you can also include a goody bag filled with small surprises Next: Wrap the book and the gift in birthday paper. Wrap the top and bottom of the shoe box separately (so that even wrapped, the box can be opened), and fill the wrapped box with the things you have gathered. If you would like to give the child you're giving your box to a chance to write back to you, include a postcard with a stamp on it, addressed to you, c/o Family to Family, PO Box 255, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706. Then email us at birthdays@family-to-family.org, put "birthday postcards" in the subject of the email, and tell us your name and address. Also tell us that you've included a postcard in your box, so we'll be able to forward the postcard to you if we get it. You can also make a birthday card to put inside the box. Then tie the box closed with ribbon, and label it with the age and "boy" or "girl". Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: birthdays@family-to-family.org www.family-to-family.org Family Volunteer Opportunity Room to Grow   Date/Time: Saturday, April 28, 10am - 12pm   Location: 142 Berkeley St, Boston   Room to Grow provides parents raising babies in poverty with one-to-one parenting support and essential baby items throughout their children's critical first three years of life. Parents receive developmental information, customized support, and all of the needed baby items to ensure a healthy and secure start for their child. You and your family can help make a difference in the lives of babies being raised in poverty by helping us process donations of baby items and maintain the boutique look of our space. Ages: Families with children ages eight and older are welcome to volunteer. A parent must accompany all children.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Sign up here or email infoboston@roomtogrow.org for more information. Space is limited. www.roomtogrow.org 19th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA)   Date/Time: Saturday, April 28, 9am -noon   Location: Various locations - click here for the Charles River clean-up map Join the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) and partner organizations for the 19th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup, where thousands of volunteers and community groups will come together to beautify the banks of the Charles River. The Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup brings together over 3,000 volunteers each year to pick up litter, remove invasive species and assist with park maintenance. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Check website for specific location contacts. Registration is available online. www.crwa.org 2018 Walk for Hunger Project Bread   Date/Time: Sunday, May 6. Four hour shifts between 5:30am and 7pm.   Location: Various locations along our walk route in Boston, Brookline, Cleveland Circle, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge with various positions The 50th Walk for Hunger & 5K Run is an annual community movement of neighbors helping neighbors across the Commonwealth. Since its inception in 1969, the Walk for Hunger has raised more than $100 million to support local programs that alleviate hunger. This year, more than 300 local programs in more than 100 Massachusetts communities will be supported through money raised by Walkers (and runners!) including food pantries, meal programs, food rescue, urban agriculture, and critical child nutrition programs. There are a variety of volunteer positions available, including: Course Monitor Check in and Registration Tent Checkpoint Volunteers Entertainers 5K Run Support Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Four hour shifts   Contact: volunteer@projectbread.org, 617.239.2523. Registration is available online www.projectbread.org/walk-for-hunger/ Become a Senior Angel Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Once a week   Location: A  senior in your community You can help create a more age-integrated society and instill positive attitudes toward aging by providing your child with positive contacts with seniors. By becoming a Senior Angel your family will let a senior know they are remembered and loved through an ongoing weekly correspondence. Seniors who may be home-bound, confined to nursing homes, or in convalescent hospitals will look forward to your weekly greetings! You can reach out to a relative, neighbor or senior you know in your community. What you'll need: Stationery, greeting cards, pens, drawing or art supplies Occasional small, inexpensive, gifts ($2-$5), such as a box of tea or bar of scented soap Postage Once-a-week send your older friend chatty letters, friendly cards, uplifting notes, children's drawings and perhaps an occasional small gift. Learn more by visiting the Doing Good Together Become a Senior Angel page.   Ages: Your whole family can participate!   Time Commitment: Varies, but please plan on making an ongoing, long-term commitment to your senior.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org Reading together is a research-proven, amazingly simple way to practice empathy and support your child's learning on every level. But that isn't why we love it. Story time is the most intimate, thoughtful, tender way to connect with a child. Check out Doing Good Together's awesome collection of favorite picture and chapter books focused on a variety of critical topics, including Kindness, Creativity, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Bullying, Death & Grief, and more       If you received this email from someone else and would like to subscribe, please click here. 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March 2017 - Boston Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2017 - Boston Stock the Food Pantry Elizabeth Peabody House   Date/Time: Friday, March 3, 9:30am - noon   Location:  275-277 Broadway, Somerville (ring doorbell on the  pink house) The mission of EPH is to support families in our community in reaching their full potential through early childhood education, youth development and enrichment, and family services. Volunteers are needed to unload the food donation van and stock the pantry with the donated items. Volunteers will be required to carry some heavier items. All volunteers should dress appropriately for the weather as they will be in and outdoors when transporting items; be sure to wear sneakers or work boots (no open-toed shoes or sandals, please). Ages: Children are welcome but must be supervised. An adult must supervise children under ten.   Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours   Contact: Call 617.623.5510 to sign up as a volunteer. www.teph.org Packing Shipping Containers for Refugee Support NuDay Syria   Date/Time: Friday, March 3, 4 - 6pm   Location: 1 Chestnut Street, Nashua, NH NuDay Syria needs help sorting, packing and loading donations into containers that will be shipped to northern Syria. These containers will be filled to the brim 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 people and hospitals in need within 6-8 weeks of being loaded.   Ages: All ages are welcome to participate but children under 12 must remain with an adult and be supervised. We encourage families to attend and serve together!   Time Commitment: Two hours (can stay longer if desired)   Contact: info@NuDaySyria.org www.nudaysyria.net    Family Table Distribution Jewish Family and Children's Service   Date/Time: Sunday, March 5, 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: familytable@jfcsboston.org, 781.693.5593. Please note that advance sign up is required and all adult volunteers must complete a JF&CS administered CORI background check. www.jfcsboston.org/Our-Services/Community-Services/Center-for-Basic-Needs-Assistance/Family-Table Disaster Preparedness Themed goCreate! Boston Cares   Date/Time: Sunday, March 19, noon - 2pm   Location:  Full opportunity address and directions will be sent to you by email after you sign up. Join Boston Cares in March for a goCreate in collaboration with the Boston Cares Disaster Program for a preparedness related craft! Participants will be assembling emergency preparedness binders, prepping a sustainable meal to add to their preparedness kit, and packing folders for distribution. Each family will be able to take home an emergency binder for personal use, as well as a preparedness meal to jumpstart their readiness. 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. Volunteer spots fill up quickly so sign-up soon! www.bostoncares.org   You are Beautiful Campaign - Packing Beauty Supplies for Refugee Women Boston Friends for Refugee Support   Date/Time: Sunday, March 19, 2 - 5pm   Location: 60 Mason Terrace, Brookline You can help Boston Friends for Refugee Support assemble beauty bags to donate to refugee women. Please bring some of the following items with you to the event; hopefully we will be able to put together a ton of lovely and diverse offerings. We will also make notes to attach to each of the kits! Items you can collect and bring: Cosmetic bags/purses Lip gloss Unopened makeup Lotions Black eyeliner  Nail polish  Hair products Brushes Face wipes  Compact mirrors Tweezers Leave in hair conditioner Coconut oil Crochet bracelets Dry shampoo Wash cloths Accessories Jewelry  Fuzzy socks  If you can't make it to Brookline on this day, feel free to put together beauty bags on your own and drop them off in a bag labeled "You are Beautiful" Ages: Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend   Time Commitment: One to three hours   Contact: lisanowakwikins@gmail.com https://bffrs.org/   Collect and Sort items for Refugees Boston Friends For Refugee Support   Date/Time: Flexible   Location: Donations can be dropped off at the following locations through the month of March: 60 Mason Terrace, Brookline 29 Hunt Street, Watertown 1 Oak Street, Burlington 356 Linden Street, Wellesley Boston Friends for Refugee Support (BFFRS) is a platform for volunteers to unite in creative collaboration, exchange ideas, and act on various issues that impact the lives of refugees both locally resettled, and internationally displaced. In essence, our goal is to help others be helpful. BFFRS collects and organizes donations to be sent through NuDay Syria to Refugee Camps in Greece. The following nonperishable items are always needed: Lentils Rice Canned tuna Beans Socks of all sizes Sanitary napkins   Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: lisanowakwikins@gmail.com https://bffrs.org/    Cook a Meal at a Shelter Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible -- find something that works for your families schedule   Location:  Check the national Homeless Shelter Directory or Emergency Food Programs Directory for shelters or soup kitchens in your area. Your family can work together to help hungry people in your community by volunteering to cook a meal or bring food to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen. When you contact a shelter or soup kitchen, ask for the volunteer coordinator, see if they need volunteers and ask if they have any age requirements. Find more information and resources on the Doing Good Together Cook a Meal at a Shelter Project Page. Ages: Will vary depending on the shelter or soup kitchen's volunteer policy.   Time Commitment: Varies; volunteers can typically make either a one-time or ongoing commitment.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org   One of the hallmarks of DGT™ is that we do more than simply offer opportunities and ideas for sharing kindness and serving others. We also expand on those experiences with important tips that help families prepare for and reflect on the unique situations they encounter during their time spent volunteering. Our newest Reflection Activities are geared specifically to the frequent topics we cover in our listings, e.g. helping the hungry and caring for animals. Look for the reflection banners in our listings to find conversation starters, book recommendations and more. And be sure to bookmark this collection of reflection offerings for easy reference during big-hearted discussions with your family.       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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March 2017 - NYC Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2017 - New York City Garden Volunteers Concrete Safaris   Date/Time: Saturday, March 4, 10am - 1pm   Location: Mad Fun Farm, 1775 Third Avenue, New York   Garden Volunteer Sessions consist of a variety of garden maintenance activities such as repairing raised beds, shoveling topsoil, planting herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flowers, spreading mulch, picking up trash, weeding, and more. Please wear comfortable clothes, proper footwear, preferably work boots or sturdy sneakers, and bring a reusable water bottle. Food will not be provided, so bring a bagged lunch or order from one of East Harlem's amazing local eateries. The event will take place rain or shine, so please dress for the weather! Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Chevon Cooper, Concrete Safaris' Garden Program Coordinator, 646.647.4472. Registration is available online. http://concretesafaris.org/en/ DOROT Purim Package Delivery   Date/Time: Either Wednesday, March 8, between 4 - 6pm or Sunday, March 12, between 1 - 3pm.   Location: Manhattan Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim by delivering gifts of food to our older friends and sharing a wonderful gift - the gift of friendship.   Ages: Families with children age 4 - 12 are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: One hour between 4 and 6pm   Contact: Shelley Levine, 917.441.5051, SLevine@dorotusa.org. Registration is available online. Please disregard registration deadline listed on website - registration is open until all volunteer slots are filled. www.dorotusa.org Annual Book Drive Project Cicero   Date/Time: Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12, a variety of volunteer shifts are available. Book drives run from Friday, March 3 through Wednesday, March 8. Books can also be donated to Project Cicero through their Amazon wish list page.   Location(s):  Sorting and distribution takes place in the Gold Ballroom at The Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 7th Ave, New York. Most of NYC's independent schools will be running book drives, as well as the JCC of Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave, and New York Society Library at 53 East 79th Street. Project Cicero is a partnership of independent, public, and parochial schools, private and public organizations, and corporations whose primary goal is to create and supplement classroom and school libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools through an annual citywide book drive. Project Cicero also puts books into homeless shelters, juvenile detention facilities, community centers, before and after school programs, and wherever else there is a need. Since its inception in 2001, Project Cicero distributed more than 150,000 books. To date, Project Cicero has placed 2.3 million books into more than 13,000 classrooms and school libraries reaching over 550,000 children in under-resourced schools in New York City. Donated books must be in excellent condition, and only children's book (through Young Adult/high school level) will be accepted.   Ages:  Everyone can participate in book drives. Sorting and distribution volunteers should be in 5th grade or older.   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: info@projectcicero.org or 212.288.6900 x 511. Volunteer registration is available online. www.projectcicero.org/ Soup Kitchen Volunteers The Manhattan Church   Date/Time: Saturday, March 11 and 25; 10 am - 2 pm.   Location: Prospect Park, 9th Street Entrance, Brooklyn The Manhattan Church provides a soup kitchen for the homeless and impoverished. Volunteers are needed to set up, prepare food, serve, break down and clean up. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate.   Time Commitment: Four hours   Contact: Email Rev. Carl Garrison for more information and to volunteer carl@manhattanchurch.org www.manhattanchurch.org/  Weekend Repack in Hunts Point Food Bank of NY   Date/Time: Saturday, March 11, 12:30 - 2:30 pm   Location: Bronx Distribution Center, 355 Food Center Drive, Bronx Collected food must be re-packed in order to be distributed to the Food Bank's network of approximately 1,000 community-based member programs throughout the five boroughs. The Food Bank's free, full-delivery operation dispatches 8 to 10 tractor-trailers full of food to help our network provide free meals every day to New Yorkers in need. The Food Bank distributes millions of pounds of food every year, including approximately 13 million pounds of fresh produce and more than 1 million pounds of meat and seafood. To date, the Food Bank has distributed more than 958 million pounds of food. Ages: Families with children ages five and older are welcome to repack the food   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: volunteer@foodbanknyc.org, 212.566.7855 Dial 5. Registration is available online. www.foodbanknyc.org Donation Checking and Sorting Room to Grow   Date/Time: Tuesday, March 14 or Wednesday, March 22, noon - 2pm   Location: 7 West 30th St, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10001 (between 5th Avenue and Broadway) Volunteers are needed to check and sort donations of baby/toddler clothing and toys, and assist in organizing inventory for use in the clinical program working to enrich the lives of babies born into poverty. Ages: Volunteers need to be fifteen or older.   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: Allison Luciano, Site Coordinator, allison.luciano@roomtogrow.org or 212. 320.8188 http://roomtogrow.org/ Boxes of Love: Sort and Pack Non-Perishable Food Donations HOPE for New York   Date/Time: Saturday, March 18, 10 am - noon   Location: Cru Inner City Training and Distribution Center, 9 - 11 44th Drive, Queens Join Cru Inner City to serve families in need throughout NYC. Volunteers will sort and pack non-perishable food donations that will be distributed to communities in need. This is a great group opportunity, and a family-friendly opportunity as well--children are welcome! IMPORTANT: Once you request information for this event through the web page, you will receive a separate email with a registration link from Cru Inner City to complete your sign up. Your volunteer spot is NOT reserved until you complete the registration process through the second link. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: 917.206.1440. Registration is available online. www.hfny.org/ Spring Into Action! Brooklyn Community Services   Date/Time: A variety of dates and times in March and April   Location: Various locations throughout Brooklyn   Volunteers founded Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) in 1866 in response to the plight of Civil War veterans and homeless children who lost their fathers in the war. Volunteerism remains at the heart of what they do. Spring into Action is the signature volunteer initiative of Brooklyn Community Services (BCS). Now in its 5th year, Spring into Action has galvanized over 1,000 volunteers. This year, BCS is proud to offer more than 20 service opportunities that impact Brooklyn's low-income neighborhoods.   Ages: Volunteer opportunities are for families with children ten and older.   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: volunteer@wearebcs.org, 718.310.5823. Visit the Spring Into Action webpage for more information and to register. http://wearebcs.org/springintoaction/ Do you have a teen looking for a summer internship program? DOROT's Summer Teen Internship Program is for rising sophomores through rising seniors. The internship inspires high school students to develop leadership skills and give back to the community. Interns volunteer with a diverse group of socially conscious teens to connect with older adults and provide assistance.  Teen interns may: Visit seniors in their home for companionship Teach seniors how to use a computer, iPad, iShuffle, and other types of technology Celebrate seniors' birthdays Deliver meals to seniors Send birthday cards out to seniors Read to visually impaired seniors Shop and deliver groceries to seniors Play chess, cards, scrabble, and other games with seniors Assist with office work at DOROT Have the opportunity to plan, run and implement an intergenerational game day or museum trip Visit DOROT's Homelessness Prevention Program and take part in cooking a meal for the seniors who live in our transitional housing facility   Session 1: June 26 - July 20 (exceptions made for Regents exams) Session 2: July 24 - August 17 The internship is 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday, 10:30am - 5pm On the last day of the internship, the day ends at 6:30pm. This is an unpaid internship and is designed to provide students with a minimum of 92 hours of community service. Two locations are available - Manhattan and Riverdale. Interested teens should complete the online application: If you have any questions please contact Shelley Levine at slevine@dorotusa.org or 212.769.2850. Cook a Meal at a Shelter Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible -- find something that works for your families schedule   Location:  Check the national Homeless Shelter Directory or Emergency Food Programs Directory for shelters or soup kitchens in your area. Your family can work together to help hungry people in your community by volunteering to cook a meal or bring food to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen. When you contact a shelter or soup kitchen, ask for the volunteer coordinator, see if they need volunteers and ask if they have any age requirements. Find more information and resources on the Doing Good Together Cook a Meal at a Shelter Project Page. Ages: Will vary depending on the shelter or soup kitchen's volunteer policy.   Time Commitment: Varies; volunteers can typically make either a one-time or ongoing commitment.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org   One of the hallmarks of DGT™ is that we do more than simply offer opportunities and ideas for sharing kindness and serving others. We also expand on those experiences with important tips that help families prepare for and reflect on the unique situations they encounter during their time spent volunteering. Our newest Reflection Activities are geared specifically to the frequent topics we cover in our listings, e.g. helping the hungry and caring for animals. Look for the reflection banners in our listings to find conversation starters, book recommendations and more. And be sure to bookmark this collection of reflection offerings for easy reference during big-hearted discussions with your family.       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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March 2017 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2017  - Silicon Valley  Village House Dinner Service at St. Frances Cabrini Village House, An Interfaith Shelter of Hope   Date/Time: Dates are available between March 1 - April 5, 6:30 - 8:30pm.   Location: St. Frances Cabrini Church, 15333 Woodard Rd., San Jose St. Frances Cabrini Helping Others will be welcoming 15 homeless women into our community from March 1 to April 5, as part of the expanded Village House Network of rotating shelters. Families, groups and organizations can lend a hand by preparing, serving and cleaning up dinner. At least five volunteers are needed for this opportunity. Please be sure to prepare enough food for 25 people, plus enough for you and your volunteers if you wish to join the meal. We encourage volunteers to have dinner with those you serve that evening. Volunteers are asked to provide a well-balanced meal along with dessert and drinks (non-alcoholic). Please take all containers with you after the meal. Leftovers will not be able to be saved, as there is no space to store or refrigerate. There is a kitchen on site if you wish to cook the meal there or you can bring it heated. Ages: All ages are welcome to help with dinner service. All minors must have an adult present.   Time Commitment: Two to three hours   Contact: To sign up please contact Maile Figone, rmfigone@sbcglobal.net or 408.483.0713. Please let Maile know what your main course will be when you sign up. https://www.villagehousesccca.com Sunday in the Park Clean Up and Restoration Beautify San Jose   Date/Time: Sunday March 5, 10:30am - 12:30pm   Location: Penitencia Creek Park, 3050 Berryessa Rd, San Jose Volunteer in your community to clean up Penitentia Creek Park! A variety of activities will be offered to restore and clean up the park area. Tools will be provided and no pre-registration is required. Ages: All ages are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: Two hours   Contact: 408.595.3483 or ParkVolunteer@sanjoseca.gov http://www.beautifysj.org/index.php/2017/02/09/sunday-in-the-park-march-5/ Celebrate International Women's Day at the Palo Alto Native Plant Nursery Save the Bay   Date/Time: Wednesday March 8, noon - 3pm   Location: Palo Alto Baylands (details provided upon registration) Follow in the footsteps of inspiring female environmentalists like Save the Bay's founders Kay Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin, and Esther Gulick, by continuing their efforts to restore healthy shorelines to San Francisco Bay. Join us at our Palo Alto Baylands nursery and see what it takes to grow the next generation of native plants that will help reestablish healthy wetlands throughout the Bay. No experience necessary. Gloves, tools and instruction provided. Each event is led by Save The Bay staff who are certified in first aid and CPR. Ages: For all restoration events, a parent or guardian must accompany children under the age of 16.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Rachelle Cardona, rcardona@savesfbay.org, 510.463.6850. Due to the sensitive nature of the restoration site, space is limited and RSVP is requested. You must fill out the online registration form to register yourself or a group of 10 people or less. https://www.savesfbay.org Garden: Monthly Saturday Workday and Weekly Garden Maintenance Collective Roots   Date/Time: Saturday, March 13, monthly Saturday Workday and Potluck: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:30am - 12:30pm Weekly Garden Maintenance: Thursdays, 5 - 6pm  (Winter hours, will extend to 7pm in March)   Location:  1785 Woodland Ave., East Palo Alto Collective Roots aims to cultivate a healthier, stronger, more connected East Palo Alto community (EPA) by working together to build a robust community-based food system. EPA's deep history of agriculture shows cultivation of food strengthens people and fortifies communities. As part of the industrious EPA community, we seek to foster more communal growing, sharing, and eating of fresh, local produce through our three pillars: Growing (Gardening) Sharing (Education) Eating (Healthy Food Access) Join us to plant, maintain, and harvest our community and educational garden in East Palo Alto, while enjoying being part of our community. Monthly Saturday Workdays are also a potluck so bring a dish to share and enjoy lunch under the oak trees! Ages: Families with children ages five and older are welcome to volunteer   Time Commitment: One to two hours   Contact: Najiha Alasmar, 650.324.2769, najiha@collectiveroots.org http://www.collectiveroots.org Coyote Creek Clean Up for World Water Day Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful   Date/Time: Saturday March 25, 9am - noon   Location: Coyote Meadows/Remillard, 940 Remillard Ct., San Jose We invite you to a Coyote Creek cleanup for World Water Day. Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful invites you to spend a few hours at Coyote Creek and help beautify our creek through a community cleanup. Improve your Trash Karma by participating! Volunteers are needed to help with registration and photos as well as participate in the cleanup. Be sure to wear long pants, sleeves, and closed-toed shoes since you will be near poison oak and around loose or muddy soil.   Ages: All ages welcome, minors under 18 require signed waiver. An adult must accompany volunteers under age 13.   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Deb Kramer, Program Manager, deb@keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org, 408.372.7053. Registration is available online. We suggest you also check with Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful close to event day to ensure that the recent flooding hasn't changed the event details. http://www.keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org Racing Hearts 5K/10K Stanford Healthcare   Date/Time: Sunday March 26 (times vary depending on shift, race begins at 9am)   Location: Koret Plaza (at the intersection of Campus Dr. and Galvez St.), Stanford Stanford Health Care invites you to join us for the Fourth Annual Racing Hearts 5k Run/Walk and 10K Run benefiting Stanford Heart Research and the Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease! We need volunteers for both before the race and day of the race. Volunteer needs range from flyer distribution, check in, course marking, course support/cheering and clean up. Ages: Age minimum varies by shift/role but there are many opportunities for children of all ages!   Time Commitment: Varies Contact: Rachel Acuna-Narvaez, RacingHearts@stanfordhealthcare.org, 650.380.1191. Please register each volunteering member of your family on the Racing Hearts Event Site and make a note to let organizers know that you will be volunteering as a family and any specific preferences. https://raceroster.com/events/2017/10369/racing-hearts-5k10k-2017  St. Francis' Hot Meals and Ecumenical Hunger Program Ecumenical Hunger Program at St. Francis of Assisi Church   Date/Time: Wednesdays, 5 - 6pm for the Hot Meal Program, other volunteer opportunity days and times vary.   Location:  St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto The Ecumenical Hunger Program, along with the St. Vincent De Paul Society, prepares and serves hot meals to needy individuals and families every Wednesday night at St. Francis of Assisi Church in East Palo Alto. At St. Francis, you'll be serving pre-made food to the less fortunate. When volunteers arrive, they sign in, grab aprons and gloves to either prepare the plates or go out and serve the plates to the guests. Some of those served are homeless, while others are families with children who take advantage of this program to conserve the limited funds they have. There are also opportunities for families to volunteer in the Food Closet (sorting, packing and distributing boxes), and in the warehouse (sorting clothing, shoes and other items). Ages: All ages welcome, please make sure that you are not sick when you come to volunteer   Time Commitment: One to two hours   Contact: Lakesha Roberts, info@ehpcares.org, 650.323.7781 www.ehpcares.org/food-services.html The Ultimate Hike: Create Your Own Adventure CureSearch for Children's Cancer   Date/Time: Flexible - on your own time   Location: Choose your own location CureSearch raises funds for children's cancer research to ensure that more children have access to life-saving treatments today and into the future. Ultimate Hike: Create Your Adventure is your chance to plan your lifesaving adventure from start to finish. You pick the trail, the distance, the date, and you set your own fundraising goals. All you need is a trail and your own two feet, and every step you take will make a difference! From the main Create Your Adventure page, click Register in the navigation bar at the top of the page and choose whether you want to register "As an individual", "As a Team Captain" (to start a new team), or "As a Team Member" (if the team already exists). You will then have the chance to start a new adventure! Ages: Any age can participate   Time Commitment: Flexible   Contact: Courtney Bollman, 240.235.2286, courtney.bollman@curesearch.org www.curesearchevents.org Assist Older Adults With Activities Webster House Health Center - Episcopal Senior Communities   Date/Time: Varies   Location: 437 Webster St., Palo Alto Webster House welcomes volunteers of all ages to come spend time with residents doing various therapeutic recreation activities such as singing, reading, arts and crafts, jewelry making, bowling, gardening, and much more. We also have volunteer opportunities for one-on-one visits to residents in their rooms, dining room assistance, assisting residents with their meals, and musical performances.   Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate   Time Commitment: Varies. Webster House would like to have volunteers weekly or more, if possible.   Contact: Enrichment and Volunteer Director, Natalie Bedell, at 650.617.7355 or nbedell@jtm-esc.org www.jtm-esc.org/webster-house-health-center/volunteer/ Cook a Meal at a Shelter Doing Good Together   Date/Time: Flexible -- find something that works for your families schedule   Location: Check the national Homeless Shelter Directory or Emergency Food Programs Directory for shelters or soup kitchens in your area. Your family can work together to help hungry people in your community by volunteering to cook a meal or bring food to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen. When you contact a shelter or soup kitchen, ask for the volunteer coordinator, see if they need volunteers and ask if they have any age requirements. Find more information and resources on the Doing Good Together Cook a Meal at a Shelter Project Page. Ages: Will vary depending on the shelter or soup kitchen's volunteer policy.   Time Commitment: Varies; volunteers can typically make either a one-time or ongoing commitment.   Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org www.doinggoodtogether.org   One of the hallmarks of DGT™ is that we do more than simply offer opportunities and ideas for sharing kindness and serving others. We also expand on those experiences with important tips that help families prepare for and reflect on the unique situations they encounter during their time spent volunteering. Our newest Reflection Activities are geared specifically to the frequent topics we cover in our listings, e.g. helping the hungry and caring for animals. Look for the reflection banners in our listings to find conversation starters, book recommendations and more. And be sure to bookmark this collection of reflection offerings for easy reference during big-hearted discussions with your family.       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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March 2016 - Silicon Valley Family Volunteer Opportunities

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March 2016 - Silicon Valley  Sunday Friends' Programs for Very Low-Income Families Sunday Friends   Date/Time: Sundays: Shifts available between 10:30am and 5:30pm. There are also some after-school shifts on weekdays at the Sunday Friends special "store."   Location(s): Santee Elementary, 1313 Audubon Dr., San Jose, on the 1st Sunday of every month Anne Darling Elementary, 333 North 33rd St., San Jose, on the third Sunday of every month Lowell Elementary, 625 South 7th St., San Jose, on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month Sunday Friends special store, 730 Story Rd. Ste. 3, San Jose, open weekdays from 4 to 7pm Sunday Friends empowers families to break the generational cycle of poverty by fostering positive development in children while educating and guiding parents to support their children's life success. Since 1997, Sunday Friends has been offering day-long programs on Sundays that bring together whole families to work together, learn together, earn together, make spending decisions together and share in the healthy, warm, productive, mutually-supportive community together. Families volunteer together to facilitate service and learning projects, including: craft gift making, healthy food preparation, letter and essay writing, hands-on science projects, math and other learning games, computer education, English as a Second Language classes, reading and book report writing, exercise class, parents' classes and more. Because children and parents earn tickets for their participation, redeemable for basic necessities in our special stores, volunteers might also assist with the banking, store setup or shopping.   Ages: Teens, adults, families and groups are all welcome. An adult must accompany children under age 14.   Time Commitment: No predetermined number of hours, but if you sign up to come to a program, you are expected to come.   Contact: Lilly, lillyp@sundayfriends.org or Vanessa, volunteer@sundayfriends.org, with questions or call 408.217.9587. Volunteers should begin with New Volunteer Registration. Please register to volunteer a couple of weeks in advance of the date www.SundayFriends.org   Meal-Serving Program Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen   Date/Time: Monday - Friday; see location information for times   Location(s):  Goodwill Building, 3:30 - 6pm, 1080 N. 7th St., San Jose Eastside Neighborhood Center, 3:45 - 6pm, 2150 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen provides nutritious prepared meals that are delivered and served to disadvantaged individuals with a special concern for families, seniors and the homeless. Volunteers help with meal preparation, dining hall set-up, serving food and drinks, and clean up. Wear comfortable "work" clothes and closed-toed shoes (i.e., jeans, walking shorts, tennis shoes, etc.) Please do not wear sandals, halter or tank tops, short shorts, etc. For those with longer hair, please wear your hair up and off your face. Ages: Everyone is welcome to volunteer. An adult must accompany children 14 and younger.   Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours   Contact: Hyru Gau, 408.998.1500 or volunteer@loavesfishes.org. Registration is available online. www.loavesfishes.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 available online http://www.grpg.org/   Heritage Rose Garden Volunteer Days Guadalupe River Park Conservancy   Date/Time: Every Wednesday and Saturday from 8:30 - 11:30am   Location: 412 Seymour Street San Jose, CA Come support the largest diverse rose garden on the western hemisphere! Despite having over 3,000 varieties of roses, the Heritage Rose Garden is maintained entirely by volunteers. Volunteers may spread wood chips around the drip lines of the roses in order to prevent weeds and improve water retention, deadhead or prune and work on irrigation fixes. In the meantime, don't be afraid to smell the roses!  Ages: 13+ (minors are required to bring waiver and anyone 15 and under must volunteer with responsible and active parents or guardian)   Time Commitment: Three hours   Contact: Jessica Gonzalez, Volunteer Coordinator, Jessica@grpg.org. No registration required for groups of three or fewer. For larger groups please call 408.298.7657 to register. http://www.grpg.org Relay For Life American Cancer Society   Date/Time: Visit the Relay For Life website to find the closest event near you! First events in Silicon Valley begin in April and go through September 2016.   Location: Various locations in Silicon Valley Each year, more than 4 million people in over 20 countries raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer through the Relay For Life movement. You can volunteer at a Relay For Life or sign up to start/join a team to participate in the relay. Volunteer opportunities include, but are not limited to, registration, setup/cleanup, decorating, activities/games, etc. Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies depending on event   Contact: Check website for contact info based on event location www.RelayForLife.org   Host a 'Shoe Cutting Party' or Hold a Collection Drive Sole Hope   Date/Time: Flexible   Location: Shoes and donations can be mailed to 605 East Innes St. #3263, Salisbury, NC 28145 Sole Hope is an organization working to create a positive difference in the lives of individuals in impoverished communities of Uganda to combat diseases that enter through the feet. Jiggers are small sand fleas that live in the dust, and are found on the dirt floors in schools and the homes of many families in Uganda and other similar climates. Female jiggers can burrow into the skin and these wounds are painful, and cause difficulties for victims in daily activities such as walking, playing, and attending school. In addition to shoe making events and collections, Sole Hope holds medical clinics, and provides education and jobs for the beautiful souls of Uganda. Volunteers can help by holding a Shoe Cutting Party or by Coordinating a Collection Drive. If you're holding a shoe cutting party, start by deciding approximately how many people you're going to invite. You can then purchase the corresponding shoe cutting kit from their website. Kits come with an instructional DVD, pictures, shoe sponsorship cards, bookmarks, stickers, a pattern, and much more! You can hold a collection for simple items to help with jigger removals and to assist the Outreach House in Africa. Sole Hope will ensure they go with the next bunch of shoe uppers and medical supplies to Uganda.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies   Contact: info@solehope.org www.solehope.org   Veggielution's Youth Garden Veggielution Community Farm   Date/Time: Every Saturday 10am - 12:30pm   Location: 647 S. King Road, San Jose; located in the back of Emma Prusch Park Come join Veggielution farms for weekly Youth Garden Activities. Every Saturday the whole family can enjoy gardening, crafting, and learning together in the Youth Garden. Participating in our Youth Garden activities is a great way to spend time with your children while exploring the garden, learning about healthy lifestyle choices, and discovering the exciting processes of the natural world - not to mention making new friends. This is a unique opportunity to get your hands dirty and become better stewards of the environment as a family. Veggielution volunteer activities encourage exploration and play-based learning for the whole family. Ages: Families with children ages three and up are welcome to volunteer.   Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours   Contact: Jennifer Aguilar, jena@veggielution.org or Dana Shinners, danas@veggielution.org www.veggielution.org/youth-garden   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   Sheltering the Unhoused Winter Faith Collaborative   Date/Time: Now through the end of March   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 opportunities at 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, depending on opportunity   Contact: winterfaithcollaborative@gmail.com or 408.345.5351. Registration is available online https://faithcollaborative.wordpress.com/   Birthday Giving Project   Family-To-Family   Date/Time: Flexible   Location: Contact birthdays@family-to-family.org to ask for the name of a shelter or pantry where you can deliver the birthday boxes or call your local food pantry to ask if they accept birthday in a box donations   It's hard for many of us - adults or children - to imagine celebrating a child's birthday without a party or presents. Family-to Family's Birthday Giving Project is designed to help families by providing a small "party in a box" for a child in need, and at the same time gives children with "more" the opportunity to learn empathy in a concrete way by helping another child. You and your children can decorate and fill shoeboxes with everything needed for a small birthday party. Each box goes to a different child. If you are making a lot of boxes, please make them for different ages! Directions: Pick an age (or ages), and choose either boy(s) or girl(s) to send your box to. Find a large sneaker-sized shoebox or party bag and buy the things needed for a party. Include:  Box of cake mix and a can of frosting Birthday candles (no matches please!) Wall decoration (like streamers, or a happy birthday banner) New or gently used children's book Small $5-$10 gift appropriate to the age and gender of child. Optional: goody bag filled with small surprises Then: Wrap the book and the gift in birthday paper. Wrap the top and bottom of the shoebox separately (so that even wrapped, the box can be opened), and fill the wrapped box with the birthday items. If you want to give your recipient a chance to write you back, include a stamped postcard with your name, c/o Family to Family, P.O. Box 255, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706. Then email kids@family-to-family.org, put "birthday postcards" in the subject line, say you may get a return postcard, and provide your name and address. You can also make a birthday card to put inside the box. Then tie the box closed with ribbon, and label it with the age and "boy" or "girl". (For example, you might write "6-7 year old boy" or "10-11 year old girl".) Ship or deliver the box(es) you've assembled Visit the Doing Good Together Birthday Giving Project page for more ideas and reflection questions.   Ages: Everyone can participate   Time Commitment: Varies Contact: mail@doinggoodtogether.org or birthdays@family-to-family.org  www.doinggoodtogether.org, www.family-to-family.org DGT FAMILY SERVICE FAIR MANUAL WITH ONLINE TOOLKIT We've got a great way for you to help your organization help others! Doing Good Together Family Service Fairs allow groups of all ages to serve others in a two-hour fair-style event. Attendees come together to do simple and fun hands-on projects that benefit non-profit organizations. Want to host a fun fair of your own? Our DGT Family Service Fair Manual with Online Toolkit has all you need to get started.       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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