May 2011
Volunteer Opportunities
for Families
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Annual Spring Como Clean-up
SECIA - Southeast Como Improvement Association
Date: Sunday, May 1
Time: 12:00-2:30pm
Location: Van Cleve Park, 901 SE 15th Avenue, Minneapolis We'll meet on the patio of Van Cleve Park, assign locations, hand out trash bags, gloves, light refreshments, and then head out into the neighborhood. Individuals and groups are welcome. After the clean-up, volunteers will meet back at the park for a well earned lunch. Participants should have the ability to walk several blocks, bend to pick-up trash, and carry a garbage bag.
Ages: All ages are welcome but children under the age of 14 need to be accompanied by an adult.
Time Commitment: 2 ½ hours
Contact: James De Sota, 612.676.1731
www.secomo.org
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Fish Fair Volunteer
Fishing for Life
Date/Time:
Friday and Saturday- May 6-7, 10am-9pm
Pre-fair set up May 3-5, anytime between 10am-8pm
Post-fair tear down May 8, 12:00-4:00pm
Location: Anoka County Fairgrounds, 3200 Saint Francis Boulevard, Anoka
Fish Fair is a fishing carnival for kids and families. Participants of all ages fish for trout, race minnows, make lures, practice casting and are educated about all aspects of fishing. Activities provide education about habitat awareness, fishing tackle, techniques, species identification and fishing opportunities with clubs and camps present at the fair.Volunteers are needed as ticket takers, children's game attendants, grounds crew, staffing the Sportsman's Garage Sale and many other positions. Volunteers are also needed to help with pre-fair set-up and post-fair clean-up activities. Admission is free for your family when you volunteer for a four-hour shift!
Ages: This event is kid and family friendly. Children can volunteer as long as a parent is with them.
Time Commitment: Morning, afternoon and evening shifts are available and run for either 4 or 4 ½ hours.
Contact: Sara Shrode, sara@fishingforlife.org www.fishingforlife.org
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Brooklyn Center Stream Bank Restoration Event
Great River Greening
Location: Brooklyn Center
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm Great River Greening needs your help in restoring a degraded tributary to the Mississippi River in Brooklyn Center. Shingle Creek has suffered from years of development and polluted storm water runoff from city streets, parking lots and loss of perennial native vegetation cover that has degraded the stream's water quality leading to a loss in habitat and species diversity throughout the corridor. With your help we will stabilize the banks of Shingle Creek by planting dogwood and willow shrub live stake cuttings. Volunteer efforts will diminish stream bank erosion and improve habitat for migratory birds and in-stream habitat for aquatic organisms on which many of these bird species rely. The project helps protect the water quality of the Mississippi River which positively impacts the entire metro area watershed. Ages: All ages are welcome Time Commitment: A few hours Contact: Mark Turbak at 651.665.9500 x 11 www.greatrivergreening.org
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Garden Gurus
Aeon
Date/Time: Approximately two hours per week through the summer
Location: Most locations are in downtown and south Minneapolis.
If you love to garden and want to help create beautiful green places for people to live, consider adopting an Aeon property! We're looking for individuals and small groups who will come by a property weekly to weed, water, and tend to flowers. We'll provide the plants. Make community service part of your family's summer plans! Your investment will help create beautiful spaces that people are proud to call home.
Ages: Youth are welcome to volunteer with adult supervision.
Time Commitment: Two hours a week. You can put together a group of friends or co-workers to rotate gardening duties.
Contact: Tashia Weisenburger at volunteer@aeonmn.org or 612.341.3148 x 224
www.aeonmn.org
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Spring Rake, Rattle, and Roll
HandyWorks
Date/Time: Friday, Apr 15 - Sunday, May 15
The HandyWorks Spring Rake, Rattle, and Roll takes place mid-April through mid-May with weather permitting. Here's what happens: after you let us know what date your group is available and how many people you have, we will match you with a few elderly people who live near each other in south, southeast, or northeast Minneapolis. Then on your Rake, Rattle, and Roll day, your group will help these seniors get ready for the mowing season by raking and bagging leaves. Volunteers will need to provide their own rakes and the owner of the home should supply the bags. However, we would request that your group bring extra bags for the occasional homeowner who is homebound and unable to get his or her own.
Ages: Minimum age 5
Time Commitment: Will depend on the size of your group and the number of homes.
Contact: Molly at 612.276.1577 or mchandler@gmcc.org
handyworks.gmcc.org/volunteer.
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Volunteer Ushers for Legacy: A Tribute to the King of Pop!
SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development
Date/Time: Fridays, May 27 & June 3, 6:30-10:00pm Thursday, June 2, 6:30-10:00pm Saturdays, May 28 & June 4, 12:00-3:30pm Saturday, June 4, 7:00-10:30pm Location: 55 Victoria Street North, Saint Paul Volunteer to usher at a theater performance. Eight to 10 ushers are needed for each performance. Your duties: · Arrive one hour before the show and check in with the house manager. · Stand at the doors when the house is open and greet patrons. · Take tickets - tear the stubs off the tickets hand out programs. · Direct people to bathrooms, drinking fountain, exits, etc. · Watch that no food or drink goes into the auditorium. · Pick up papers, programs, wrappers, etc. in the auditorium following the performance. Here's what you get in return: · Free admission to that performance. · A good feeling that you're helping out a worthy cause · A fun, free activity for your troop, organization, family or friends!
Ages: Minimum age is 10 Time Commitment: A few hours Contact: Christine Shyne, 651. 225.9265, Christine@steppingstonetheatre.org www.steppingstonetheatre.org
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Sandwich Making Brigade
Our Saviour's Housing
Date/Time: Flexible
Location: In your own home, at your organization, or at Our Saviour's Housing, 2219 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis
Help our 40 shelter residents have a great day by providing them with a bag lunch. Purchase and make simple sandwiches (bread, meat, cheese) or entire bag lunches for residents to take with them when they leave the shelter during the day. This is a great project for both youth and adults. You can make the sandwiches at your home, office, school, or place of worship, and then bring them to our facility in south Minneapolis. We can also host lunch-makers onsite or provide tours of our shelter.
Ages: any age
Time Commitment: Two or 3 hours to purchase the ingredients, and then make the sandwiches or lunches.
Contact: Colleen O'Connor Toberman at volunteer@oshousing.org or 612.872.4193 x25
www.osmon-mn.org
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Community Days of Service
Hopkins, Minnetonka & St. Louis Park Faith Communities
Date/Time: Saturday & Sunday, May 21-22
Community Days of Service is an initiative organized and led by the Hopkins, Minnetonka & St. Louis Park faith communities for the purpose of caring for our neighborhoods, engaging our members in living out their faith through service, and building bridges among faith communities. Projects will be available for all ages, interests and abilities. Projects include sorting clothing at ARC Value Village; neighborhood cleanup for the Blake Road Corridor & other local neighborhoods; making fleece no sew blankets for the Hopkins Fire Department; planting at the Westwood Nature Center; park clean-up at a variety of local park areas; sorting and organizing school supplies for Resource West Back to School program; packing food for Feed my Starving Children; playing bingo with residents of Shalom Home West; and many more! Register in advance for the project(s) you choose.
Ages: There are a variety of projects available for all ages.
Time Commitment: Projects range from 1 ½ hours to all day
Contact:
Project registration is online at evenbrite.com.
A project coordinator will contact you via email, in advance of the project day, to provide you important information or last minute instructions. For more information visit the Community Days of Service Facebook page.
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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.
© 2011 Doing Good Together
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