Opportunity Details
Summer Celebration @ Virginia Garcia (age 10+) *Stand Together Week*
Join the fun at Virgina Garcia Memorial Health Center as we host a Summer Celebration Party. Volunteers will participate in the following activities:
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A series of games in a friendly competition with children and adults
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Tye-dyeing (handkerchief or t-shirt TBD)
We'll have a variety of games with kids, that may include creating a team name and mascot, putting a Sudoku puzzle together in a limited amount of time, wheel barrow races, tug of war, goal score in a limited amount of time, hula hoop chain, mummification with toilet paper, egg toss, bobbing for apples in a limited amount of time, mini survivor challenge relay (push ups, sit ups, jump rope, potato sack run to finish with a water drinking contest), and build your own salad (teams need to eat it). We'll also have tye-dying! If this sounds like fun to you, then join us for this Summer Celebration at Virginia Garcia!
Special Instructions:
Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing to play various games with children and adults (Shorts, t-shirt, sweatpants, etc). Please wear sneakers for comfort and dress for the weather. Water bottle, sunscreen, and hat are advised. A smile is highly encouraged and welcomed!
Parking Instructions:
Clinic parking lot with limited parking as most of it is reserved for patients. Free street parking is available around the clinic.
About Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center:
The mission of the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is to provide high-quality, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farmworkers and others with barriers to receiving healthcare.
Stand Together Week is the Portland Timbers, Thorns FC, and T2 citywide volunteer initiative that brings the community together to support local nonprofit organizations. The week engages hundreds of supporters, including Timbers, Thorns FC, & T2 players, coaches, ambassadors and front office staff who work with various non-profits in the community. Since 2012, Stand Together Week participants have donated 15,371 hours of service at over 193 projects focused on benefitting youth and the environment.
Project Requirements:
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All volunteers under 18 are required to bring a Hands On Youth Waiver signed by their parent or legal guardian. (print it now, fill it out, and bring it with you to save time during project check in).
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If you plan to bring children/additional volunteers you MUST reserve slots for them. The best way to do this is to create a Volunteer Team, then sign up your team for this project. Questions? Email teams@handsonportland.org.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are responsible for ensuring that everyone signed up through your team attends - only sign up team members who have confirmed their availability. Teams that repeatedly sign up, but do not show up or show up with fewer volunteers than they signed up, may be removed. To add or remove team members from a project: log in to your volunteer account and click "Manage My Team" next to the appropriate upcoming opportunity.
Click "Sign Up" below to reserve your spot! Need help signing up? Call 503-200-3355.
Age Minimum (with Adult): 10+, Minimum Age:16+
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