Opportunity Details
Be a Recycled Craft Champion (age 16+) *MLK Weekend 2019*
Join us in honoring the legacy of Dr. King through meaningful service to our community: "Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
OUR ORGANIZATION'S MISSON
The mission of Trash for Peace is to provide hands-on, creative experiences that encourage resilient communities.
Our programming has helped increase recycling rates and diverted pounds of trash from landfills. We are currently located on 7 affordable housing sites in partnership with Home Forward. The after school Sustainability Education Program is the foundation of our work, with the aim of empowering youth and communities through hands-on activities. We work with over 100 kids each week, which requires a lot of preparation! By volunteering, you are not only helping to make this program possible, but are contributing to providing valuable services to some of Portland's most vulnerable citizens.
FOR THIS PROJECT
Looking for an opportunity to get crafty AND contribute to a good cause? Come volunteer with Trash for Peace at our weekly Friday craft-prep sessions! We partner with affordable housing communities in East county to provide weekly hands-on activities to youth and families that relate to sustainability. These activities are centered around 6 themes: recycling, reuse, energy and water, natural world, health and nutrition, and culture.
Many of our activities require lots of preparation--from making examples to cutting out templates to testing out different projects. We are looking for crafty folks to help us get these activities ready for our programming. Activities that you could help prepare include: plastic bottle planters, cardboard wreaths, bottle cap stamps, dream catchers out of plastic lids, and so much more. No skills required!
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Project Requirements:
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You must be 16+ years of age to attend this project. Any volunteer under age 18 must attend with a parent or adult chaperone.
All volunteers under 18 are required to bring a Youth Volunteer Release Form signed by their parent or legal guardian. Please download, complete, and bring this waiver with you on the day of the project. -
If you plan to bring 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
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Team Captains are only able to reserve up to 50% of the spots on any individual MLK Weekend of Service Project. Team Captains are required to provide names and email addresses for each team member in order to hold spaces on a volunteer project or they may be removed from the 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): 16+, Minimum Age:18+
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