Recycling @ Eeyores

4/24/10

The Friends of the Forest Foundation puts on Austin's most famous annual party:  Eeyore's Birthday Party.  Our basic premise:  to put on a safe, free, and fun event and to make enough money to put on the event next year.  If they have a good year, they give the extra money away to local charities. The Friends of the Forest Foundation has given local charities tens of thousands of dollars over the years.  They focus on small local charities with lower profiles that can be greatly affected by even a small donation.

Friends of the Forest is a non-profit organization.  The only vendors allowed at Eeyores are also non-profit organizations - the largest fundraising event for many of these organizations. Since this is a uniquely Austin event, they focus on keeping our money in Austin by we sell only locally brewed beer (Independence, Live Oak, Real Ale, and St. Arnold's).

Recycling/trash:  2009 was the first year that Eeyores worked towards reducing trash and increasing recycling.  This year, organizers are taking lessons learned and hope to improve recycling efforts – and they need help. For some reason, everybody wants to volunteer to pour beer, not help with trash/recycling.  Imagine that.  ;)

There are two more volunteer meetings at the Dog and Duck Pub, 17th and Guadalupe at 7 pm this Wednesday (04/14/2010) and next Wednesday (04/21/2010)  Lori Moore and Gale Pena are running the recycling/trash this year.  Headquarters and check-in will be located behind the face painting booth.

Date:  April 24, 2010, with a rain date of May 1, 2010
Location:  Pease Park at 15th and Lamar, Austin Texas
Parking:  absolutely no parking at Pease.  Cycle, walk, or park in the state garages around 16th and Guadalupe and grab one of our shuttle buses there.
Shifts are:
    Setup:  9 am to 11 am – need one person
    First Shift:  2 pm to 4 pm – need one person
    Second Shift:  4 pm to 6 pm – need four people
    Third Shift:  6 pm to close – need four people
Register:  Lori Moore and Gale Pena are running the recycling/trash this year.  Headquarters and check-in will be located behind the face painting booth. For more information call 512-448-5160 or email volunteers-subscribe@eeyores.com
 

Duties:  

• Set up involves getting trash cans and recycling bins prepped, installing four or five trash bags in each can/bin, and placing the bins around Pease Park.
• Shifts involve pairs of volunteers walking around the park looking for full cans/bins.  If found, remove the full bag, tie it in a knot, set it aside near the can/bin, prep up a new trash bag.  Voila!  No hauling is required – all bags are picked up the next day when we can safely get vehicles in.  You can enjoy the party while volunteering, while not getting stuck in one place.

Benefits:

•    All volunteers get a commemorative t-shirt.
•    All volunteers get access to the volunteer area where free water and sodas are available
•    Volunteers 21 and over get a wrist band