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12 / 5 Vol Op: W Bouldin Creek Cleanup & Invasives Removal Start: 8:30 am End: 1:00 pm A Special West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Clean-up & Invasive Species Removal12/05/09 This very special clean up of the West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt is in accordance with the University of Texas, Lady Bird Wildflower Center Environmental Assessment Report wherein it was established that non-native species of trees and shrubs are negatively affecting the health of the greenbelt. In order to protect and conserve valuable native trees and shrubs such as elms, oaks, pecans and other valuable under story plants, the first step to remove invasive foliage removal is planned. Invasive plants crowd out the slower growing natives and rob them of valuable nutrients and water. In addition, stream bank stabilization and flood control will be aided with the removal of trash & debris along and in the creek channel. All volunteer work is being closely supervised by the City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department Forestry Division. Date: Saturday, December 5thTime: 8:30am-1pmLocation: Western side of South Sixth St. between 1210 and 1100 South Sixth St. along the parks greenbelt easement.Contact: Ingrid Weigand, BCNA Park Committee Chair, e-mail: urpprods@earthlink.net Special Note: In order to facilitate the smooth and safe removal of trash and unwanted foliage, please do not park on the west side of South Sixth Street along the greenbelt during the work session time. more info Vol Op - Crestmont Drive Tree Planting Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Crestmont Drive Tree Planting12/05/09 Please join Treefolks at Cresmont Drive to plant 50 trees on this beautiful fall day. As always, wear comfortable work clothes and closed-toe shoes and bring a friend! Date: Saturday, December 5thTime: 9am-12pmLocation: Crestmont Dr, 78756Contact: Please rsvp to scott@treefolks.org and arrive in time to be signed in at 9:00. more info KAB Vol Opp: Clean Lady Bird Lake Start: 9:00 am End: 11:00 am Clean Lady Bird LakeDecember 5, 2009 Love Lady Bird Lake but hate the styrofoam washed up along its shoreline? Join hundreds of volunteers in an increased effort to put the finishing touches on this beautiful asset to our community. Volunteers will have a rewarding morning as they search high and low for every last bit of trash and get to know other lake enthusiasts. There are five starting locations for shoreline volunteers, and on-the-water volunteer will have boats provided by Texas Rowing Center, Zilker Boat Rentals, and Rowing Dock. Volunteers who’d like to bring their own boats may join the Sierra Club cleanup starting at the NW corner of the lake/I-35 or join KAB volunteers launching from the International Youth Hostel, 2200 South Lakeshore Blvd. (See registration link below for more details). On-the-Water volunteers for most of the sites should be 16 years or older (on-the-water volunteers with LCRA should be 18 or accompanied by an adult guardian). After a semester of learning about water testing, pollution solutions, and trash students from KAB’s Green Teens program are ready to wow you with their knowledge. Join students and tap into your science-sense at one of the two student-led education stations located at Auditorium Shores and the north shore of Lady Bird Lake meeting underneath Mo-pac. Date: Saturday, December 5thTime: 9am-11amLocation: all around Lady Bird LakeRegistration: CLICK HERE to registerWebsite: www.KeepAustinBeautiful.org/LadyBirdLakePrizes and refreshments provided by: Austin Rowing Club, Baby Acapulco, Docs Motorworks, Dominican Joe, Four Seasons, & Lift Cafe If you'd like to donate a prize for our fantastic volunteers please email Jessica@KeepAustinBeautiful.org This program is made possible thanks to generous donations from The Trail Foundation and Watershed Protection Development Review. CLICK HERE to see fun photos from the last large scale lake cleanup. more info
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12 / 10 Vol Op-Plant Rescue Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm Plant Rescue12/10/09The City of Austin has scheduled a series of three plant rescue dates for a property that will be developed soon. Native plants will be used around town to restore public spaces, and “rescuers” are also welcome to bring their own pots to take some plants home to plant in their own gardens. The dates are December 10, 12 and 16 with a rain date of December 18th in case one of the days is rained out. The rescue times are approximately from 10 AM to 2 PM. The whole property is fairly large (maybe sixty + acres, although a large section is in a conservation easement which can't be disturbed). Rescuers will not be allowed in certain areas since the city is preserving several "buffer" zones of trees, etc. There are large, relatively flat areas as well as slopes and drainage areas. The property contains heavy ashe juniper/oak areas as well as a mixture of cedar elms, Spanish red oaks, live oaks (even some fairly large ones), escarpment black cherries (a few), evergreen sumacs, yaupon holly, flame leaf sumacs, Mexican Buckeye, redbud trees and Texas persimmons; there are various sized seedlings of most of these, appropriate for hand digging. In addition there are grassy areas. A sample of other plants might include agarita, twisted leaf yucca, rusty blackhaw vibernum, cedar sedge (and maybe other sedges), American beauty berry (a few), two-leaf senna, Lindheimer senna, Lindheimer crown beard, a few lantana (horrida), little bluestem, silver bluestem, Indian grass, tall gramma and even a few mountain laurels and lots more including prickly pear cactus. Date: Saturday, Dec 10Time: 10am-2pmLocation: After passing the "four points" intersection of 620 and 2222, go west on 620 a very short distance. The site is on the right after you pass the commercial buildings. There is a rock driveway, chain link fence and gate. Drive into the site and park in the cleared area near the registration table. You MUST see the city representatives, sign in, and sign a release form BEFORE proceeding onto the rescue site. Contact: dale-bulla@pobox.com more info
12 / 11 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service Start: 8:30 am Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 12 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Start: 8:00 am End: 8:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/12/09 and 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/12/09 and 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info Wild Basin Workday Start: 8:30 am End: 12:00 pm WildBasin Workday 2nd Saturday of Each Month Like to get dirty, work hard, and have fun? Then join us for trail maintenance, invasive plant removal, revegetation, erosion control, and other land management projects on the second Saturday of each month. Date: 2nd Saturday of every month Time: 8:30am-12:00pm Location: Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, 805 N. Capitol of TX Hwy (West Austin-78746) Contact: For more details, email hike@wildbasin.org or call 512-327-7622, ext 17. Note: Wear hiking boots or sturdy shoes and long pants with a long-sleeved shirt; bring bottled water and gloves, plus a day/fanny pack to carry personal items. You need your hands free! Dress for the weather: hat & sunscreen for solar protection; raincoat/light jacket if it's chilly or raining lightly. We don't go out in thunderstorm conditions. Website: www.wildbasin.org more info Vol Op - Walkable Austin Palm Park Project Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm st1\:{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Walkable Austin Palm Park Project12/12/09 Come out with other volunteers and enjoy a day of cleaning up Palm Park followed by lunch provided by Moonshine Grill!Date: Saturday, December 12thTime: 9am – 12pmLocation: Palm Park, down the street from Iron Works Barbeque Restaurant at 3rd St and S I-35 Frontage Rd (78701)Contact: Contact Greg Anderson at 512.426.1041 or ganderson@andrewsurban.com more info Vol Op: Plant Rescue Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm Plant Rescue12/12/09The City of Austin has scheduled a series of three plant rescue dates for a property that will be developed soon. Native plants will be used around town to restore public spaces, and “rescuers” are also welcome to bring their own pots to take some plants home to plant in their own gardens. The dates are December 10, 12 and 16 with a rain date of December 18th in case one of the days is rained out. The rescue times are approximately from 10 AM to 2 PM. The whole property is fairly large (maybe sixty + acres, although a large section is in a conservation easement which can't be disturbed). Rescuers will not be allowed in certain areas since the city is preserving several "buffer" zones of trees, etc. There are large, relatively flat areas as well as slopes and drainage areas. The property contains heavy ashe juniper/oak areas as well as a mixture of cedar elms, Spanish red oaks, live oaks (even some fairly large ones), escarpment black cherries (a few), evergreen sumacs, yaupon holly, flame leaf sumacs, Mexican Buckeye, redbud trees and Texas persimmons; there are various sized seedlings of most of these, appropriate for hand digging. In addition there are grassy areas. A sample of other plants might include agarita, twisted leaf yucca, rusty blackhaw vibernum, cedar sedge (and maybe other sedges), American beauty berry (a few), two-leaf senna, Lindheimer senna, Lindheimer crown beard, a few lantana (horrida), little bluestem, silver bluestem, Indian grass, tall gramma and even a few mountain laurels and lots more including prickly pear cactus. Date: Saturday, Dec 12Time: 10am-2pmLocation: After passing the "four points" intersection of 620 and 2222, go west on 620 a very short distance. The site is on the right after you pass the commercial buildings. There is a rock driveway, chain link fence and gate. Drive into the site and park in the cleared area near the registration table. You MUST see the city representatives, sign in, and sign a release form BEFORE proceeding onto the rescue site. Contact: dale-bulla@pobox.com more info
12 / 13 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Start: 8:00 am Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 14 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 15 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 16 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info Vol Op - Eradication Day at the LBJ Wildflower Center Start: 8:30 am End: 12:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 / Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Eradication Day at the LBJ Wildflower Center12/16/09The LBJ Wildflower Center has recently discovered Ligustrum lucidum along the natural areas (outside the gardens). Volunteers are welcome to join the eradication party! Luckily it was found in time, and can probably be wiped out in one or two tries. This is definitely an instant gratification project.If you can make it, please RSVP, so staff can permit entry through the gate. Another incentive; volunteers are welcome to wander the gardens and grounds for free once the work is over!Date: Wednesday Dec. 16thTime: 8:30am-12pmLocation: LBJ Wildflower Center 4801 La Crosse Avenue (78739)Contact: RSVP with Travis Gallo at tgallo@wildflower.org www.wildflower.org more info Vol Op - Plant Rescue Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm Plant Rescue12/16/09The City of Austin has scheduled a series of three plant rescue dates for a property that will be developed soon. Native plants will be used around town to restore public spaces, and “rescuers” are also welcome to bring their own pots to take some plants home to plant in their own gardens. The dates are December 10, 12 and 16 with a rain date of December 18th in case one of the days is rained out. The rescue times are approximately from 10 AM to 2 PM. The whole property is fairly large (maybe sixty + acres, although a large section is in a conservation easement which can't be disturbed). Rescuers will not be allowed in certain areas since the city is preserving several "buffer" zones of trees, etc. There are large, relatively flat areas as well as slopes and drainage areas. The property contains heavy ashe juniper/oak areas as well as a mixture of cedar elms, Spanish red oaks, live oaks (even some fairly large ones), escarpment black cherries (a few), evergreen sumacs, yaupon holly, flame leaf sumacs, Mexican Buckeye, redbud trees and Texas persimmons; there are various sized seedlings of most of these, appropriate for hand digging. In addition there are grassy areas. A sample of other plants might include agarita, twisted leaf yucca, rusty blackhaw vibernum, cedar sedge (and maybe other sedges), American beauty berry (a few), two-leaf senna, Lindheimer senna, Lindheimer crown beard, a few lantana (horrida), little bluestem, silver bluestem, Indian grass, tall gramma and even a few mountain laurels and lots more including prickly pear cactus. Date: Saturday, Dec 16Time: 10am-2pmLocation: After passing the "four points" intersection of 620 and 2222, go west on 620 a very short distance. The site is on the right after you pass the commercial buildings. There is a rock driveway, chain link fence and gate. Drive into the site and park in the cleared area near the registration table. You MUST see the city representatives, sign in, and sign a release form BEFORE proceeding onto the rescue site. Contact: dale-bulla@pobox.com more info
12 / 17 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 18 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 19 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info Vol Op - Joslin Elementary School Garden Work Day Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 / Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Joslin Elementary School Garden Work Day 12/19/09 The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is working with Joslin Elementary School to design and install several native plant gardens on their campus and they need your help. The focus area for this work day will be to layout and prepare the garden areas that the students have designed. Date/Time: Saturday, Dec 19th, 9am-12pm Location: Joslin Elementary School, 4500 Manchaca Rd (78745) What to Bring: Gardening tools such as rakes, shovels, hoes, and wheelbarrows, gloves, water bottle, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, a snack, and please wear closed-toed shoes. RSVP: Please email Julia Ragsdale at ragsdale_julia@ hotmail.com or Flo Oxley at oxley@wildflower. org if you can help out. more info Vol Op - Eagle Scout Work Day Start: 1:00 pm End: 5:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 / Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Eagle Scout Work Day 12/19/09 and 12/20/09Adults and Youth 9+ are invited to join in on a fun-filled work day removing invasive plants at Zilker Nature Preserve!Date: Saturday, Dec 19th and Sunday, Dec. 20th Time: 1pm-5pm on both Saturday and SundayLocation: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin Nature & Science Center301 Nature Center Drive, Austin, TX 78746Contact: Please RSVP to Daeland Angle, daeland@gmail.com or (512) 990-1833. Provide name, contact information, age (if youth volunteer) and indicate which days you can work * Make sure to wear closed toe shoes, long sleeves, long pants and gloves** more info
12 / 20 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival (all day) Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info Vol Op - Eagle Scout Work Day Start: 1:00 pm End: 5:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 / Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Eagle Scout Work Day 12/20/09Adults and Youth 9+ are invited to join in on a fun-filled work day removing invasive plants at Zilker Nature Preserve!Date: Saturday, Dec 19th and Sunday, Dec. 20th Time: 1pm-5pm on both Saturday and SundayLocation: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin Nature & Science Center301 Nature Center Drive, Austin, TX 78746Contact: Please RSVP to Daeland Angle, daeland@gmail.com or (512) 990-1833. Provide name, contact information, age (if youth volunteer) and indicate which days you can work * Make sure to wear closed toe shoes, long sleeves, long pants and gloves** more info
12 / 21 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival End: 8:00 pm Start: 12/13/2009 - 08:00 End: 12/21/2009 - 20:00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Zilker Tree Holiday Festival12/13/09 – 12/21/09 This year the Solid Waste Services Department is partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 2009 Zilker Tree Holiday Festival clean and green. The festival will run December 6th through December 21st. As part of efforts to reduce the waste at the festival, organizers are looking for volunteers to serve as Environmental Ambassadors. The primary role of Environmental Ambassadors is to let the festival guests know where recycling is available at the event. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the festival to assist attendees in recycling. To find out more about the festival please go to: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/tol/. Please note that:■ For volunteers that are age 15 -17, groups must provide 1 adult for every 5 volunteers.■ Groups need to arrive by 5:15 and leave at 10:15 p.m. on their designated night to work.■ Organizations will provide one liaison to work with Solid Waste Services and Parks and Recreation to assist with any communications.■ Each volunteer will be provided with training and the necessary information to complete their volunteer assignment. Dates: 12/13/09 – 12/21/09 Time: contact Liane for detailsLocation: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road (78746)Contact: Please email liane.miller@ci.austin.tx.us In your email please include the following information:■ Group Name■ Number of Participants ■ Age Range of Participants■ Point of Contact for the Group (please include: name, email, and phone number)■ Dates Available are: o Sunday, December 6 – Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony (6 volunteers needed)o Saturday, December 12 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Fun Run (10 volunteers needed)o Sunday, December 13 thru Monday, December 21 – Zilker Tree Holiday Festival Event Nights (20 volunteers per night) Dates for volunteering will be issued on a first come first serve basis so please respond as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. more info
12 / 22 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 23 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 24 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Christmas Spirit Cleanup: Boggy Creek Start: 11:00 am End: 1:00 pm Christmas Spirit Cleanup: Boggy Creek12/24/2009 – Christmas Eve Need something to move you over from the naughty to the nice list? Join in a cleanup of Boggy Creek Greenbelt in Central East Austin on Xmas Eve. Come for the whole time or just a bit. This is a kid and dog friendly project. Date: Thursday, December 24thTime: 11am-1pmLocation: Boggy Creek Greenbelt, 1114 Nile St. (Central East Austin – 78702)RSVP: jecawilson@yahoo.com so she knows how many Xmas cookies to bakeBring: reusable gloves and a sunny smile more info
12 / 25 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 26 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Ecological Literacy Workday Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm Ecological Literacy Workday Last Saturday of Each Month Combining volunteer work with learning about local ecology, the Ecological Literacy Day at Hornsby Bend begins with several hours of outdoor work - ranging from trail maintenance to habitat restoration to work in the native plant nursery - and ends with at least an hour of learning about local ecology - birds, bugs, and more! Wear boots and work clothing, and be sure to bring your binoculars. When: Saturday, December 29th 9am-1pm Where: Hornsby Bend, 2210 South FM 973 (SE Austin – 78725) Contact: Kevin Anderson at Kevin.Anderson@ci.austin.tx.us or 512-972-1960 more info
12 / 27 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 28 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 29 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 30 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service (all day) Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info
12 / 31 Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service End: 3:00 pm Start: 12/11/2009 - 08:30 End: 12/31/2009 - 15:00 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009.Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help volunteers understand how to use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in our community. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream. Register your volunteer project today! Start the day with a Kickoff entitled “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Time: 8:30am-3pmContact: Diana Santos at diana.santos@unitedwaycapitalarea.orgKickoff Location: Huston-Tillotson UniversityDavage-Durden Union Building900 Chicon St, 78702 •Volunteer Check-In: 8:30am – 9:00am •"Reflecting on the Dream" program: 9:00am - 10:00 am •Service Projects: 10:30am – 3:00pm All volunteers are required to check-in at Huston-Tillotson University starting at 8:30am! Project Deadline: Project Registration deadline is December 31, 2009. Even though you have a few weeks to submit your projects, we're asking you to add them to our site as soon as you can to ensure we can get 100% participation from our volunteers.Click below to open the instructions on how to post your project on Hands On Central Texas (HOT). All volunteer projects should be registered on the Hands On Central Texas website - www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Please print out the instructions, review and register your project. Event Logistics: All volunteer projects should run from 10:30am – 3:00 pm or until the project is finished. Hands On Central Texas will be hosting an event Kickoff at Huston-Tillotson University from 9:00am - 10:00 am. All volunteers must check-in for their projects at the Kickoff location. Please inform your volunteers about the Kickoff and volunteer check-in. Agency coordinators are invited to attend as well.Keep Austin Beautiful Reminder: Keep in mind volunteers can organize a cleanup of their favorite creek, street or neighborhood at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/cleanup. Tools are also available to checkout for any service project at www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/toolshack more info Vol Op - First Night Austin - Environmental Ambassadors Wanted Start: 12:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} First Night Austin - Environmental Ambassadors Wanted12/31/09Volunteers, 18 years of age or older, are needed this year to help shine a GREEN light on downtown Austin’s transformation into an artistic (and environmentally-friendly) playground. The stage will be the city's plazas, parks, streets, storefronts, and building facades. Building, bridges and streets will become giant canvases and we want GREEN to be the brightest color in the palette!You can help make all this happen by taking part for only a few hours as a First Night Austin - Environmental Ambassador! DATE: Thursday, December 31, 2009TIME: Shifts from 12PM – 12 midnight; Average shifts are only 3 hours long, 12:00 - 3:00PM, 2:30 – 5:30PM, 5:00 – 8:00PM, and 8:00 - Midnight. There will be grand procession at 6PM, and a midnight fireworks show on Lady Bird Lake!LOCATION: Downtown Austin/Congress Avenue (78701)PARKING: When it Comes to Transportation, GO Green - Carpool or take advantage of the Capital Metro Bus lines that will take to you right to the event. Information on these routes can be found at www.capmetro.com. If you have a bicycle, ride and park at any of the 3 bike racks located around the footprint. City Garages: The Convention Center Garage (201 East 2nd Street, entrances on Brazos and San Jacinto), and One Texas Center Garage (open after 5 PM) (505 Barton Springs Road) will be open and will cost $7 per vehicle. Private Garages: Other paid parking garages and surface lots are available throughout the event footprint.SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER: Mindy Noel 512-974-7670Mindy.noel@ci.austin.tx.us NOTE: Protect the Fingers (& the Toes) - Consider bringing your own reusable gloves & wear comfortable shoes suitable for walking. First Night Austin’s footprint stretches over a large area of downtown and although you will most likely be helping in one area, your feet will thank you if you wear comfy shoes. Stay Warm – This is an outdoor volunteer opportunity. Extras – you may also want to bring an LED flashlight and your own hand sanitizer. more info
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01 / 2 Vol Op - Mary Moore Searight Park Off-Leash Nature Trail Project Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Mary Moore Searight Park Off-Leash Nature Trail Project1/2/10Austin Parks Foundation has provided a grant for ecological restoration in the north end of Mary Moore Searight Park. This project will include tree installation, and seeding of native grasses and wildflowers in the open areas. Many decaying ash junipers have already been removed and mulched by a forestry mower. Volunteers will be needed to transplant seedlings of tree species from the adjacent forest that are not available from local nurseries. A very exciting addition to the project will be the installation of a solar powered irrigation system to get the new trees established. Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010Time: 9am-12pmLocation: 907 Slaughter Ln., 78748. Enter the trail from 1st street, just south of Slaughter Lane, on the right side of the street, where the trees begin. You can Google the location using 10000 South 1st Street, Austin, TX 78748. It should show a spot on the Northeast side of Mary Moore Searight Park.Contact: Please RSVP to Claire Sorenson, csorenson1@austin.rr.com or on the Facebook site listed below http://sites.google.com/site/slaughtercreektrails/HomeBecome a member, sign up for events, even RSVP at our Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=176873979247 more info Vol Op - Downtown Austin Farmers’ Market Zero Waste Initiative Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 / Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Downtown Austin Farmers’ Market – Zero Waste Initiative Every Saturday and Wednesday Like landfills? If that’s a big no, come be a part of a momentous zero-waste project at two fun-filled Austin Farmers’ Market (AFM) locations. Help assist customers with recycling, compost, and landfill material and help the market achieve its zero-waste goal! Date and Time: Six volunteers needed every Saturday at the downtown AFM (3 volunteers 9am-11am and 3 from 11am-1pm) and 4 volunteers needed every Wednesday at the Triangle AFM (2 volunteers from 3pm-5pm and 2 more from 5pm-7pm). Location: Downtown Austin Farmers’ Market 4th & Guadalupe (78701) and the Triangle Austin Farmers Market 45th and Lamar (78798) Contact Rebecca Saltsman below for details Contact: Rebecca Saltsman email: debi@sustainablefoodcenter.ccsend.com. Let Rebecca know which shift you'd like and how many times a month you can participate. Rebecca will be out of the office during the holidays, but you will get scheduled! more info
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