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Vol Op - Call for Projects MLK Day of Service
Start: 8:30 am
End: 3:00 pm

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Call for Projects – MLK Day of Service1/16/09**Project 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  

Vol Op - Zilker Tree Holiday Festival
Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:00 pm

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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.
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