June 2021 - Silicon Valley |
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BioBlitz at Coyote Creek Visitors Center
Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful
Date/Time: Sunday, June 6, 9 – 11am
Location: Coyote Creek Visitors Center, 19245 Malaguerra Avenue, Morgan Hill. Specific location provided upon registration.
Ages: Families with children of all ages can participate
Time Commitment: Two hours
Parks are amazing and wonderful green spaces full of living things. By just using your phone, you and your family can help us discover them! Located in Morgan Hill, the park we will be at is a safe haven for many species of plants and animals right along Coyote Creek. Join Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and BioBlitz.club in cataloging and documenting all of the living things that reside there. We will have experts in various fields to help guide participants through all the cool plants and wildlife. The best part? All you need to participate is a smart phone with the iNaturalist app! So bring your family and prepare for an in-depth tour of this great park. Please note: all current County COVID-19 protocols will be enforced.
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Lemonade Days
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Date/Time: Saturday, June 5 through Sunday, June 13
Location: Your own location
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Sweet news: Lemonade Days is returning to June! Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is on a mission to change the lives of children with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer. Every year, supporters from all over set up stands and events to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer research. Register your lemonade stand today and make every cup count toward cures. Click here to learn more.
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Start a Fundraiser for Project Sunshine
Project Sunshine
Date/Time: Ongoing project
Location: Your own location
Ages: Good for volunteers of all ages!
Time Commitment: Varies, depending on your fundraising project
Being hospitalized as a child is hard; being hospitalized as a child right now is devastating. Kids need to play. Kids learn through play, express through play, and relax through play. And for hospitalized kids, play enables their bodies and minds to heal. Play normalizes unfamiliar settings and helps build resiliency – leading to better health outcomes. For over 20 years, Project Sunshine has been delivering the healing power of play in-person – alleviating the stress of hospital stays and medical procedures while promoting key aspects of childhood like socialization, creative expression, intellectual stimulation, and sensory integration. Your support will allow us to deliver our mission, innovate our programs, and ensure that all children facing medical challenges have the opportunity to experience the healing power of play, no matter what the future has in store. Project Sunshine relies on the generosity of individuals to fuel our mission. Our programs are always 100% free to the patients, families and hospitals we serve. Learn more here.
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The Longest Day
Alzheimer’s Association
Date/Time: Sunday, June 20
Location: Your home
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
The Longest Day is the day with the most light — the summer solstice. On June 20, people from across the world will fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s disease through a fundraising activity of their choice. Use your creativity and passion to raise funds and awareness for the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. From basketball to baking and card games to crafts, there's an activity for everyone! Plus, nearly any fundraising activity can be done at home or online while practicing physical distancing. Click here for a variety of creative fundraising project ideas!
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Donate Your Hair!
Wigs for Kids
Date/Time: Ongoing project
Location: Mail your hair donation to:
Wigs For Kids — Hair Donations
24231 Center Ridge Road
Westlake, Ohio 44145
Ages: Any age can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Wigs for Kids is a non-profit organization that helps make wigs for children who have lost their hair due to illness. If you’re interested in donating your hair to kids in need, your first step is to set a length goal. While we accept hair donations of 12 inches or longer, we encourage you to donate 14+ inches of hair; the more length you can donate, the more of an impact you will make. Please read the hair donation and how to cut and donate your ponytail information thoroughly to make sure that you meet the Wigs for Kids guidelines.
Contact: 440.333.4433
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Everyone Should Have a Birthday Party!
No Birthday Left Behind (NBLB)
Date/Time: Flexible.
Location: NBLB will be able to partner you up with a nearby shelter once you have registered to volunteer.
Ages: The whole family can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Donate party supplies or vendor gift certificates (face painting, balloons, bouncy house) and help a homeless child have a birthday party! The mission of No Birthday Left Behind is to provide every homeless shelter child an opportunity to celebrate their birthday in a special and memorable way!
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Street to Beach Clean Ups
Pacific Beach Coalition
Date/Time: At your convenience
Location: Choose a beach near you or click here to ‘adopt’ an available beach
Ages: Great for the whole family
Time Commitment: Varies
Grab a bucket and trash bag, and Adopt-a - Spot with the Pacific Beach Coalition. Click here for a list of beaches and to sign up to adopt a beach. Your family can also cleanup around your neighborhood, at the beach, in a needy area, or anywhere. Neighborhood and street cleanups are fun and rewarding outdoor activities. Picking up litter from the streets keeps it from flowing into the ocean via our storm drains. We are finding lots of litter, plastic bags, wrappers, disposable gloves, masks and food containers on our beaches and throughout the neighborhoods. Pacific Beach Coalition is also restarting our monthly beach clean ups. Click here to check the cleanup dates and more information for your favorite beach!
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Saturday Weeding Parties
Santa Clara County Parks
Date/Time: Saturday mornings, 9 – 11am
Location: 985 Hellyer Ave, San Jose, Native Plant Garden, park on Velodrome side
Ages: Families with children age five and older are welcome to participate. Parents must be present at all times with children 15 and younger.
Time Commitment: Two hours
There are many ways to keep our parks beautiful! If your family is looking to get outside and connect with new people right in your backyard, this is the opportunity for you! California native plants play an important role in the health of our parks. To help them thrive, we have to work together to remove non-native and invasive plants. Volunteer locations include Hellyer Park's Velodrome, Dog Park, and east side of Cottonwood Lake. Due to COVID-19, pre-registration is required and space is limited. We will be practicing social distancing and gloves and face coverings will be worn by all staff and participants at all times.
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Assemble Care Kits for the Homeless |
EXPLORE our growing list of at-home projects you can do whenever you're ready, each with conversation starters, book ideas, and more! Follow along on social media as other families tackle this month's project and share their stories! Simply join our Facebook group or find us on Instagram (@doinggoodtogether and #sharekindness). |
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Explore Nature This Summer - with Big-Hearted Lessons from DGT
Summer 's here, and with it comes the hopeful restart of the activities we love. Let's be sure to make it a priority to explore nature as a family and with friends! DGT's eBook has all you need to start important conversation about earth's wonders and our role as nature's advocates.
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Big-Hearted Cut & Keep Conversation Cards to enrich your conversation about The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
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My Nature Journal, a one-of-a-kind collection of 17 activities including creative writing, drawing, and mindfulness prompts
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Heal the Earth, a 12 Week Kindness Challenge designed to help you make a difference for the planet.
DID YOU KNOW? This exclusive download is included as part of our DGT Membership! Choose a Family Membership for yourself or gather neighbors or friends for a Classroom Membership. Then use Explore Nature and other fun, unique resources to make acts of kindness and giving a priority. |
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Mailing Address:
5141 16th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
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This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)
When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project.
Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.
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