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March 2020 - Silicon Valley |
Help Homeless Kids in Your Local Area
The Night Night Project
Date/Time: At your convenience
Location: Deliver your donations to shelters in your community. Click
here for a list of shelters in the Bay Area from Project Night Night
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Ages: This is a great project for the whole family.
Time Commitment: Varies
To ease the anxiety associated with shelter living, Project Night Night distributes Night Night Packages to homeless children ages 0-10. Each Night Night Package includes an age-appropriate book, a baby blanket which can be cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can become a cherished friend. Finding comfort is vitally important for children in order to feel secure, loved, and valued - even in the midst of the upheaval and uncertainty attendant to homelessness. The mission of the Night Night Project is to provide free Night Night Packages to homeless children from birth to pre-teen who need our childhood essentials to have a concrete and predictable source of security and increased exposure to high-quality literacy materials during this time of upheaval.
Project Night Night wants your project to be as successful as possible. With that in mind, we have developed a program that allows you to benefit homeless children in your local area.
- Determine the number of Night Night Packages you want to complete.
- Order tote bags from Project Night Night at $3.50 each (this covers the cost of the tote and shipping to you)
- Fill each tote bag with a new blanket, book and stuffed animal.
- Deliver your assembled Night Night Packages to a shelter on our list or that you find. We can help! In the Bay Area, we may request that you deliver your filled totes to our local office.
- Ensure that the homeless children in your community feel special!
Contact:
Kendra Robins, 415.310.0360, Kendra@ProjectNightNight.org
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South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition
Date/Time: Saturday, March 14, 9 - 11am. Check in is at 8:45am
Location: TEAM 222 on Coyote Creek @ Corie Court, 1505 Schallenberger Rd, San Jose
Ages: Volunteers eight and older welcome to participate with parental supervision.
Time Commitment: Two hours
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition conducts regular creek cleanup events on the Los Gatos Creek, Guadalupe River, and on the Coyote Creek. Grab your oldest clothes and shoes and come join us for a creek clean up. South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition (SBCCC) is dedicated to Reclaiming, Restoring and Revitalizing the creeks and rivers in the Santa Clara Valley watershed. Over the past four years we have completed over 200 cleanup events and removed over 200 tons of trash from our creeks and rivers. Many hands make this work a lighter task! Volunteers are asked to arrive by 8:45am for a safety presentation. We will be providing trash pick-up tools, trash bags, gloves. Please bring your own water container and we will be happy to fill and refill it! We ask everyone to wear heavy soled shoes, long pants, hat and sunscreen.
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Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen
Date/Time(s): Friday March 27, 9am - noon
Location: Community Garden at Goodwill Site, 1080 North 7th Street, San Jose (Back RIGHT corner behind the Goodwill truck parking lot)
Ages: Families with children age 10 and older are welcome to volunteer. Volunteers age 10 - 13 must have adult supervision.
Time Commitment: Shifts are two hours and one-half hours
The mission of Loaves & Fishes is to provide hot nutritious meals that are prepared, delivered and served to low-income families, disadvantaged individuals with a special concern for children, families, seniors, veterans, students, disabled, and the homeless. Be ready to help prep the food, serve our guests and help clean up. As a volunteer, you will be asked to prep fruits and vegetables, serve hot meals, pour beverages, wash dishes, and tidy-up the site facility.
Contact:
For questions or to cancel reservations, call 408.922.9085 or volunteer@loavesfishes.org. Registration is available online.
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Tri-City Volunteers
Date/Time: Monday through Thursday, 8am - 4pm
Location: 37350 Joseph Street, Fremont
Ages: Families with children age 13 and older are welcome to volunteer. Those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult or chaperone.
Time Commitment: Minimum of two hours
Volunteers are essential to Tri-City Volunteers (TCV) food bank's daily grocery cart preparation and distribution. They need approximately 40 warehouse volunteers a day to ensure that as many as 200 client families per day receive adequate nutrition. Volunteers also help sort and hang donated clothing and attractively merchandise their thrift store, which provides very low-cost items to struggling families. Community volunteers are the heart of the agency! Not only do volunteers work directly with low and very-low-income families, they bring to life their vision of a community united together to ensure that every child and adult in our area is not just free from hunger, but can access pathways to financial stability and self-sufficiency. While volunteers assist families in Tri-City Volunteers' food bank and thrift store, they are also connecting with others. That is the real strength of TCV's work.
Contact:
Stephanie, volunteer@tcvfoodbank.org. Attend an orientation and set shift(s) by emailing volunteer@tcvfoodbank.org or call 510.793.4583. TCV hosts 40-50-minute orientations every Wednesday at 10am and Thursday at 1pm. Orientations are mandatory for new individual volunteers and no registration is required - just show up!
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Weed Warriors at Arastradero Preserve
Grassroots Ecology
Date/Time: Wednesdays, 9 - 11:30am
Location: Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, 530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto
Ages: All participants must register and approve the online waiver through
the Eventbrite page. Youth under 18 must have their legal guardian approve the waiver on their behalf. Volunteers age 12 and under require an accompanying adult.
Time Commitment: Two and one-half hours
Volunteers should expect to hike through the scenic rolling hills of Arastradero, remove invasive plant species throughout grassland and oak woodland ecosystems, and help maintain restoration zones by mulching, trimming, watering, weeding, etc. Wednesday Weed Warriors is typically a small-group meetup, and tasks are often slower-paced and more detailed. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with project staff, observe flora and fauna, and reflect on the beauty of nature in a serene environment.
Prepare for working outdoors:
- Water bottle
- Long pants, long sleeves recommended
- Sturdy close-toed shoes that can get dirty
- Hat/sunscreen or rain gear/boots
- Plan for potential exposure to sun, poison oak, ticks
- EpiPen/allergy medication if you have one prescribed to you
We provide gloves, tools, and light snacks.
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Sign Hill Stewards
Date/Time: Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 9am - noon
Location: San Bruno Mountain Park, 555 Guadalupe Canyon Parkway, Brisbane. Click
here for directions.
Ages: Youth under 15 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
Time Commitment: Three hours
Volunteers are needed to help save critical grasslands at San Bruno Mountain Park. Join the SSF Weed Warriors for fresh air and exercise and help them weed on the south slope of mountain. The south slope has large areas of grasslands that are critical to resident endangered butterflies. The focus is to remove invasive non-native plants. Please wear long pants and layers, a long-sleeved shirt for protection, and sturdy shoes with long socks. Gloves are provided. Please remember to bring water.
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Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 2 - 5pm
Location: OFJCC Leslie Family Preschool (Bldg. C), Oshman Family JCC, Taube Koret Campus, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Three hours
Good Deeds Day is an annual tradition of good deeds. All over the world, hundreds of thousands of people choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively change the world. Join us for hands-on opportunities at the OFJCC: we will plant, make dinner for seniors, make blankets for the homeless, bring joy to animals and many more.
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Chicken Soupers Meal Preparation and Delivery
Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 1:30 - 5:30pm
Location: Taube Koret Campus Community Kitchen, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Four hours
Work with the OFJCC to make and deliver individual meals for those who are unable to prepare meals for themselves. Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS) has partnered with us to make it possible for us to help provide these meals. The project will be done in two stages. First, we will prepare individual meals in our community kitchen and pack them. Next, we will divide and deliver the prepared meals to the designated people. This is a great opportunity for families to do a project together as well as deliver it personally to someone in need! Please remember to wear closed-toe shoes and have your hair up or covered.
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Do you have a teen who is making an impact in the community?
Riley's Way Foundation is asking teens across the country to tell us how they can drive change that inspires kindness and builds meaningful connections in their communities. Working with their school or a nonprofit partner, teens can submit a brand new idea or tell us how they plan to improve or expand an existing teen-led initiative. Riley's Way will award 15 winning projects with $3,000 and the opportunity to join a virtual community of like-minded peers from across the country. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2020.
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