Urban Rivers is often joined by large volunteer groups, usually at the Wild Mile. Sometimes these groups are from fellow nonprofits and sometimes from companies organizing volunteer days for their employees. When the groups want to divide up, with some volunteers helping pick up litter on kayaks and others helping in the gardens simultaneously, it's difficult for Urban Rivers staff to assist both groups at once. That's where regular Urban Rivers volunteers could be really helpful.
Here is what you could do:
In the gardens, the main tasks would be making sure volunteers are pulling the things that are actually weeds and that everyone is wearing a life vest and generally being safe if on the gardens. It would be helpful if you already have a pretty good eye for our weeds, but if you want to do this and are still inexperienced, just email stephen@urbanriv.org and you can set up a time to learn.
OR (You don't need to do both)
On the kayaks, the main tasks would be making sure people are staying safe, answering questions, and getting people back around when they should be. It would be helpful if you've spent a lot of time out there volunteering for kayak clean-ups before. Ideally, you'd have taken one of the kayak rescue classes, but that's not required.
Here are the up coming volunteer days that we could use help with:
Tuesday October 21st 12:30-2:30 PM - YACHAD at the Wild Mile - This group won't be kayaking. Instead the activity will be helping a group of young adults with disabilities collect some seeds and make seed bombs.
Thursday October 23rd 2:00-5:00 PM - Thornton Tomasetti at the Wild Mile
Please note that all of these volunteer days start with a tour of the Wild Mile. If you want to attend that tour, you are more than welcome to, but if not, feel free to show up 30 minutes or so after the start time.
