Central Pa Chapter - Saturday, April 13, 1-4 pm. We have two charities involved - Caitlin's Smiles and Channels Food Rescue. They are located directly next to each other - and share a parking area.
Caitlin’s Smiles, 3303 North 6th Street Harrisburg, PA
17110, will be able to handle 20 volunteers. We will package “craft gift packs” which will be given to children in
local hospitals, other duties may consist of sorting books and organizing the
warehouse.
Channels Food Rescue, 3305 North 6th Street Harrisburg, PA 17110, will be able to handle 10 volunteers. Weather permitting we will be doing outside gardening and landscape cleaning.
Selinsgrove Community events - April 13 - Sign up here.
NYC Chapter - Saturday, April 27 at the Ronald McDonald House, 405 East 73rd St., New York, NY, from 9:30 am - 1 pm. Space is limited to 20 volunteers, so sign up quickly!
New England Chapter - Saturday, April 13, 2-4 pm, at Westwood Food Pantry (60 Nahatan St., Westwood, MA 02090), sorting and organizing food items. Dessert reception to follow.
New England Chapter - Saturday, April 13, 1-4 pm, at YMCA Camp Ingersoll (94 Camp Ingersoll Rd., Portland, Conn.) We will be doing cleanup projects, landscaping, painting (weather permitting) and possibly some light carpentry.Please wear comfortable shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Feel free to bring work gloves or gardening gloves, the camp will supply them if you forget.The camp will provide water and light snacks. Kids are welcome!
New England Chapter - Saturday, April 13, NHTI, Concords Community College (formerly the New Hampshire Technical Institute) - sign up here.
New Jersey Chapter - Saturday, April 13 in Union Beach, N.J. Hurricane relief with Phi Mu Delta Fraternity. 25-30 students will be attending. We will meet at 9 a.m. at the Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 S. 2nd Ave., Highland Park, NJ 08904 and will work until 1 pm. A lunch reception for the alumni and student volunteers will follow.
Philadelphia Chapter - Join the Philadelphia Regional Alumni Chapter at Cradles to Crayons in Conshohocken, PA on Tuesday, April 9th for a volunteer event from 5:30-8 pm.
Pittsburgh Chapter - Saturday, April 13 from 9 am - 3 pm at Habitat for Humanity's REStore Project in Edgewood, Edgewood Towne Centre, 1635-B South Braddock Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Lunch will be provided and there will be a reception following at Applebee's Edgewood Towne Centre, Pittsburgh.
Washington DC Chapter -
Join the Washington, D.C., Regional Alumni Chapter for
the
HandsOn Greater D.C.
Cares 2013 Servathon
Saturday, April 27!
Farm at Walker-Jones
Education Campus
Coordinated through
Greater DC Cares Servathon
What:
Volunteers will be creating two new gardens, both of which will require
removing turf, tilling, composting, and raking. The garden will be planted with
soy, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. The second garden will be planted with corn,
runner beans, and heirloom pumpkins. Volunteers will also be prepping ground
for blueberries, transplanting two fig trees, and building a couple rabbit
hutches
Where:
1125 New Jersey Ave, NW , Washington , DC 20001 – 0.5 mile walk from Mt Vernon
Square / 7th Street Convention Center Metro Station (Green & Yellow)
When:
Saturday, April 27 – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
How to join our team:
Sign up at our SU Alumni Team & Registration page now through April
22. There's a $25 registration fee/donation that gets you a Servathon t-shirt
and supports the cost of tools and other equipment that we will be using at our
project site.
After party location:
After the service project ends, we’ll celebrate our team’s great work at nearby
Old Dominion Brewhouse ( 1219 9th Street NW , Washington , DC 20001).
About Greater DC Cares:
With 23 years of experience, HandsOn Greater DC Cares is the leading and
largest coordinator of volunteerism in the region. HandsOn Greater DC Cares
mobilizes volunteers and strengthens nonprofits to better impact communities
and the key issues in the Greater DC region HandsOn Greater DC Cares works with
a network of more than 900 nonprofits, 43,000 volunteers and a host of
corporate and foundation partners to positively impact the region.