Volunteer Your Time and Talent!
Aimee Ringle and Laurence Cole volunteer at the Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden
Help UGN kick-off our Fall Fund Drive by sharing your time and talent! As a local business, community group or community member, United Good Neighbors would like to extend a special invitation to join us for our 6th annual Day of Caring Event on Friday, September 16th. Day of Caring is an opportunity for you and your friends or colleagues to work together on a volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization. Volunteer Projects are 2-3 hours in length and include a variety of volunteer activities that can range from gardening and grounds maintenance to painting and basic building maintenance projects or food repacking and sorting clothing!
The UGN Day of Caring celebrates our community’s spirit of volunteerism and service in Jefferson County. Jefferson County nonprofit organizations depend on volunteers to carry out their missions. UGN matches local businesses and community members with nonprofit organizations seeking help with a specific task or project.
This event also serves as the celebratory kick-off to our 2016 Fall Fund Drive to support a safety net of services and programs in Jefferson County that improve the quality of life for our neighbors in need!
Sign-Up for a Day of Caring project today!
The Day’s Activities:
8:30-9:00 Day of Caring Kick-off Celebration
9:30-1pm Day of Caring Projects
- Groups will be helping organizations to complete projects ranging from jobs painting, grounds cleanup, or clerical work.
How Do I Register for a Project?
- Click on a project listed below review project details or click here to view project list on Get Connected Jefferson!
- To Register for your desired project, click “respond” on the project details page
- To sign up as a team, click the “people” icon next to “respond”
- For registration assistance, email Emily Henry
Day of Caring Projects:
- Kul Kah Han Native Plant Demonstration Garden: Native Plant Garden Maintenance
- Camp Beausite: Lend a Hand – Touch a Heart
- Jefferson County Fairground:Painting the Fairgrounds
- Habitat for Humanity:Beautify a Park in a Habitat Neighborhood
- Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden: Grow More Food For the Food Bank this Winter!
- Humane Society of Jefferson County: Happy Trails
- Disability Awareness Starts Here: Fort Worden for All: Evaluate Fort Worden Trails for Difficulty and Recreational Value (Friday) or (Saturday)
- United Good Neighbors: Day of Caring Kick-off Set-up and Welcome Crew
- The ReCyClery: Building and Brushing for Bicycles!
- Backpack for Kids: Some Assembly Required: Packing Weekend Food for Kids
- The Boiler Room: Thyme to help The Boiler Room
- Port Townsend Public Library: Gardening at Port Townsend Public Library
- Port Townsend and Chimacum Farmer’s Market: Organize with a Purpose
Potential/ Pending Projects (contact Nikki if interested in any of these projects):
- COAST: Assemble Self-Care Gift Bags for Shelter Guests
- COAST: Self-Care Gift Bag Supply Drive (a great project for community groups and business that can’t join us for a project on the 16th)
- OlyCAP: Let the Sun Shine in at South Seven Senior Living
- The Teen Center: It’s all about the Entrance: Painting the Ramp at the Teen Center!
- Discovery Behavioral Healthcare: New Name, Fresh Look! Help Us Spiff Up our Buildings and Landscaping!
- Main Street Program: Paint The Tyler Street Staircase!