Hi Susan,
This is great to hear that you have so much interest. You can send them to Oakland to
www.oaklandearthday.org
We have a team of people who can help match large groups to sites for Earth Day.
Here is the information for groups from our website:
Pre-registration for individuals and small groups is not required.
If you have a group of ten or more, please contact the coordinator of the site you are interested in (found on the list of registered
sites - check back for updates). Click here to receive general volunteer notifications and/or to provide information to help us match your group with volunteer projects.
Thank you,
Jennifer Stern
Watershed Program Specialist, Watershed and Stormwater Management Division
Bureau of Design and Construction
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From: calweedtalk@simplelists.com <calweedtalk@simplelists.com>
On Behalf Of Friends of Five Creeks
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:30 AM
To: calweedtalk@simplelists.com
Subject: CalWeedTalk Are others seeing unusual numbers of would-be April volunteers?
We are being contacted by an unprecedented number of groups, especially firms, wanting to volunteer some time close to Earth Day or Week. There is always an increase, but we have accepted more work parties
than our volunteers can comfortably handle and also directed several to other organizations (nearer their offices).
I am hoping this is widespread, not just an artifact of our having been around a long time and consistently listing our opportunities. What are others seeing?
This also give me a chance to say again that at least in the East Bay, we should have some efficient centralized listing of volunteer opportunities. Cal-IPCs wildland weed group is one such possibility, if
developed and promoted. East Bay Regional Park District, which effectively controls nature in the East Bay, could do it, creating something that could be used by other organizations. Another possibility, Bay-wide, would be a revived Bay Area Open Space Council.
It is inefficient that little Friends of Five Creeks should be hunting around for opportunities for large technology companies, groups from Walnut Creek, etc. And the end result is inevitably that (a) some
work doesn't get done and (b) some people conclude that they are not needed or wanted.
Susan Schwartz, President
California Invasive Plant Council, www.cal-ipc.org
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