Today is a heavy volunteer work day again. We may, just may be able to finish the first phase of removal of the runaway wisteria infestation this morning. The area was originally a plant nursery for the City, with wisteria, honeysuckle (multiple varieties), privet, euonymus, cedars, red oak, … When the City abandoned the site, they let it go feral. The wisteria expanded to a wild area of ~5 acres(?) so dense you could not walk through there. It killed most of the trees in that block. We have reduced it by manually cutting it back to less than an acre through hard labor. Next phases would involve regular mowing, or other methods the property manager may choose.

Just for a photo, we are seeing spring-like skies lately. An iPhone photo.

Walmart associates to volunteer at Roadrunner Food Bank to fight hunger in New Mexico https://www.diningandcooking.com/1982258/walmart-associates-to-volunteer-at-roadrunner-food-bank-to-fight-hunger-in-new-mexico/ #Action #Campaign #country #FeedingAmerica #food #FoodInsecurity #hunger #month #NewMexico #news #partnership #RoadrunnerFoodBank #shopper #thursday #volunteer #walmart

Code for Philly is hosting a #civictech presentation this Wednesday at 6 at The Coop (next to Love City Brewing) for a presentation followed by a happy hour/meet and greet with our project leads.

Come join us! We're especially looking for nontechnical roles like admin coordinators, graphic designers, civic engagement specialists, and more.

https://www.meetup.com/code-for-philly/events/306646901/

Based in Sussex, UK, the Green Centre helps to give our planet a cleaner, greener future. Check out their wide-ranging programmes. https://www.thegreencentre.co.uk/
#Brighton #BrightonAndHove
#Volunteer #Volunteering #Sussex #SolarPunkSunday #UK #ZeroWaste #WildLife #Nature #Sustainability #Community

Worldwide opportunities to volunteer on organic farms: WWOOF organisations connect people who want to live and learn on organic farms and small-holdings with people who want to share their knowledge and way of life.
WWOOF (WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms) hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic and self-sufficient
lifestyles. https://wwoofinternational.org/ #Farming
#Volunteer #Volunteering #SelfSufficiency #SolarPunkSunday #OrganicFarming

Find Your Farm. Live and learn on organic farms in the United Kingdom
https://wwoof.org.uk/en/ #Farming
#Volunteer #Volunteering #SolarPunkSunday #UK #OrganicFarming

Volunteering Opportunities Around the World with Hippo Help https://hippohelp.com/ #Volunteer #Volunteering #SolarPunkSunday

Volunteering Opportunities with the Wilderness Foundation
https://wildernessfoundation.org.uk/volunteer/ #Volunteer #BioDiversity #SolarPunkSunday #Wilderness #WildLife #Growing #UK

#Prepare #BeAware #Resist #CApoli #CANpoli

There's an election coming, and the purposeful, weaponized disinformation campaign from foreign governments has begun.

The #US #President has realized that his endorsement is radioactive -- and is engaging in reverse psychology as a result, endorsing #Carney instead of #Poilievre, hoping to prevent a #Liberal majority government.

The best way for you to fight against foreign interference is to #volunteer for your preferred local candidate.

We are looking for a Director of Fundraising for our non-profit organization.

Volunteered at our local repair cafe today. I fixed an RC car and an amplifer, and helped diagnose an LED christmas tree.

Couldn't take pictures of the whole space, but here's my little workstation with my tools. There were 8 volunteers and about twice as many visitors, so it wasn't too stressful.

I definitely plan to volunteer again, once the organizer gets the next date picked out!

Do as Kevin says, not as he does!

Sometimes our volunteers do things that aren't recommended like Kevin using tweezers to test this plug.

We promise that we are insured and know what we're doing, but sometimes our fixers go rogue!

A huge thank you for your generosity at our March repair cafe - you donated £151.37.

We've spent it on:
Café items - £42.
Tools and sprays - £50.
Parking - £17.50.
A PAT course - £38.

We couldn't do this without you. Every penny donated makes a huge difference and enables us to keep supporting the community here in Barry - round of applause for all of you !

@wales

Interested in gardening but have no access to land? Want to grow your own food but aren't sure where to start? Passionate about food security? Come out on April 13 for a volunteer meetup at ComeUnity Roots Garden and see what we're all about!

(and hopefully the snow will be gone by then so you can actually see the garden)

#CommunityGarden #DTK #Kitchener #IronHorseTrail #gardening #garden #foodSovereignty #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #volunteer @WaterlooEvents @waterlooregion

Nate #Vance, a cousin of JD Vance, has been fighting alongside #Ukraine as #volunteer in the "Da Vinci Wolves" group for 2.5 years. His comments on the events in the Oval Office:

"I thought it was just a political strategy. But what they did to #Zelensky was a dishonest #ambush. (...)
Just because we're related doesn't mean that I'm going to accept you helping to kill my comrades."

Le Figaro

Un organisme qui nourrit des milliers de personnes à l’année | L'épicerie

https://youtu.be/tqpBDtqEdjs

This is the 'Soupe' I worked with last summer. A tough job I really love.

#Volunteer People over profits

In the garden at the play centre today, I had a group of concerned tiny people watching as I, gloved up to my elbows, used a long armed lopper to cut down a very prickly small palm which was growing right near their favourite trike path.

We discussed safety.

I showed them the vicious prickles.

Then, having removed the hazard, I was shown everyone's band aids, bruises, or other wounds.

They were keen to show that the other plants were safe.

To cheer ourselves up we then watered every thing with tiny watering cans.

#volunteer
#gardening