RASKALS: Random Acts of Simple Kindness Affecting Local Seniors is a program for individuals and groups to help Fairfield seniors. Twice each year, in April and November, teams of volunteers go out into Fairfield to help our local Seniors with basic yard clean-up.
Adopt-a-Roadway or Adopt-a-Park is a program that utilizes volunteers to help clean up our streets and parks.
Collecting donated items (heartworm medicine and flea medicine, especially, as well as crates, toys food, and other medicine).
Volunteering can be as varied as the parks themselves: support conservation efforts, trails, fishing, history, music, birds and wildlife, gardening, photography and natural landscapes. Help at an event or program, in the field, the office, the lodge or the welcome center!
Ride on the bus directly feeding and clothing those we serve. The bus can accommodate 4 to 5 people per service trip.
There are additional ways of helping at our facility such as sorting donations, assembling snack packs, and toiletry bags.
Work with Taking Root staff to help plant trees at Taking Root planting events. Need for help will vary depending on current projects.
Volunteers who work in the gardens at Pyramid Hill keep the park looking sublime! We need volunteers to help us weed, plant, and prune the many gardens and landscaping throughout the park. Garden volunteers can work during any of our regular park hours.
Volunteers are needed to assist SELF staff with securing corporate sponsorships and donations for the live and silent auctions or raffle baskets. Volunteers may also help with invites, decorations, setup, production and cleanup. Any interested individuals and group representatives with some fundraising experience or an interest in fundraising are encouraged to join.
Welcome Home Kits are created for our clients who are in the process of obtaining permanent housing or given as raffle door prizes to low-income families at social service fairs. Volunteers create these kits by filling a laundry basket with household items. This kit could include basic household items such as kitchen towels, dish soap,…