Volunteers lend helping hands during special events. You can help with the planning, help us set up or take down, lead an activity, greet guest or more! Besides being great fun, these events are critical for the community contact and fundraising capabilities of Urban Roots.
Stop by the Urban Teaching Farm at Renown (1700 East 2nd Street) Saturday mornings from 9-11 and help us with special projects or regular farm maintenance.
Volunteers help parents and students engage in basic science exploration. During Family Science Nights, we offer 8 to 10 stations of simple science experiments testing different concepts and processes. Volunteers don’t need science knowledge to run the stations.
Volunteers will help with GOTR activities including along face painting, race bib bling, happy hair and photo booth. These volunteer opportunities are great for parents, teens, and groups.
A group whose goal is to comfort those experiencing loss by helping serve at memorial service receptions. Some set-up and decorate. Some bring or serve food. Others help with clean up. In a practical way, comfort and joy are given during a time of grief and loss.
The Practical Needs Service Team exists to serve our church body by caring for others in tangible ways. This may include one-time project needs, moving assistance, or small household tasks. Our vision is to see members of our church body serve each other and build each other up. If you are looking for a service…
The purpose of the Visitation Team is to share the love of God by offering prayer, compassionate and practical support, and face-to-face visits to the hospitalized and elderly in our church body. We desire to allow God to work through us to provide encouragement and hope.
Here are some of the things we can always use help with: clearing fire dangers around pens (weeds, brush, downed limbs), maintaining and expanding fences and shelters, prepping for winter and summer, assisting with animal health checks, cleaning food and water dishes, painting and staining.
Serve as trail docent, initially assisting us by co-leading natural history outings and then eventually leading their own hikes!
Most of the volunteer opportunities require little or no training. Your local league will provide you with any necessary training (as well as support and encouragement), as they deem necessary. The best volunteers are those who are able to bring added enjoyment to the game simply be being themselves. What you see during Little League…