Events and Volunteer Opportunities
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All of Tucson Clean & Beautiful's environmental projects are community-based, volunteer-driven programs; we are always in need of volunteers to assist at projects throughout the community, as well as occasionally in our office. Some of our upcoming volunteer opportunities are listed at the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona. If you would like to volunteer, please call us at 791-3109, or send us an email at tcb@tucsonaz.gov and we will let you know of all of the upcoming events where we may need assistance. Volunteers of all ages are welcomed; we do ask that volunteers younger than 18 years old participate with an adult-supervised community group.
Litter Cleanup Project: Help keep Tucson Clean and Beautiful by picking up littered trash from parks, streets, neighborhoods, alleys, washes, and other public areas. Any school/college group, civic organization/club, environmental group, neighborhood association or community organization is welcome to participate. Tucson Clean & Beautiful can assist in setting up one-time cleanup projects with your group, as well as projects with a long-term commitment through our Adopt-a-Park program.
The Tucson Clean & Beautiful Trees for Tucson program provides another excellent opportunity for youth-oriented as well as many other types of community groups to volunteer on a one-time or ongoing basis.
"Mount Lemmon Tree Tour": Each summer you can escape the heat by joining Trees for Tucson on a cool trip up to Mt. Lemmon to see and learn about a number of fascinating trees that grow in these moist, high elevation forests. We will see about 30 different types of trees including Corkbark Fir, Scouler Willow, Quaking Aspen and Rocky Mountain Maple. Cost is $40.00 per person. For more information, call 791-3109.
"Great Trees of the Old Pueblo" Tree Tour: Each year, the annual Tucson tree tour visits a number of large and unusual trees in the Tucson area. Participants are treated to a luncheon at the end of the tour. Proceeds from the tour help fund our tree replacement bank. For more information, call 791-3109.
Landscape Design and Planting Seminars: Contact the Tucson Botanical Gardens at 326-9686 for information on their various seminars.
Compost Bin Sales: The City of Tucson held its most recent compost bin sale on Saturday October 27, 2007. Additional bins may be available through Tucson Organic Gardeners. Call 670-9158 for details on when and where compost bins are being sold.
Upcoming events and announcements listing
1. Household Hazardous Waste program - new location replaces Oracle
& Ina outreach site, May 2, 2009 and monthly ongoing
2. Help Control Graffiti in Your Neighborhood - Workshop, Thursday May 21, 2009
3. Ward 2 upcoming environmental events: Landfill &
Recycle America Tour, Saturday April 25, 2009
4. Clean Air Days, and Bike Fest Contest, April 1-30, 2009
5. Buffelgrass/invasive plant removal efforts - various dates
throughout the month!
6. Iskash*taa Refugee Harvesting Network - ongoing, harvests
fruits & vegetables from your trees & garden!
1. Household Hazardous Waste - new outreach location replaces
previous Oracle & Ina site - Saturday, May 2, 2009 and monthly
The Household Hazardous Waste monthly outreach site on Ina Rd. just
west of Oracle Rd. has been moved as of February 2009, to a new
location. On May 2, 2009 and the first Saturday of each month from
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, the new location is at Pusch Ridge Christian
Church, 440 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley, AZ 85704. The main site
also continues to be available at I-10 and Sweetwater Dr. near Prince
Rd. on each Friday and Saturday; and outreach locations on the first
Saturday at 1102 W. Irvington, and 7575 E. Speedway Blvd. Volunteers are needed for all locations; advance training required. For more
information, visit http://www.tucsonaz.gov/hhw or call 690-5749.
2. Help Control Graffiti in Your Neighborhood - Workshop, Thursday May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 21st, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm at Eckstrom-Columbus Branch Library- 4350 E. 22nd St.
Sponsored City of Tucson Community Services Department. Are you and your
neighbors tired of looking at tagged walls, spray-painted street signs,
tattered fliers stuck all over your posts, scribbles defacing the wash
and alleys? Come
hear what others are doing to control graffiti in their neighborhoods.
Get a tutorial in graffiti removal. Discuss the most helpful citizen
strategies. Come and meet others who are interested in becoming part of
the solution. (Note: Community Services Department is no longer able to
provide support by giving out graffiti removal supplies.) To Register:
Call Becky Flores at 837-5013 or go online and register at http://www.tucsonaz.gov/dnr/Neighborhoods/neighborhoods.html
- click "Workshops and Workshop Registration" under "Services to
Neighborhoods."
3. Ward 2 upcoming environmental event: Landfill &
Recycle America Tour, Saturday April 25, 2009
- meet at the Ward 2 Council Office, 7575 E. Speedway
Blvd.) for a continental breakfast, and then head for a tour of Los
Reales Landfill and Recycle America facility. Learn about where your
refuse and recyclables end up and lots more! We will return to the Ward
2 Council Office at approximately noon. Space is limited, please RSVP to
791-4687.
4. Clean Air Days, and Bike Fest 2009 - April 1-30, 2009
Throughout the month of April 2009, the Tucson - Pima County
metropolitan area celebrates Clean Air Days and Bike Fest! Events take
place throughout the month, and include various events, contests with
prizes, expos and educational activities. For more information please
visit these sites:
http://dot.tucsonaz.gov/bikefest
and
http://www.cleanair.pima.gov
For more information please call 791-4371 or 740-3340.
5. Buffelgrass/invasive plant removal efforts - various dates
throughout the month!
Please contact the listed project coordinator for more details on times
and locations, tools or supplies needed, and to sign up!
- Tanque Verde Valley Weedwackers (volunteering at washes and roadways
in the Irvington Rd./Pantano Rd. vicinity) typically takes place on the
first Saturday of each month. Please contact Sally at 749-2184 or
sawynd@aol.com
- Sabino Canyon Recreation Area: Arundo (Giant Reed Grass) removal
projects typically take place on the first Sunday of each month, as well
as periodically on Saturdays in mid-month. Please contact Kendall at
971-2385 or tucson.arundo@gmail.com
- Saguaro National Park East (Old Spanish Trail just north of
Escalante), typically holds an invasive plant removal project on the
second Saturday of each month. Please contact Bethany Hontz, 733-5187 or
bethany_hontz@nps.gov
- Sonoran Desert Weedwackers (Tucson Mountains area) typically takes
place on the third Saturday of each month as well as the second
Wednesday. Please contact Marilyn at 579-6525 or mfhanson@comcast.net
6. Iskash*taa Refugee Harvesting Network - ongoing, harvests
fruits & vegetables from your trees & garden!
Do you have food growing in your neighborhood that goes to waste?
Iskash*taa Refugee Harvesting Network is a community-based organization
of refugees from all over the world. Iskash*taa means working
cooperatively together in Somali. The organization harvests and collects
foods that would otherwise go to waste, including approximately 30,000
pounds a year from Tucson area home yards and local farms. This food is
then re-distributed to hundreds of refugee families. To arrange for
harvesting or for more information, call 440-0100 or
eiswerth@fruitmappers.org - online http://www.fruitmappers.org
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