Events Calendar

  • Saturday 5/7/22

    • May 7
      8:30AM – 3:00PM
      Angel Island State Park, Historic Immigration Station
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T08:30:00 2022-05-07T15:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Tiburon - Angel Island Clean Up (FULL)

      *Please note: registrations for this event have reached capacity*

      Join fellow Yale alumni for the ninth year at Angel Island State Park. Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Angel Island Immigration Station was the first stop for hundreds of thousands of immigrants crossing the Pacific Ocean between 1910 and 1940. It is an important part of American and Asian American history, with incomparable vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the Bay. Visit the website for more information about the history of this site through which thousands of Asian and other immigrants came to this country.

      Volunteers will be working landscape to preserve this important historical site for future generations. Volunteers will also get a free guided tour of the site by Grant Din ‘79, volunteer with AISP and Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. Physical work will include beautification activities at the site (weeding, raking, cleaning, collecting trash). Volunteers should be prepared to walk approximately 20 minutes (up incline) to work site.

      Project is limited to a maximum of 10 volunteers to ensure compliance with COVID protocols that might still be in force. This popular project fills up fast! Ferry passage and park entrance is free, but space is limited so early registration is highly encouraged. Please only sign up if you fully intend to participate!

      We expect that there will be a waiting list, so please notify us by phone or email as early as possible if (after registration) you are unable to attend. This would be greatly appreciated.
       

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Grant Din '79

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    • May 7
      8:30AM – 1:00PM
      Methuen Police Department
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T08:30:00 2022-05-07T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MA, Methuen (Boston Area) Sound the Alarm w/American Red Cross

      Join fellow Yalies and other members of the community to install free smoke alarms and share safety information in this at-risk community.  As volunteers, we all first will get an orientation and training by the Red Cross. Then we will work in small groups--under the aegis of the Red Cross--to visit homes, install smoke alarms, and provide home fire safety education to residents. We may be given scheduled appointments at particular homes on our route, or we may be knocking on doors to offer to install free smoke alarms (or a combination of both). In any case we will be providing a valuable service to the community and helping to save lives--while volunteering alongside other Yalies and community members. Families welcome! Children under 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

      Did you know home fires claim seven lives every day--or thousands of lives per year?  Having working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death by half!
       

      Contact: Rob Greenly '83 MBA

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    • May 7
      8:30AM – 10:30AM
      Wing Haven
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T08:30:00 2022-05-07T10:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NC, Charlotte - Wing Haven Work Day

      Please join us for a work day at Wing Haven, an historic garden in Myers Park, for seasonal tasks.

      Work gloves, weather-appropriate clothes and sturdy shoes are recommended. This family-friendly event is for ages 10 and up, and will be capped at 15 people.

      RSVP required using the link.

      Meet us at 260 Ridgewood Avenue, off Selwyn Ave. Parking is available in the lot next to 260.  If that fills up, you may park on the Wing Haven side of Ridgewood.

      Contact: Lydia Skardon '91

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    • May 7
      8:30AM – 1:00PM
      Miami Meadows Park
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T08:30:00 2022-05-07T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: OH, Cincinnati - Hustle for HealthSource

      The Hustle for HealthSource Color 5k and Wellness Festival will raise awareness and charitable funds for the The HealthSource Foundation.  The Foundation provides food assistance, gas cards, discounts for prescriptions, and other support to address health disparity needs in the community it serves.  Healthsource of Ohio is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) that provides health and dental care for the underserved areas beyond the eastern side of Cincinnati.

      Volunteers have two options for participation:

      Option one: volunteer at water station and clean up afterward

      Option two: register to run in the 5k   $35 for adults, $25 for children; Save $5 using code hsocares. Once all our Yalies register for the walk/ run, HealthSource will put us into one Yale team. 

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Alexander Kane '94, '97 JD and Maria Gerber '98

       

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    • May 7
      8:45AM – 12:00PM
      Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T08:45:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: AZ, Tucson - Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

      We will be boxing up cans and packages of food for needy families in Southern Arizona. This is an indoor air conditioned warehouse; there are bathroom breaks and coffee breaks, but this is physical assembly line work with other volunteers.

      Contact: Jesse Smith '72

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    • May 7
      9:00AM – 12:00PM
      Urban Ministry
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T09:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: AL, Birmingham - Outdoor Gardening at Urban Ministry in West End

      The Yale Club of Alabama is excited to join with Yale clubs throughout the world to celebrate the 2022 Yale Day of Service again this year on Saturday, May 7.

      We'll be digging, composting, weeding, planting, watering, and performing various other gardening tasks in the West End (WE) Community Garden. WE Garden was Urban Ministry’s first social enterprise and has become a source of pride and a symbol of hope in the West End Community. WE Garden grows fresh fruit, produce and essential skills for living, working and thriving by hiring young adults through the Workforce and Life Skills Program, WE Work.  

      Please bring gardening tools if you have them. We'll have tasks for all ages, so please feel free to bring your children.  

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Bob Battle '92

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    • May 7
      9:00AM – 12:00PM
      Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T09:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Culver City - Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook (FULL)

      *Please note: this site has reached max volunteer capacity. Please consider volunteering for another Yale Day of Service Project*

      Join us and the LA Audubon Society at your local state park at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City! This has been one of our most popular service sites for the Yale Day of Service, so sign up early!
       
      We will be helping to restore and maintain one of the last coastal sage scrub communities in the area. We will be weeding and planting native plants; tools will be provided.

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Lauren Spertus Blankenship '95 MBA

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    • May 7
      9:00AM – 12:00PM
      Watt Avenue River Access
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T09:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Sacramento - American River Parkway Foundation, River Cleanup

      The American River Parkway is 4,800 acres of public land along 23 miles of river! With over 40 species of fish, hundreds of plant species, and 220 species of mammals, the American River Parkway is an important natural oasis in our growing metropolitan area. We will be doing a river cleanup and removing litter and debris at a site on the parkway.

      Event Details: 

      • Clothing: Volunteers should wear long sleeves, jeans, close toed sturdy shoes, sunscreen, and sunhats.
      • Food: Volunteers should bring water. The ARPF will provide some water and a light snack.
      • Supplies: Optional - Volunteers can bring gardening/work gloves and a trash grabber. The ARPF will provide nitrile gloves and trash bags but not trash grabbers.
      • Rainy day plans: We will cancel the event with 24 hour notice if there is a high probability of rain.
      • This is a family-friendly project, so youth are welcome. 

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Julia Lauper '06

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    • May 7
      9:00AM – 12:00PM
      Yale Armory
      Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T09:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - Urban Resources Initiative Tree Planting (RAIN OR SHINE)

      Urban Resources Initiative (URI) is a Yale University partnership that fosters community-based land stewardship and promotes environmental education in New Haven. Come join us to plant trees to honor long-term Yale employees who have chosen a tree donation in lieu of a gift.

      Come prepared for outdoor work; bring gloves. Older kids welcome.

      Who's Coming?

      Contact: Christina Coffin '74

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