Events Calendar

We will be planting trees along with members of the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy in the Loch Raven watershed.

The Conservancy is allowing minors (ages 8 – 17) to attend this event as long as there is one parent/legal guardian per four children in attendance. Adults must sign COVID-19 waiver form. Note: Participants are required to wear face masks during this event due to the close nature of the work.

Limited to 25 participants.

Contact: Lynne Durbin '77

Join A Wider Circle to create oral care kits for families in need. You'll work as a team to provide supplies for and assemble kits.

Each volunteer will need to bring items to contribute to the kits. Your site coordinator will be in touch to coordinate who is bringing what from the following items: 
Oral Care Kits
- Toothbrushes: 100 CNT = $29 

- Toothpaste: 6 CNT = $8

- Floss: 144 CNT = $54 

- Bag: 100 CNT = $12

Volunteer Instructions:
When you arrive, you can head directly into the main entrance (two glass double doors), but be sure to check in with a member of the volunteer team to be signed in. 

1.) First time volunteering with us? Please complete the Wider Circle waiver.

2.) What to wear? For your safety, please dress in family-friendly comfortable clothes (no political messages, please) and closed-toed shoes (sneakers are best). Our center is not fully temperature-controlled, so please dress for the weather. 

3.) Covid Safety
Volunteers who are 12 years and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to volunteer in our center. We ask that you bring either your vaccine card or a clear picture of it with you to volunteer. 
Mask use and physical distancing are required at all times during volunteer engagements. If you have experienced any Covid-19 symptoms (list from the CDC) or if any of the below items are true, please stay home and reach out to reschedule your volunteer engagement:

a. Do you have any reason to believe you or anyone in your household has been exposed to or acquired COVID-19 in the past 14 days? 
b. Have you or anyone in your household tested positive or been in close proximity to any individual who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days?
c. Have you recently been tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting results?

4.) Parking
We do not have parking onsite for volunteers, other than for those with mobility concerns. Here are parking directions for our offsite parking:

Drive to - 2101 Luzerne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Woodlin Elementary)
Park - Anywhere along Luzerne Ave (except #2201 &  #2203), Louis St., Louis Ave. Glen Ross Rd.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON WARREN STREET 
 

Who's Coming?

Contact: Filippo Menossi, Maria Vera Whelan '08

Spend a morning in the beautiful Catoctin Mountains helping Cunningham Falls State Park staff, park volunteers, and Friends of Cunningham Falls prepare for the summer season by participating in this annual spruce-up around the roadways and facilities found at the main park area near Hunting Creek Lake. It is a great opportunity to make a positive impact by helping out some of the hardest-working folks around--Maryland State Park staff.  

Please register using the link above by April 19.  We look forward to seeing you there.

What To Bring:

Dress for the weather.  Arrive prepared to work, wearing work boots, long pants, and long sleeves to protect your arms and legs.  Sturdy leather work gloves are also useful.  Be sure to bring water.  

For More Information:

For additional questions about the park, park events, or driving directions, please contact the CFSP volunteer coordinator Claudia Padilla.  

Who's Coming?

Contact: Karen Whitehair '91 MA

Join other Yale alumni/ae for a Saturday morning outdoors, helping to upkeep the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park's location in Potomac, Maryland. 

Notes:

• Please register via the link provided and enter "Yale Day of Service" in the group/organization field.
• Once you have registered, email Henry Su to let him know.
• Volunteers should wear something comfortable for working outdoors (and getting dirty), including closed toe shoes
• All ages/abilities welcome. Children should come with an adult.

Volunteers are welcome to park in the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center's parking lot.

Contact: Henry C. Su '87

Help sort donations and stock the showroom at A Wider Circle, a local nonprofit organization that helps people living in poverty furnish their homes free of charge. This is a family-friendly community service opportunity!

The mission of A Wider Circle is to end poverty. A Wider Circle’s holistic approach integrates on-the-ground services for the creation of stable homes, workforce development, and neighborhood revitalization. They also seek to develop large-scale solutions that incorporate greater awareness and engagement by the community.

In this volunteer opportunity, you’ll be helping out with A Wider Circle’s Essential Support program. The program focuses on providing basic need items for the home to our neighbors seeking to rise out of poverty. The donations A Wider Circle receives include household furniture, linens, kitchen items, toys, and professional clothing and accessories. Volunteers will help to sort donations and stock the showrooms A Wider Circle’s clients select their items from. With the help of volunteers like you, A Wider Circle is able to furnish 10-20 homes free of charge each day for neighbors in need.

Kids are welcome to join their parents for this volunteer opportunity, and can earn community service hours doing so! Please register your children if you plan to bring them. 

Age Requirements:
Volunteers who are 14 or older are welcome to join us on their own, but we do ask that anyone 13 or under volunteer with a parent or guardian.

What to Wear:

- Closed-toed shoes (sneakers are best)
- Family-friendly comfortable clothes (no political messages) 
- Our center is not fully temperature-controlled, so please dress for the weather

Directions and Parking:
We do not have parking onsite for volunteers, other than for those with mobility concerns.

Offsite parking:
Drive to - 2101 Luzerne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (use this as a landmark)
Park - Anywhere along Luzerne Ave (except #2201 &  #2203), Louis St., Louis Ave. Glen Ross Rd.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON WARREN STREET 

When you arrive - please head inside the double glass doors. A staff member will sign you in and lead you to the orientation room. 

Waiver:
All first-time volunteers or those who have not completed a waiver in the past 5 years will need to sign this waiver. A parent or guardian will need to verify the waiver for anyone under the age of 18. 

Clients Privacy:
As much as we would love for you to keep great memories of your experience at A Wider Circle, we would love to also preserve the privacy of the people we serve. Therefore, we would appreciate you not taking pictures in the showroom, where clients are. Pictures can ONLY be taken in the warehouse downstairs while sorting and preparing items that families take home.

Contact: Ethan Dodd '22 

Who's Coming