If you are looking for a way to give back to your community this Easter Weekend, look no further than the City of Encinitas Easter Egg Hunt. Volunteers are needed to help with setup, attend the craft booth, and distribute eggs around the park. What could be more fun than spending the day hiding eggs and then watching the kids search frantically around for them? For more information on this event, click here.
On April 6th, runners from around the country will converge in Carlsbad to compete in the Carlsbad 5000. This race is home to 16 World Records, and is considered the fastest 5k race in the world! If you want to be a part of the festivities but don't want to run, volunteer! The event includes:
• Fast and Fun Seaside Course
• 2-Day Health & Fitness Expo
• Beer Garden and Live Music
• 50,000 weekend spectators
• Elite Athlete Invitational
Volunteers are needed to help staff the Awards Booth and Water Stations, and to register new runners. At the finish line volunteers will organize and hand out refreshments, time race participants, and hand out medals, t-shirts and goodie bags. Volunteers over the age of 21 can help staff the beer garden!
Volunteers are also needed on Saturday April 5th for the Junior Carlsbad Race and Friday April 4th for the Pre-Registration Party. Volunteers will help with set-up for a party on Friday from 2 to 7 pm.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of one of the biggest events in North County. Volunteer and have a blast!
Come out to Pat & Oscars in Mira Mesa tomorrow, March 25th to help support the SAVY leader program. 20% of all purchases between 5 and 8 pm will be donated to Volunteer San Diego's SAVY leaders. All you have to do is print out the promotional flyer and present it at the time of purchase. The flyer can be downloaded here.
Are you a high school student interested in becoming a SAVY leader? Applications for next school year will be available in April. Check back soon!
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volunteer agencies in San Diego County; over the next 10-15
years they will become an increasingly valuable source of
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Dedicated blog readers may remember a post on TeamWorks a few months ago. The latest session of TeamWorks 101 concluded last week, and it was a complete success! This edition of TeamWorks focused on the issue of education, and included several projects for the volunteer team to work on together. The team began with a kickoff project making bookmarks together for Homework Helpers, then decided to head outdoors to work on Challenge Ranch, an organization dedicated to providing outdoor opportunities for under-privileged children. Together they repaired trails, trimmed the trees, patched up the horse corral, and had a blast the whole time. After successfully working at the Ranch, they headed back to the classroom to teach a group of children at the boys and girls club ways to prepare for the next disaster.
The San Diego Repertory Theatre would like to offer a special ticket deal to all VSD volunteers. For their latest production The Clean House, they're offering $5 off all tickets. Just call the box office (619-544-1000) and say you're a registered member of Volunteer San Diego.
On February 26th, Governor Schwartzenegger took first-in-the-nation action to encourage volunteerism in California. The Governor signed an executive order to establish the new position of secretary of service and volunteering. The executive order will raise the profile of service in the Golden State to a national level, encourage more Californians to become involved with service and volunteerism, help California respond to natural disasters and emergencies, and give California's volunteers a voice at the highest levels of state government.
Sue Carter, VSD's Executive Director, says, "As a hub of CaliforniaVolunteers, Volunteer San Diego is excited and encouraged by the Executive Order creating a Cabinet-level position for volunteering. Volunteers are a vital force to change our community for the better. We look forward to continued partnership with the state to increase and enhance volunteerism." For more information and to read some of the national media coverage our state received, visit this webpage: http://www.californiavolunteers.org/news.asp.
