Welcome Volunteers

Make a positive impact in your community! Become a volunteer and help change the world one garden at a time. As a volunteer, you’ll play a key role in organization activities, events and programs. Your passion, commitment, energy, and positive attitudes help us serve our community better. Volunteer positions are limited. You can apply for one of the positions below or become a volunteer at an upcoming event.

Become A Volunteer

Volunteer manual

Upcoming Volunteer Events

Your help and support makes a positive impact in our community! Sign up for upcoming events that you would like to help with at the calendar down below. Simply click on the event you'd like to participate in to register. 

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Volunteer Positions

Garden Educator Assistant 

Work with students and assist a One Cool Earth Garden Educator Manager (GEM) to prepare and teach lessons to students in school gardens. Activities may also include planting, weeding, harvesting, watering, or general garden maintenance tasks.

Time Commitment: 3 to 8 hours, one day/week (8:30am to 2pm) required; weekly or monthly on the weekdays

Minimum Age: 18 years 

Waste Audit Volunteer

Assist a One Cool Earth Garden Educator Manager (GEM) to educate students at school-wide waste audits. These audits include having students sort, track and measure all of the “trash” produced on campus in a 24-hour period.

Time Commitment: Schedule: 3 to 8 hours, per audit (8:30am to 2pm) on the weekdays
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Minimum Age: 18 years 

Garden Workday Volunteer​

Attend scheduled workdays and help out the One Cool Earth team. Tasks including planting, weeding, building, digging and moving soil/compost, and more. 

Time Commitment: 2 to 4 hours per workday, on the weekdays

Minimum Age: 15 years

Family Cooking Night Volunteer 

Work with the Family Cooking Night Lead Organizer to encourage families to adopt cooking and eating together. 

Time commitment: 4 hours per event - the time of the event is 5pm-7pm, plus an hour of set-up and an hour of clean up before and after, on the weeknights
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Minimum Age: 15 years 

Office Volunteer 

Perform administrative tasks under the supervision of the Executive Director or Volunteer Coordinator. Duties may include data entry, research, social networking, or organizing. Communication abilities and basic computer proficiency required. 
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Time Commitment: Regular 2-4 hour commitment required; weekly or monthly, on the weekdays

Minimum Age: 18 years

Special Events Volunteer

Available on an ‘as needed’ basis to help with weekend engagements. Duties may include setting up and tearing down special events displays or representing One Cool Earth by tabling at a school site and community events. 

Time Commitment: Variable (1-5 hours) on the weekend

Minimum Age: 15 years