Day of Caring Central Region

Event Details
Starts:05/16/2025
Ends:05/16/2025
Description:Central Region Day of Caring (Spring 2025)
Click an opportunity below in order to see the full information.
Result: (1-1 of 8)

Opportunity:Wetlands Walk Care

Date:05/16/2025 09:00 AM - 05/16/2025 12:00 PM

Agency:Belknap County Conservation District /Wetlands Walk at Gunstock

The Wetlands Walk includes a 1/4mile wheelchair accessible boardwalk, 2 paths, a side trail and streambank.  Tasks include: painting, sweeping, cleaning surface of algae/lichen/moss, trimming vegetation, removing invasive plants, minor carpentry and other needs that emerge after this is posted.  Parking is close to boardwalk.

Opportunity:Trail maintenance and Garden clean-up

Date:05/16/2025 09:00 AM - 05/16/2025 03:00 PM

Agency:Chapman Sanctuary and Visny Woods

We need volunteers to help prepare our trails for the hiking season.  This includes refreshing trail blazes, cutting back along the sides of the trails with clippers, and clearing fallen branches.


We are also looking for volunteers to help clean-up our gardens.  This would involve raking, cutting back any leftover plants from the fall, possibly mulching as needed.


 

Opportunity:Invasive plant species removal

Date:05/16/2025 10:00 AM - 05/16/2025 02:00 PM

Agency:Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

A fun and productive activity outdoors to rid areas of Oriental Bittersweet and other invasive plants. Volunteers often feel great satisfaction when pulling out long roots and large masses of weeds. It can be dirty and physically challenging, but that adds to the sense of accomplishment. Groups and individuals are welcome.

Opportunity:Granite YMCA Camp Mi-Te-Na: Summer Camp Preparations...away from the office!

Date:05/16/2025 09:00 AM - 05/16/2025 02:00 PM

Agency:The Granite YMCA

In this bucolic setting on Halfmoon Lake, we invite volunteers to help with setting up our low and high ropes courses, prepping the paintball course by making minor improvements to obstacles and structures, and assist with brush and leaf removal. Depending on Spring weather, there might be other projects, too.


 

Opportunity:Island Spring Clean Up for Camp

Date:05/16/2025 09:00 AM - 05/16/2025 12:30 PM

Agency:The Mayhew Program

Join the Mayhew Program as we clean up Mayhew Island to get ready for the boys to arrive at camp.  Mayhew challenges and helps at-risk New Hampshire boys to believe in themselves, work well with others, and find their best.  It is the only all-boys program in the state that combines school-year mentoring and a residential summer program for at-risk boys, tuition-free, through high school graduation.

Opportunity:Gardening at the library

Date:05/16/2025 - 05/16/2025

Agency:Thornton Public Library

We will need volunteers to assist us with weeding and mulching of three gardens as well as the Storybook walk trail  

Opportunity:Washing outside windows

Date:05/16/2025 10:00 AM - 05/16/2025 12:00 PM

Agency:Thornton Public Library

We need willing participants to assist with window washing. 

Opportunity:Garden preparation

Date:05/16/2025 09:00 AM - 05/16/2025 12:00 PM

Agency:Whole Village Family Resource Center

Help UNH Master Gardner prepare the community garden to grow amazing vegetables that are then shared with the community while learning garden skills.