#volunteering — Public Fediverse posts

The Scrap Space, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
22.9.26 Volunteering Open Day
5-7pm "This is a dedicated time for anyone interested in volunteering to hang out with us and chat to current volunteers."
https://www.weareoverthemoon.org/thescrapspace

#ScrapSpace #Volunteering #Volunteer #SolarPunkSunday #TheScrapSpace #ReUse #Crafts #Sussex #Shoreham #Brighton #UpCycling #Recycling #Textiles

Country pride events struggle to survive as volunteers dwindle
By Rachel Hagan

In the remote WA town of Carnarvon, Queernavon has been running pride events for three years. A lack of volunteers means they may not go ahead this year and organisers worry about what that will mean for the community.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/carnarvon-pride-events-among-those-cancelled-in-regional-wa/107135690

#LGBTQIA #RegionalCommunities #Volunteering #CommunityandCulturalEvents #RachelHagan

On Desktops, Smartphones and Volunteering

Yet another article has been written about how smartphones are a trap we built for ourselves by VOX. The article is paywalled so I didn’t read it but it’s worth commenting on the headline.

This weekend I was in Divonne volunteering at the Triathlon de Divonne and during this time I was surprised by a single thing. I was surprised by how many people I knew through cycling, after-work drinks and one or two from running. Divonne isn’t a place that I go to very often. I usually go on the last Saturday of the month, to ride with friends.

One of those friends deals with the Triathlon de Divonne, so that’s why I volunteered. In so doing I found that my ties to Divonne are stronger than I expected. When I ran at the Wake Up and Run event I was surprised by how few people I knew were there, whereas with the Triathlon the opposite is true.

It is also worth noting that by volunteering at this event I spent the entire day with people, whether it was children transitioning at the bike park from, swimming to cycling, to running, or adults placing their bikes, to cars waiting to be able to pass due to us blocking the roads for cyclist safety.

We often blame smart phones for isolating us but recently I heard a comment about how much homework children get, and how as it increases children stop playing outside. With time that isolation increases, and increases. If you have homework groups then theoretically you undercut that isolation, but in practice it’s easier, logistically to go home.

As we become adults, in the world of work, we are desk bound to computer based jobs and if we get up for a little chat we are immediately told off for slacking off. The irony is that if you’re a smoker that slacking off is accepted, but if you’re a non-smoker, chatting with a smoker then you’re a slacker. Remember Rachel Green in Friends for a 90s example.

We love to blame smartphones for being a trap but we don’t consider our computer based jobs in high pressure environments that require us to be focused and unsociable.

Before smartphones, and data plans Blackberry and some Nokia phones had data but it required a special plan. Before that you needed your laptop and either a network port and cable, or a wifi card. With smartphones you get convenience.

For the last two days, people with their bibs and bike stickers should recover their bikes. If they didn’t have their smartphones, with the confirmation e-mail bike recovery was complicated. Those that did not have their phones had to leave their bikes, get their bib or some other form of identification before being allowed to depart.

Smartphones are seen as an addiction centre by many, but that’s because plenty of people don’t remember why smartphones make life more convenient. Would you want to go to a triathlon with your laptop, left in a bag, in a locker?

The article wrote about mindless scrolling on a smartphone, despite being a new parent and my comment to that is simple. Until 2007 social networks were small communities of like minded people in the middle of conversation. From 2007 onwards, with hashtags, and zynga farming games we shifted from conversations with friends to spamming with friends, with various requests.

With Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, when we had conversations within tight knit communities, with our sharing of photos, we weren’t mindlessly scrolling. We were socialising.

When Twitter shifted to hashtags the social aspect was lost, and when Instagram was sold to Facebook it went from community to influencers. It went from being a social investment to being a waste of time, for advertisers and influencers to spam us.

Remember, social media, via smart phones was made ubiquitous and convenient, but with the wrong moral compass being used, apps that connected us disconnected us. Today if we use FB and Twitter, and Instagram we’re being antisocial to those we are with. Before social media was the glue that bound us together as a community. Seesmeetups, and Tweetups, and uni friend events.

Photos of ID cards helped people who didn’t have their ID cards with them prove that they were who they said they were via photos of their ID cards, and other people could get their bibs sooner, because they had the confirmation e-mail, without printing out, saving plenty of paper. In theory it saved 1100 pieces of paper from being printed.

In the post social media age it makes sense to volunteer to events where you’re surrounded by people, to join running groups and to join cycling groups, because, in so doing, you leave your phone in your pocket and live in the moment.

Dark design patterns encourage us to waste time on devices. If, instead of blaming the technology, we held app designers to account, then apps would provide real value instead of wasting our time, especially reels.

I hate that we can spend hours watching pointless reels, with no engagement, no value, and no reward. We’re not social, we’re not learning, we’re not getting value, and yet we’re wasting hours.

Remember, pre-Facebok Instagram was a social network based on friends we knew in person. We don’t need to give up smartphones to revert to healthier habits, just the toxic apps.

On Desktops, Smartphones and Volunteering

Yet another article has been written about how smartphones are a trap we built for ourselves by VOX. The article is paywalled so I didn’t read it but it’s worth commenting on the headline.

This weekend I was in Divonne volunteering at the Triathlon de Divonne and during this time I was surprised by a single thing. I was surprised by how many people I knew through cycling, after-work drinks and one or two from running. Divonne isn’t a place that I go to very often. I usually go on the last Saturday of the month, to ride with friends.

One of those friends deals with the Triathlon de Divonne, so that’s why I volunteered. In so doing I found that my ties to Divonne are stronger than I expected. When I ran at the Wake Up and Run event I was surprised by how few people I knew were there, whereas with the Triathlon the opposite is true.

It is also worth noting that by volunteering at this event I spent the entire day with people, whether it was children transitioning at the bike park from, swimming to cycling, to running, or adults placing their bikes, to cars waiting to be able to pass due to us blocking the roads for cyclist safety.

We often blame smart phones for isolating us but recently I heard a comment about how much homework children get, and how as it increases children stop playing outside. With time that isolation increases, and increases. If you have homework groups then theoretically you undercut that isolation, but in practice it’s easier, logistically to go home.

As we become adults, in the world of work, we are desk bound to computer based jobs and if we get up for a little chat we are immediately told off for slacking off. The irony is that if you’re a smoker that slacking off is accepted, but if you’re a non-smoker, chatting with a smoker then you’re a slacker. Remember Rachel Green in Friends for a 90s example.

We love to blame smartphones for being a trap but we don’t consider our computer based jobs in high pressure environments that require us to be focused and unsociable.

Before smartphones, and data plans Blackberry and some Nokia phones had data but it required a special plan. Before that you needed your laptop and either a network port and cable, or a wifi card. With smartphones you get convenience.

For the last two days, people with their bibs and bike stickers should recover their bikes. If they didn’t have their smartphones, with the confirmation e-mail bike recovery was complicated. Those that did not have their phones had to leave their bikes, get their bib or some other form of identification before being allowed to depart.

Smartphones are seen as an addiction centre by many, but that’s because plenty of people don’t remember why smartphones make life more convenient. Would you want to go to a triathlon with your laptop, left in a bag, in a locker?

The article wrote about mindless scrolling on a smartphone, despite being a new parent and my comment to that is simple. Until 2007 social networks were small communities of like minded people in the middle of conversation. From 2007 onwards, with hashtags, and zynga farming games we shifted from conversations with friends to spamming with friends, with various requests.

With Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, when we had conversations within tight knit communities, with our sharing of photos, we weren’t mindlessly scrolling. We were socialising.

When Twitter shifted to hashtags the social aspect was lost, and when Instagram was sold to Facebook it went from community to influencers. It went from being a social investment to being a waste of time, for advertisers and influencers to spam us.

Remember, social media, via smart phones was made ubiquitous and convenient, but with the wrong moral compass being used, apps that connected us disconnected us. Today if we use FB and Twitter, and Instagram we’re being antisocial to those we are with. Before social media was the glue that bound us together as a community. Seesmeetups, and Tweetups, and uni friend events.

Photos of ID cards helped people who didn’t have their ID cards with them prove that they were who they said they were via photos of their ID cards, and other people could get their bibs sooner, because they had the confirmation e-mail, without printing out, saving plenty of paper. In theory it saved 1100 pieces of paper from being printed.

In the post social media age it makes sense to volunteer to events where you’re surrounded by people, to join running groups and to join cycling groups, because, in so doing, you leave your phone in your pocket and live in the moment.

Dark design patterns encourage us to waste time on devices. If, instead of blaming the technology, we held app designers to account, then apps would provide real value instead of wasting our time, especially reels.

I hate that we can spend hours watching pointless reels, with no engagement, no value, and no reward. We’re not social, we’re not learning, we’re not getting value, and yet we’re wasting hours.

Remember, pre-Facebok Instagram was a social network based on friends we knew in person. We don’t need to give up smartphones to revert to healthier habits, just the toxic apps.

Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do-supervised-school-volunteers-now-need-dbs-checks/

Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do-supervised-school-volunteers-now-need-dbs-checks/

Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do-supervised-school-volunteers-now-need-dbs-checks/

Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do-supervised-school-volunteers-now-need-dbs-checks/

Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do-supervised-school-volunteers-now-need-dbs-checks/

My daughter wants £4,500 to volunteer in Costa Rica – I’m sorry, what now?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/14/daughter-wants-4-500-volunteer-costa-rica-im-sorry-now-29586874/

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/53011/ Experiment e.V. verbindet flexiblen Freiwilligendienst in Asien und Mosambik mit persönlicher Weiterentwicklung, Experiment e.V., Story #Ausland #Austauschjahr #Austauschorganisation #EhrenamtlichesEngagement #Experiment #ExperimentEV #FlexiblerFreiwilligendienst #Freiwilligendienst #gemeinnützig #InterkulturelleErfahrung #InterkulturelleErfahrungen #Mosambik #Mozambique #SozialeProjekte #Volunteering

Enfield woman shows why age is no barrier to volunteering

Dionne John on how an 85-year-old volunteer is making a difference at a local foodbank Ordnance Pantry volunteer…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #EnfieldLock #foodbanks #volunteering
https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/24065/

Pa. food bank highlights hunger relief during Hunger Action Month https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/2003/ #27CountyServiceArea #advocacy #CentralPennsylvania #CentralPennsylvaniaFoodBank #CentreCounty #ChildrenFoodInsecurity #ColumbiaCounty #donating #FoodBank #FoodInsecurity #FoodPantries #HungerActionMonth #HungerRelief #HungerReliefPartners #Lancaster #LebanonCounty #NourishingNeighborsTogether #pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaFood #volunteering #Williamsport #YorkCounty

Gardening, Mentorship Growing Together at Boys & Girls Club of Watertown | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1901789/gardening-mentorship-growing-together-at-boys-girls-club-of-watertown-local-news/ #agriculture #Boys&GirlsClub #Boys&GirlsClubsOfAmerica #child #community #culture #food #garden #gardening #kxlg #mentorship #parks #plants #RaisedBedGardening #SouthDakota #Vegetable #Volunteering #watertown #Youth

Gardening, Mentorship Growing Together at Boys & Girls Club of Watertown | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1901789/gardening-mentorship-growing-together-at-boys-girls-club-of-watertown-local-news/ #agriculture #Boys&GirlsClub #Boys&GirlsClubsOfAmerica #child #community #culture #food #garden #gardening #kxlg #mentorship #parks #plants #RaisedBedGardening #SouthDakota #Vegetable #Volunteering #watertown #Youth

Our Journey Begins

On Wednesday morning, we will be on our way. First, we’ll take a couple days to travel to my favorite place, Pentwater, Michigan. There, we’ll spend two weeks with family. This is our time to be with our family, with our grown children and other family members all the way down to our great niece and nephew.

When we leave Michigan, for the first time ever, we won’t head home. Rather, we’ll take 15 days to journey to the Grand Canyon. There, we’ll volunteer as camp hosts for two and a half months. I feel like we’ve moved heaven and earth for this possibility.

A couple of years ago, we took a cruise to Alaska. This was a long held hope and dream of mine, and I could hardly believe we’d made it. I kept thinking something would prevent us from reaching this personal frontier. Once on the cruise ship, headed north, I had to pinch myself to know for sure, this was really happening.

I feel the same way about volunteering at the Grand Canyon. To be and live in this iconic National Park almost seems too great of a thing that could happen to me. Even now, I hope I’m not jinxing myself – as we are not there yet.

We applied for this volunteer position back in September. Amanda, the NPS Park ranger for the volunteers, contacted us expressing interest and wanting to set up an interview.

Then the government shutdown happened.

I knew we wouldn’t hear anything for a while. However, we did receive an email from Amanda saying she would contact us after the shutdown ended. That shutdown now seems like a distant memory, doesn’t it?

Long story short, we eventually interviewed and were selected. This was a surprise because I thought we’d be eliminated since the date range for the position was five months, and because of our Michigan tradition, we were only available for the second half. We’re not giving up Pentwater, even for the Grand Canyon.

But this didn’t knock us out. Instead, out of 70 applicants, we were some of the ones chosen. We got the lucky ticket in this lottery.

We had more paperwork to do, including some online forms and creating a resume for both Dan and I. Then, they requested for Dan to get fingerprinted. Not digital fingerprints, like we did for LBJ National Historical Park. Rather, real ink fingerprints with an authorized agency. We found an agency 30 minutes away from where we were in Big Cypress. Then we had to take a picture of the prints and various forms and email that in through a protected server. Once all was approved, we then had to FedEx everything to … somewhere. I don’t even remember where anymore. The FedEx was another 30 minutes away from where we were in Big Cypress.

It puzzled us that they only asked Dan to do this. I should have asked about why they didn’t ask me.

However, they did ask me. Except I didn’t know as it was sent to an incorrect email. So, back to the ink fingerprint joint, email extravaganza, and finally to the busy FedEx office on Marco Island. This process from being accepted to getting this all done took about four months, keeping in mind that each 30 minute trip was a week or more given our volunteer work schedule in the Preserve. Factor in communication time, and it’s just about four months.

Finally, we were all set up and approved!

Then we found out Dan has prostate cancer.

A scheduled biopsy turns into two unscheduled stints in the hospital. Once through that debacle, a consultation. Then a decision to “wait and watch”, but a later PSA test turns up the heat, and he decides for surgery. Another consultation, all the while waiting, wondering, will we still get to go?

The surgeon, based on the results of Dan’s genetic testing of the cancer cells, confirms, it is just fine for us to wait until November, after our Grand Canyon expedition. So, then we ask, can we wait until March or April? You know, Dan really doesn’t like cold weather. The surgeon says…”Well, you could…”, but then wavers a bit, throwing cold water on the idea. So we count our blessings and stick with the November schedule.

This is good with us. We had been in the process of setting up a gig with an Arizona State Park, but once we learned of the cancer diagnosis, we bowed out. We wanted to give the coordinator plenty of time to find other volunteers.

But here we are. Ready to go. Fingers crossed and God willing.

I can’t help but think when I look out over that canyon for the first time and try to take in its immense beauty and splendor, I’ll stand there with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. It will be a moment when I thank God for getting us there, giving us this opportunity, and amazing us with the glory of His creation. It will all be worth it. Don’t you think? Of this, I have no doubt.

Sometimes people tell us to "get a job" as if it's that simple.

There are multitudinous good reasons why we:
1. Consider our work for Vulpine Labs and the local community more important than any run of the mill "job".
2. Cannot seriously be expected to attain traditional employment.
3. Shun traditional models of pay in favour of Mutual Aid.

And we won't let capitalism grind us down.

Today, Atha:
Reset the mouse traps in the bus
Cleared snow off the bus and car (altitude does not care for your "seasons", mere mortals)
Got a new phone from a good friend
Set up an LELink LeafSpy OBD2 device to help diagnose and fix the car
Did some reading at the library to get back in the mood for learning Python

And Inara:
Did trans HRT injections
Did some cleaning and tidying
Took the car to do a slow charge session
Did some phone setup
Will likely cook food for us and a homeless friend, and do some VR.

If you want to fling us some currency to keep the mardy old system at bay and fill up the bus's thirsty diesel tank, feel free to send to
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune or
https://PayPal.me/athamanatha or
Cashapp $athamanatha
Wise and some limited bank transfer options also available on request.

#buslife #poor #mutualaid #pleasedonate #helpfolkslive2026 #helpthehomeless #share4reach #boost4reach #queermutualaid #homeless #queer #homelessmutualaid #trans #transmutualaid #hrt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #electriccar #diagnostics #EV #nissanleaf #snow #library #books #python #programming #syntax #code #androidphone #unemployable #unemployed #underemployed #volunteering #community #fuelprices #communesandconvoys

Butterfly Conservation
https://butterfly-conservation.org/how-you-can-help/get-involved/volunteering

#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Nature #ButterflyConservation #Butterflies #Moths #Volunteering #Volunteer #Conservation

#SacoME #EarthDay #Cleanup

Come Celebrate Earth Day in Saco!

April 24 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

"Registration is NOW OPEN!

Each year, the Saco Parks & Recreation Department offers an opportunity to bring the community together to clean up and prepare the local green spaces and parks for spring and summer! It is now more important than ever to focus on our green space, clean energy, eliminating waste, and becoming an eco-friendly community.

"#ecomaine is proud to be part of this year’s celebration! Stop by our table at the #SacoCommunityCenter at the start of the day to pick up #recycling resources, meet our education team, and learn about the sustainable waste programs available to Saco residents. At the end of the cleanup, we’ll be weighing the trash collected from parks, trails, and open spaces across the city so volunteers can see the real impact their community made together.

"Looking to get involved? Join your neighbors to volunteer in Saco and help clean up and prepare local parks for spring and summer. Duties include #TrashPickUp, #weeding, #mulching, raking, and more. This event is (light) rain or shine!


Schedule of Events:

When: Friday, April 24th, 2026
Where: Our very own Saco parks, schools, trails, and open spaces!
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Please meet at the Saco Community Center at 9:00am to check-in. Everyone who registers by the T-shirt deadline will pick up their shirts.
We will also have coffee and refreshments for everyone so that we can fuel up before we go!
Volunteers will disperse to your locations after we take a group photo!
Fee: FREE but must pre-register!
Ages: Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.


Earth Day Location Options:

Please only sign up for one location.

Options this year include:

Diamond Riverside Park: On Irving St. overlooking the Saco River.

Pepperell Park: Located around the Saco Dog Park and Fairfield School on Beach St./School St. - nice and quiet (and shaded!).

Front Street Park and River Walk Trail: On Front St. near the river and boat launch and includes the new walkway.

Cascade Falls Trail: Located on Cascade Rd. off of Route 1.

Haley Park: Located on King St. near the Saco Community Garden.

Saco Community Center: 75 Franklin St.

Saco Middle School: 40 Buxton Rd.

Memorial Park at CK Burns School: 135 Middle Street

Jubilee Park: Covered bridge park on Water Street.

Rendezvous Point & Outlook Cemeteries

If your preferred location has reached capacity, please register for another site. There are plenty of opportunities to help us prepare Saco's parks for the spring and summer!"

To sign up:
https://sacome.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=28247

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #EarthDay2026 #ParkCleanups #CommunitySpaces #CemeteryCleanups #BuildingCommunity #Volunteering

More #volunteers are always needed, from around the world. If you're feeling despair & helplessness, please look into volunteering from home to alleviate the sadness/anger & empower yourself to refill your soul hope bank.

https://freedomflotilla.org/i-want-to-help/

#HelpFreedomFlotilla #WaysToHelp #Volunteering #HelpFromAfar #FreedomFlotilla #HumanitarianAid #GlobalGazaSolidarity #FreePalestine #FeedPalestine #PalestineSolidarity #PeaceActivists #LiberationForPalestine

#NatureSocietySingapore #Rewilding Project

"Would you like to do your part in making #Singapore a greener space and spend some time to soak in the benefits of #MotherNature?

"Our Rewilding Project is one of Nature Society Singapore’s (NSS) signature programmes. This project is in collaboration with NParks’ #OneMillionTrees Movement along the #RailCorridor (North).

"Our main aim is to fulfill the goal of having the Rail Corridor as a conduit for plants and wildlife and also to provide a continuous canopy cover.

"This increases the opportunities to bring back rare species and contributes to carbon sequestration and storage along this stretch of potential green space.

"We are encouraging our NSS members and members of the public to be involved in the whole process of tree planting. These processes involve grass & weed clearance, site maintenance and of course, tree planting."

FMI:
https://www.nss.org.sg/nss-rewilding/

#SolarPunkSunday #Greenspace #GreenCities #NatureCorridor #RailsToTrails #Volunteering

Transforming an Old Sugar Factory into a Nature Reserve - videos.trom.tf/w/9vLfZHu1ih9za…

In June we've been in Slovenia in incredible place. The former Ormož sugar factory was closed and now it's wastewater basins and transformed into grasslands, wetlands and Nature reserve by NGO DOPPS. Now it's called - Ormož Basins Nature Reserve

If you want to visit it : ptice.si/en/nature-conservati
to know more about DOPPS : ptice.si/en/

======================================================
Become a member of Be Brave To Act:
patreon.com/BeBraveToAct

Donate via paypal : paypal.com/donate?hosted_

#nature #conservation #volunteering #bbta #bebrave

🎉 Day 1️⃣4️⃣️ of the Open Food Facts Feature Calendar: User Contributions 🎁

If you have an Open Food Facts account, you can see how many products you added, photographed, or edited. See your impact on the community! 📈

#OpenFoodFacts #app #volunteering #opensource #community #foodproducts #volunteer #nonprofit #data #food #citizenaction #digitalcommons

Julia, feeding assorted #apples into the #FruitPressing machine.

#LifecyclesProject #ViewRoyal #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Grassroots #NonProfit #CommunityOrchard #CommunityFood #LegacyPark #CommunityBased #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #fruits #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodTrees #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #volunteers #CommunityWork #harvest #ApplePress #MakingJuice #WellandCommunityOrchard #FreeEvent

Rake & Radish #Harvest #WorkParty photos #slideshow video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgZy_9hpPE

https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers #Farming #QueerOwned

#tomatoes & #marigolds that I #harvested at farm today. Also showing size of massive #SwissChard 👩‍🌾😊

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

How about them big dills?
Massive pickling #cukes at the farm!

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #cucumbers

#Harvest #WorkParty #volunteers in the crop fields.

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

Had an amazing time at Rake & Radish #harvest #WorkParty today!

Met some wonderful fellow local #FoodSecurity community volunteers too. Ardeo, #queer #farm owner, is a fantastic small scale #farmer, amazing person & is also involved with Queer Crafternoon community too.

Check out the #SmallScaleFarm website:
https://rakeandradish.ca/

#SupportLocalFarmers #YYJfarms #FarmFoods #volunteering #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Volunteers #FarmHarvest #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #CordovaBay #SmallFarmers #VanIsleFarms #QueerFarm #LGBTQ2Sfriendly #FoodGrowers #FlowerGrowers

Another weekend, another #EagleScout project for Troop 3 Easton. This time, we are painting and staining fences along the stairs that wind their way up the Southside hill.

And weeding and picking up trash, which are precursors to painting. #EastonPA #Volunteering #civicduty #Scouting

A Weekend in the Gardens - notes from our home garden and a nearby volunteer garden we work in that grows produce for food banks.

Follow the link for information and more photographs

https://richardgregson.ca/2023/04/22/a-weekend-in-the-gardens/

#Wildflowers #Garden #Volunteering #Birds #PurpleFinch #Produce #Foodbanks #Baiedurfe #Montreal