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Do you enjoy spending time outdoors with fellow gardeners and conservation enthusiasts? Join us for a fun, plant-filled few hours as we unload and distribute our Garden In A Box kits, helping to promote water savings across Colorado.
During Spring and Fall we welcome help from volunteers to help us put on our many Garden In A Box pickup events across Colorado. Our volunteers help these drive-thru events run smoothly – primarily by helping setup for the events, by checking in customers, or helping to load garden orders into cars. These are active, dynamic, social and fun events. No experience necessary – we train all volunteers.
Want to get involved? Great! Join our Volunteer Interest List and we will reach out in spring when we are actively recruiting and scheduling volunteers.
Join our Volunteer Interest List
Got a group? We are also looking for a few organizations or groups to help support our Garden In A Box program in spring and late summer. If you know of a group or organization that might be interested, have them fill out this group volunteering interest form.
See Us In Action
Check out this video showing one of our pickup events to get a better idea of the events themselves and what volunteering might be like.
Volunteering Details
WHERE AND WHEN
We run Garden In A Box pickup events in May, June, August and September across Colorado! A detailed schedule will be posted in March and June.
WHAT TO EXPECT
We welcome volunteer help for the setup shifts and the event shifts of each pickup event. These are physically demanding shifts involving moving trays of plants, bending, squatting, lifting, walking and standing on pavement in all weather conditions. Each pickup event is divided into a setup shift and an event shift opportunity so there are a couple ways to get involved. Learn more in the details sections below.
SETUP SHIFT Details
- Overall vibes: Slow & steady paced 🐢| Behind-the-scenes leaders 🦸🏼♀️ 🦸🏾♂️| Get-it-done attitude ✅
- Tasks:
- Unload, organize, and count trays of plants from the nursery trucks
- Help set up tents, tables, cones, and signage
- Please Note:
- This shift requires lots of lifting, standing, and bending on pavement – it’s physically demanding.
- This shift ends as soon as all the setup tasks are completed, which might be before the scheduled end time.
- All Western Slope setup shift timing is subject to change based on nursery shipping schedules.
EVENT SHIFT Details
- Overall vibes: High energy & fast-paced⚡| Gettin’ our steps in👟| Community-facing leaders 👩🏽🤝👩🏿👬| Teamwork attitude 🙌
- Tasks:
- Check-in customers and retrieve paperwork
- Retrieve and load customers’ garden orders into their cars
- Help clean up at the event
- Occasionally help manage traffic for safety and efficiency
- Please Note:
- This shift requires lots of walking, standing, lifting and bending on pavement – it’s physically demanding.
- This shift does also have a few slightly less physically demanding roles available – like customer check-in.
- This is a customer-facing shift, is high-energy, and requires good communication and teamwork.
NEED TO KNOW
- All volunteers must be 12 years old or older.
- Volunteers 12-18 years old must be accompanied by an adult or guardian.
- View Resource Central’s Volunteer Liability Waiver and Consent Form.
