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March 2011 - Issue 1
Greetings!

A big thanks to each of you who volunteered time in March and April to assist with our EarthKeeper'sŪ programs, as well as those who joined us for our joyous Mother's Day Celebration with the Dallas Women's Chorus last Sunday.  With your help, we were able to serve thousands of children and welcome hundreds of visitors to our garden and butterfly house.

They say April showers bring May flowers.  True or not, we have flowers and plants galore at Texas Discovery Gardens in preparation for our semi-annual Butterfly Plant Sale this month!  Those plants don't just sell themselves.  We hope you'll consider joining us this month as a plant sale volunteer.

We also have plans to wrap up the month of May in a big way on Memorial Day weekend.  The Fair Park campus is hosting CityArts.  Texas Discovery Gardens will be open for free to public during scheduled times of the weekend and hosting an activity booth in the children's area outside.  If you have a few hours to share with us, we would love to have you out.

As always, if you find difficulty registering online to volunteer, please contact me by email or phone and we can be sure you're added to the schedule.

 

Marisa Hettinger

Program & Volunteer Manager

214-428-7476 x240

volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org 

In This Issue
Butterfly Plant Sale
Memorial Day Festivities
Arts & Crafts @CityArts
Get in a Groove!
May Butterfly Plant Sale

May 20th, 3:30PM - 7:00PM
May 21st, 9:30AM - 2:30PM
Mandatory Orientation May 17th, 6-8PM

Volunteer your time at our plant sale and be one of the first to shop our selection during our orientation on Tuesday, May 17th from 6-8PM.  Membership discounts apply to volunteers who are also members of TDG.

We are seeking volunteers with rudimentary plant knowledge to assist with sales tickets.  Volunteers are also needed in other areas to assist with water sales, crowd control, TDG membership sales and more.

 

Sign Up Online: Visit our online calendar sign up.
Sign Up by Email: volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Sign Up by Phone: Contact Marisa at 214-428-7476 x240
Memorial Day Weekend
May 28th - 30th, Shifts Daily
9:30AM-12:30PM
Noon-3:00PM
2:30PM-5:30PM


CityArts will be in our own backyard and TDG will be offering free admission during select hours on this 3-day holiday weekend.  Needless to say, we're expecting large crowds!  If you have 3 hours to share with TDG on your holiday weekend, we would love to have you out.  Want to volunteer more than 3 hours?  Contact our volunteer coordinator directly by phone or email and let her know!

 

Sign Up Online: Visit our online calendar sign up.
Sign Up by Email: volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Sign Up by Phone: Contact Marisa at 214-428-7476 x240
Arts & Crafts Booth @CityArts
May 28th, 10:45AM - 3:00PM or 2:00PM - 6:00PM
May 29th, 11:45AM - 3:30PM or 2:30PM - 6:00PM 


Are you outgoing?  Do you enjoy engaging with the public?  Want to share your love of Texas Discovery Gardens with others?

We are in need of outgoing volunteers to represent Texas Discovery Gardens at our CityArts booth on Memorial Day Weekend.  Sign up for a shift and come early or stay after to enjoy the rest of Fair Park's CityArts Festival.

 

Sign Up Online: Visit our online calendar sign up.
Sign Up by Email: volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Sign Up by Phone: Contact Marisa at 214-428-7476 x240
Get in a Groove!
Shifts available 7 Days a Week 

 

Here at Texas Discovery Gardens, we're open to the public 7 days a week from 10AM-5PM.  We are always in need of wonderful and willing volunteers to serve as greeters, field trip guides, butterfly house docents and more!  If your schedule accommodates, consider contacting our Volunteer Manager to schedule a regular day of the week or month to volunteer at Texas Discovery Gardens.  Of course, if you prefer to take things week by week, Volunteer Spot will always have the latest volunteer needs posted.  All shift times can be flexed to work with individual volunteer needs, just give us a call! 

 

Sign Up Online: Visit our online calendar sign up.
Sign Up by Email: volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Sign Up by Phone: Contact Marisa at 214-428-7476 x240
Gift Shop Inventory
Thursday, June 2nd, 9AM-5PM

The months have flown by!  It's time for another Gift Shop inventory at Texas Discovery Gardens.  We are seeking volunteers to join us all day on Thursday, June 2nd to assist with inventory.  If you are available to help for the full day or a portion of the day, please contact Volunteer Manager, Marisa Hettinger, directly by phone or email.

 

Sign Up by Email: volunteers@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Sign Up by Phone: Contact Marisa at 214-428-7476 x240