Volunteers Needed - Let's Grow Akron - Earth Week
Volunteer at the events listed below to earn tickets to an Earth Day Pizza and Movie Event on April 22 or passes to Super Saturday at the Akron Zoo on April 25.
Volunteer opportunities:
Neighborhood Cleanup
5 - 7 p.m., Monday, April 20 through Friday, April 24
Meet at Miller Avenue Church of Christ (1095 Edison Ave.) for maps, supplies and instructions.
Garden Cleanup
10 a.m. - noon, Monday, April 20 through Friday, April 24
Check Let's Grow Akron's Facebook page or call 330-745-9700 for daily garden locations and updates.
Great Summit Lake Cleanup
8 a.m., Saturday, April 18 at Summit Lake Park
8 a.m., Saturday, April 25 at Margaret Park Field
For more information or to volunteer, contact Nolan James at 330-485-9399 or njamesjr@gmail.com.
Akronnected
Inform Yourself. Meet Your Neighbors. Make and Impact.
Join Torchbearers and Leadership Akron for a community-wide conversation regarding the opportunities available through the removal of the Innerbelt.
All are welcome so please share with family and friends!
When: May 5th, 2015, 5:30-7:30
Where: BLU Jazz+
Register here
FUEL - Financial Understanding for Emerging Leaders
Learn how to financially FUEL your summer!
Join young professionals from SS&G Wealth for an evening of networking and education. Marc Servodio, CFP will share his top five tips on financial planning, spending, and saving for today's young professional.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Tangier's Restaurant - 532 W Market Street, Akron, OH 44303
RSVP by May 5 to Kimberly Nelson at 330-598-2208 or knelson@SSandG.com
Akron Better Block
The Akron Better Block project will take place Friday, May 15th through Sunday, May 17th at the corner of N Main Street and E Cuyahoga Falls Avenue in the North Hill neighborhood.
There are a number of volunteer opportunities available.
Volunteer opportunities include:building parklets, painting crosswalks, creating an outdoor plaza, and collecting data for the event here. Feel free to share the link with anyone else who might be interested!
If you're unavailable to volunteer, it will be great to see you out at the event! There will be a number of workshops available before and during the event.
Click
here to learn more about Akron Better Block.
Akron Civic Hackathon On Saturday, June 6, SYN/HAK & OSC Tech Lab will host the Akron Civic Hackathon at OSC Tech Lab, 12 E. Exchange St.
The mission of the hackathon is to connect volunteer software and hardware engineers with civic & nonprofits leaders to solve technology based problems organizations may have.
Here's how you can help!
For more information, contact: G. Volt, organizersach@gmail.com
