Volunteers are needed!

As you know, to meet the grant requirements, all Go Blue! particpants must volunteer 10 hours per household.  If you’ve met with a designer or attended a raingarden workshop, you’re already well on your way (keep track of those activities–you’ll be asked to complete a volunteer form later).

It’s easy to do.

As luck would have it, Go Blue! has some fun & easy volunteer needs that can also help you meet the requirement…. the most pressing need is for numerous volunteers to make light work of the big Go Blue! Diamond Lake celebration picnic June 18 at Pearl Park.

We hope you are planning to bring the whole family to this exciting celebration! We also hope you can spare an hour handing out our cool Go Blue! t-shirts—or dishing up hot dogs—or something. Go Blue! households and volunteers get free t-shirts! (So recruit a friend to volunteer—they get a t-shirt, too.)

See the complete list of volunteer opps, below, then….

To volunteer, please contact Gail Schaal at 763-392-5920 or gschaal@hedbergaggregates.com ASAP.  We especially need to get volunteers for the picnic signed up this week.

Thank you for being part of Go Blue! and helping to improve Diamond Lake!

Go Blue! Diamond Lake VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
These count toward 10-hour/household participant volunteer requirements

MOST PRESSING NEEDS:
For the Go Blue! Celebration Picnic, June 18, 4-7:00 pm, Pearl Park
(Mostly 1-hour shifts)

Driver (with trailer & hitch)
1- 2:00 PM
Pick up Bounce House at Paul’s Rental at 63rd & Penn; deliver to Pearl Park
Griller (4 people)
One hour shifts starting at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, or 6:30
Grill hot dogs for picnic

Table/Chair/Canopy Set up (3 people)
2 – 4:00 pm
Set up tables/chairs/10 x 10 easy-up canopies for picnic (for eating, games, displays)

Tables/chairs/canopy Teardown (3 people)
7 – 8:00 pm
Tear down tables/chairs/10 x 10 easy-up canopies return to closet in Multi-Purpose Room

Buffet Table Helper (8 people, 2 per shift)
One hour shifts starting at 3, 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Run hot dogs to chafing dishes; set out buns; watermelon slices; condiments & cookies; make more lemonade if needed, etc.

Monitor Kid’s Coloring table (3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Set out coloring paper; Crayola Washable markers; string/rope (plus clothes pins) to hang some of the pictures up – if doing under a canopy

Facepainting for children (3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Paint flowers, frogs, leaves, etc. on children’s faces

Stormwater Management Relay Game for Youth (5 people)
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Help at Station #1 where youth sort trash into recycling bins
Help at Station #2 where kids pour motor oil (really pancake syrup) into proper container
Help at Station #3 where youth plant artificial flowers/mulch
Help at Station #4 where kids rake up leaves & place in a compostable paper bag
Help at Station #5 where youth rake up “pet waste” (really brown Playdoh

Go Blue T-shirt Distribution (3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Help distribute Go Blue t-shirts to the Go Blue participating families

MCWD Enviroscape Display    (3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Children can sprinkle “pollution” (colored powder) and see what happens when it “rains”.
MCWD “Your Street Connects to Rivers & Lakes” Display”(3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Display has a pipe where users can drop balls of “stormwater” in the storm drain.

Photographer (3 people)
One hour shifts starting at 4, 5, and 6:00 pm
Take digital photos at the picnic & deliver them to Friends of Diamond Lake afterward.

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OTHER Go Blue! VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

More volunteers are needed for the following projects.  These are fun and easy ways to help Diamond Lake and to fulfill the Go Blue! participant volunteer requirement.

Go Blue! volunteer needs (click titles for descriptions)
• Education Project Manager
• Documentary Project Manager
• Documentary Photographers & Videographers
• Adopt-a-Storm-Drain Project Manager
• Adopt-a-Storm-Drain Recruiters

If you just want to fulfill your 10-hour participant volunteer requirement, here are some additional ideas (some of these are so easy, you’ve probably already done them):

• Help out at the Celebration Picnic June 18 at Pearl Park (see list, above)
• Attend a water quality workshop (raingardens, responsible lawn care, etc.) More will be offered by Friends of Diamond Lake this summer.
• Install the plants in your raingarden — or your neighbor’s!
• Meet with a Go Blue! project designer
• Take before & after photos of your project and submit them
• Assist with education projects & workshops (Education Project Manager will coordinate)
• Distribute Blue Thumb Guides
• Adopt a Storm Drain

Read the volunteer job descriptions online, then contact Gail Schaal at 763-392-5920 or gschaal@hedbergaggregates.com to volunteer.