10,000+ kids are in foster care in Mass. Fostering Care seeks to support children in foster care and their foster families by providing basic necessities and personal care items. At this event we will assemble items donated into age-appropriate backpacks for kids in transition. We will also have some food, some fun, and celebrate community!
Come to Cape Ann Art Haven for some buoy painting fun! Join us to paint buoys for the 2019 Bluefin Blowout, benefiting the Alzheimer's Association. This is a free event, and all ages are welcome! Buoys have generously been provided by Three Lantern Marine & Fishing.
Come share your pride in Ryal Side and help remove the trash that has been left and collected in our parks and on our streets over the winter. Ryal Side is the best neighborhood in this city, let’s do our part to make it the most beautiful! Please bring your work gloves, rakes, brooms, shovels, etc.
Join the Trustess of Reservations on Earth Day at Crane Beach in Ipswich Massachsuetts for their Annual Earth Day beach cleanup! The harsh winter ocean can deliver tons of marine debris to our shores, and before shorebird season gets into full swing we aim to sweep the beach of trash. Due to the high interest we usually get for this event, we ask that people register in advance.
Come to Dane Street Beach to help with a post-winter cleanup. Salem Sound Coastwatch is looking for volunteers to help clean up debris washed up by the winter storms! We will provide buckets, trash bags and gloves.
Carry on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Craft a care package for families in need, or plant a seed and support The New Garden Society's work providing horticulture training for incarcerated students in the Greater Boston area. Excerpts of Dr. King's speeches will play every hour in the Courtyard.
Community Projects | Bertucci Education Studio | 11 am - 4 pm
As part of COASTSWEEP 2018, volunteers are encouraged to come to Dane Street Beach to help in the statewide effort to keep our coastline clean along the shore in Salem Massachusetts. Trash collected will be measured and analyzed, and the data will be sent to Washington DC to aid the government in creating legislation to minimize trash in our oceans! This specific cleanup is coordinated by Salem Sound Coastwatch.
As part of COASTSWEEP 2018, volunteers are encouraged to come to Front Beach or Back Beach to help in the statewide effort to keep our coastline clean along the shore of Rockport Massachsuetts. Trash collected will be measured and analyzed, and the data will be sent to Washington DC to aid the government in creating legislation to minimize trash in our oceans!
As part of COASTSWEEP 2018, volunteers are encouraged to come to Stage Fort Park to help in the statewide effort to keep our coastline clean along the shore in Gloucester, Massachsuetts. Trash collected will be measured and analyzed, and the data will be sent to Washington DC to aid the government in creating legislation to minimize trash in our oceans! This specific cleanup is coordinated by Ted Maney and the Boston Sea Rovers.
As part of COASTSWEEP 2018, Joppa Flats Education Center and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge encourage volunteers to come to Plum Island and help in the statewide effort to keep our coastline clean. COASTSWEEP is the annual statewide cleanup of Massachusetts coastal and riverine environments. Over more than 20 years, COASTSWEEP has engaged thousands of volunteers in cleaning hundreds of miles of shoreline and riverbanks.
