2016
“We do not need magic to change the world.
We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” J.K. Rowling
We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” J.K. Rowling
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JANUARY Coat Drive Public Coat Drive Schools FEBRUARY - Starfish Squad MARCH - Starfish Squad APRIL - Starfish Squad MAY 5/17-VFW Post 9617 Flag Planting at St. John's & Woodland Cemetery JUNE Hope in Motion Summer Music Festival Stamford Concert JULY 7/15 - Flag pickup w/VFW AUGUST Emergency Assistance - Food, Clothing, Toiletries NCH Soup Kitchen prep & serve SEPTEMBER 9/17-International Coastal Cleanup at West Beach for Save the Sound |
OCTOBER
All month - Coat Drives in: Stamford, Weston, Westport, New Canaan, Danbury, Greenwich All month - Toiletry Drive with Davenport Gator Greats NOVEMBER All month - Coat Drive Connecticut All month - BH Kids learning to be Backyard Humanitarians BH Kids - Toiletry Drive w/Gator Greats Coat Drive Schools: Davenport Elementary, The Mead School DECEMBER Coat Drive - Giving 900 coats! phase 2/Davenport Ridge - Toy Drive with Stamford Fire Dpt |
BH support for the 2016 Annual Toy Drive with
Stamford Professional Fire Fighters Association
The Stamford Daily Voice Write up - Stamford Firefighters Prepare To Play Santa And Deliver Thousands Of Toys http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/stamford-firefighters-prepare-to-play-santa-and-deliver-thousands-of-toys/693398/
From now until 12/16 - BH volunteers will be supporting the Annual Toy Drive with Stamford Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Stamford Firefighters will help Santa with giving gifts to kids in the Stamford area / families, shelters and the hospital. There is a great need. We will need many Backyard Humanitarians & Stamford friends to help with collecting & donating.
Donations can be dropped off at:
Central Fire Station – 629 Main Street
South End Fire Station- 215 Washington Blvd.
Westside Fire Station- 80 Fairfield Avenue
Shippan Fire Station- 364 Shippan Avenue
Woodside Fire Station- 1620 Washington Blvd.
Glenbrook Fire Station- 17 Arthur Place
Engine Company #7- 987 Hope Street (Springdale Station)
Engine Company #8- 268 Turn of River Road
Engine Company #9- 50 Roxbury Road (Stamford EMS)
If you'd like to be a BH volunteer on the team or leader on this project to help coordinate, please let us know.
1. SPREAD THE WORD & DONATE A TOY!
Backyard Humanitarians are asked to help spread the word about this drive with the details of where people can drop off their toys.
Toys are being collected at the Fire Houses in Stamford. Post on social media, call, text or email everyone you know to let them know they can help.
2. REMEMBER THE TEENS!
Gifts are needed for every age.
BH are asked to help with collecting toys with older kids in mind.
3. WRAP WITH US!
BH Volunteers can sign up to help SFD with wrapping the toys on tentative date of 12/16. Please bring wrapping paper, tape & scissors.
EMAIL US - BACKYARDHUMANITARIAN@GMAIL.COM
BH: Angela - BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com
SFD: Brian Slattery
From now until 12/16 - BH volunteers will be supporting the Annual Toy Drive with Stamford Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Stamford Firefighters will help Santa with giving gifts to kids in the Stamford area / families, shelters and the hospital. There is a great need. We will need many Backyard Humanitarians & Stamford friends to help with collecting & donating.
Donations can be dropped off at:
Central Fire Station – 629 Main Street
South End Fire Station- 215 Washington Blvd.
Westside Fire Station- 80 Fairfield Avenue
Shippan Fire Station- 364 Shippan Avenue
Woodside Fire Station- 1620 Washington Blvd.
Glenbrook Fire Station- 17 Arthur Place
Engine Company #7- 987 Hope Street (Springdale Station)
Engine Company #8- 268 Turn of River Road
Engine Company #9- 50 Roxbury Road (Stamford EMS)
If you'd like to be a BH volunteer on the team or leader on this project to help coordinate, please let us know.
1. SPREAD THE WORD & DONATE A TOY!
Backyard Humanitarians are asked to help spread the word about this drive with the details of where people can drop off their toys.
Toys are being collected at the Fire Houses in Stamford. Post on social media, call, text or email everyone you know to let them know they can help.
2. REMEMBER THE TEENS!
Gifts are needed for every age.
BH are asked to help with collecting toys with older kids in mind.
3. WRAP WITH US!
BH Volunteers can sign up to help SFD with wrapping the toys on tentative date of 12/16. Please bring wrapping paper, tape & scissors.
EMAIL US - BACKYARDHUMANITARIAN@GMAIL.COM
BH: Angela - BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com
SFD: Brian Slattery
COASTAL CLEANUP - LONG ISLAND SOUND
WEST BEACH STAMFORD, CT - 9/17 at 9 AM
EVENT PHOTOS
This summer Backyard Humanitarians are joining & supporting
Save the Sound, a bi-state program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment
PLEASE JOIN US AT WEST BEACH, STAMFORD CT 9AM - MEETING AT JESSE LEWIS PLAYGROUND
BRING GLOVES IF YOU HAVE.
ALSO PLEASE WEAR YOUR BH TSHIRT IF YOU HAVE ONE.
PHONE OR TEXT ANGELA 203-524-9788 ON EVENT DAY.
OR EMAIL BACKYARDHUMANITARIAN@GMAIL.COM UP UNTIL 9PM 9/16.
Each year Save the Sound has thousands of volunteers gather to clean up debris and trash from the CT shoreline within the months of September and October around the International Coastal Cleanup day of September 17, 2016.
Backyard Humanitarians will be working on multiple days in multiple locations! Email BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com to get involved and join our team!
Every September for more than 30 years, the International Coastal Cleanup has motivated over 11.5 million people from around with world to pick up over 210 million pounds of trash from nearly 390,000 miles of shoreline. Last year we, here at Save the Sound, organized 58 cleanups with over 1,500 volunteers, 6,500 pounds of trash, and 45 miles of waterfront. Some quick facts: there are about 5 to 12 million metric tons of plastic that are washed offshore each year both destroying our beaches and killing about 100,000 marine creatures and about 1 million sea birds.
The cleanups act as a great team building exercise, they can foster some competitive fun, they reinforce the values of the environment, and, most importantly, are a great learning experience about Climate Change and its impacts.
Environmental & Economic Hazards
Marine life can easily be entangled in fishing line, nets, and six-pack rings. Fish, birds and turtles mistake trash like styrofoam, plastics, and cigarette butts for food, which may eventually lead to starvation.
Marine debris weakens coastal economies by sapping dollars from the tourism and seafood industries. Long Island Sound contributes more than $9 billion to the regional economy each year, and we'd like to keep it that way.
Cleaning Beaches, Saving the Sound
Save the Sound, supported by the Long Island Sound Study and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, organizes coastal cleanups in the fall to remove debris along our shoreline. In the last six years, our Coastal Cleanup program has brought together more than 12,500 volunteers to remove over 96,500 pounds of trash from nearly 345 miles of Connecticut waterfront.
International Coastal Cleanup
Save the Sound is the Connecticut coordinator for Ocean Conservancy's annual International Coastal Cleanup, the largest volunteer effort of its kind. Every September for more than 30 years, ICC has motivated over 11.5 million people from around the world to pick up over 210 million pounds of trash from nearly 390,000 miles of shoreline.
Save the Sound, a bi-state program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment
PLEASE JOIN US AT WEST BEACH, STAMFORD CT 9AM - MEETING AT JESSE LEWIS PLAYGROUND
BRING GLOVES IF YOU HAVE.
ALSO PLEASE WEAR YOUR BH TSHIRT IF YOU HAVE ONE.
PHONE OR TEXT ANGELA 203-524-9788 ON EVENT DAY.
OR EMAIL BACKYARDHUMANITARIAN@GMAIL.COM UP UNTIL 9PM 9/16.
Each year Save the Sound has thousands of volunteers gather to clean up debris and trash from the CT shoreline within the months of September and October around the International Coastal Cleanup day of September 17, 2016.
Backyard Humanitarians will be working on multiple days in multiple locations! Email BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com to get involved and join our team!
Every September for more than 30 years, the International Coastal Cleanup has motivated over 11.5 million people from around with world to pick up over 210 million pounds of trash from nearly 390,000 miles of shoreline. Last year we, here at Save the Sound, organized 58 cleanups with over 1,500 volunteers, 6,500 pounds of trash, and 45 miles of waterfront. Some quick facts: there are about 5 to 12 million metric tons of plastic that are washed offshore each year both destroying our beaches and killing about 100,000 marine creatures and about 1 million sea birds.
The cleanups act as a great team building exercise, they can foster some competitive fun, they reinforce the values of the environment, and, most importantly, are a great learning experience about Climate Change and its impacts.
Environmental & Economic Hazards
Marine life can easily be entangled in fishing line, nets, and six-pack rings. Fish, birds and turtles mistake trash like styrofoam, plastics, and cigarette butts for food, which may eventually lead to starvation.
Marine debris weakens coastal economies by sapping dollars from the tourism and seafood industries. Long Island Sound contributes more than $9 billion to the regional economy each year, and we'd like to keep it that way.
Cleaning Beaches, Saving the Sound
Save the Sound, supported by the Long Island Sound Study and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, organizes coastal cleanups in the fall to remove debris along our shoreline. In the last six years, our Coastal Cleanup program has brought together more than 12,500 volunteers to remove over 96,500 pounds of trash from nearly 345 miles of Connecticut waterfront.
International Coastal Cleanup
Save the Sound is the Connecticut coordinator for Ocean Conservancy's annual International Coastal Cleanup, the largest volunteer effort of its kind. Every September for more than 30 years, ICC has motivated over 11.5 million people from around the world to pick up over 210 million pounds of trash from nearly 390,000 miles of shoreline.
Stamford Summer Festival 2016
June 11th - 2pm to 11pm
EVENT PHOTOS
The Backyard Humanitarian Team will volunteer at the Stamford Music Festival! This is for a great cause for Stamford -
The Joseph Roberts Senior Music Foundation.
Backyard Humanitarians will choose shifts on that day they'd like to volunteer for (the amount of time that works for you).
Group 1:
1pm - setup
1:30 pm- 5 pm -
Gates Admission, BH Shirts/volunteer check in. Servers, Maint/Cleaning
Group 2:
4:30 pm - 8 pm -
Gates Admissionn, Servers, Maint / Cleaning, stage crew
Group 3:
7:30pm - close -
Gates Admission, Servers, Maint / Cleaning, stage crew, take down
Ambassadors all day - Wearing BH shirts, walk around, assist anyone/point in right direction, answer questions.
Enjoyng the music & having fun!
BH jobs
-BH Team Leaders / Planning Team
-Setup
-BH Volunteer Check in/shirts
-Event Check-in / Admission
-Servers (wine & beer)
-Maint/Cleaning
-Ambassadors
We are working to with Mario Socci & Tom Nastasi from the JRSM Foundation to help with their event.
To get on the BH Team email list - email us
BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com
Please order your tshirts ahead of time. BH Tshirts are $20 for volunteers at the event, $25 for the public.
The Joseph Roberts Senior Music Foundation.
Backyard Humanitarians will choose shifts on that day they'd like to volunteer for (the amount of time that works for you).
Group 1:
1pm - setup
1:30 pm- 5 pm -
Gates Admission, BH Shirts/volunteer check in. Servers, Maint/Cleaning
Group 2:
4:30 pm - 8 pm -
Gates Admissionn, Servers, Maint / Cleaning, stage crew
Group 3:
7:30pm - close -
Gates Admission, Servers, Maint / Cleaning, stage crew, take down
Ambassadors all day - Wearing BH shirts, walk around, assist anyone/point in right direction, answer questions.
Enjoyng the music & having fun!
BH jobs
-BH Team Leaders / Planning Team
-Setup
-BH Volunteer Check in/shirts
-Event Check-in / Admission
-Servers (wine & beer)
-Maint/Cleaning
-Ambassadors
We are working to with Mario Socci & Tom Nastasi from the JRSM Foundation to help with their event.
To get on the BH Team email list - email us
BackyardHumanitarian@gmail.com
Please order your tshirts ahead of time. BH Tshirts are $20 for volunteers at the event, $25 for the public.