Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Upcoming volunteer opportunities with the Galveston Bay Foundation

Lots of opportunities to get volunteer experience coming up!
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Abandoned Crab Trap Removal
February 16, 2013
Ft. Anahuac Park
Volunteers with boats/airboats needed!

GBF's Young Professionals CAST Happy Hour

February 19, 2013
Location - TBA

Trash Bash - Armand Bayou
March 23, 2013
Bay Area Park
Land-based volunteers and paddlers (with your own vessel) needed!

Bay Day Festival
June 1, 2013
Kemah Boardwalk
Environmental exhibits and volunteers needed!


 

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Many companies have volunteer grant programs: monetary grants given to nonprofits based on employees' volunteer activity. For example, for every ''X'' hours of time you volunteer with GBF, your company donates $''Y'' to us. Check with your HR department!
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Abandoned Crab Trap Removal - VOLUNTEERS AND BOATS NEEDED!

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Please consider joining GBF staff as we work to remove abandoned crab traps from Trinity Bay. Volunteers with boats will pull crab traps, and individual volunteers will remain on-shore to disassemble the found traps.

DATE: Saturday, February 16, 2013
TIME:  8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Ft. Anahuac Park boat ramp, Anahuac

We ask that all volunteers sign up for this event. Feel free to email Julie or call (281) 332-3381 x207 with any questions.

Each year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closes crabbing in all Texas waters for a 10-day period in February--this year from February 15-24. Any traps left in the water during these ten days are presumed abandoned and considered litter under state law. During this time, it is legal to remove any found crab traps and return them to the designated crab trap disposal receptacles.

'Clean It Like You Mean It' at Trash Bash 2013

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Grab your family and friends, and spend the day cleaning up the Armand Bayou watershed with GBF! Trash Bash 2013 is Saturday March 23, and we have determined several cleanup sites along Armand Bayou and its tributaries. There are opportunities for land-based clean-up at parks and alongside trails and roadways in the Armand Bayou watershed, as well as opportunities for kayakers/canoers to collect trash from their personal watercraft.

LOCATION: Bay Area Park, 7500 Bay Area Blvd., Pasadena

SCHEDULE:
Registration & Orientation  -  8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 
Watershed Clean-up  -  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Fun  -  12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

We ask that all volunteers sign up for this event. Feel free to email Julie or call (281) 332-3381 x207 with any questions.

Wildlife Workday - Prairie Restoration

UHCC_NativePrairieGBF is recruiting volunteers to help restore coastal prairie. Volunteers are needed to help plant prairie grasses at a newly created monitoring area, owned and maintained by University of Houston Coastal Center. Please consider joining us.

DATE: Saturday, February 23, 2013
TIME:  8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
LOCATION: University of Houston's Coastal Center

We ask that all volunteers sign up for this event. Feel free to email Julie or call (281) 332-3381 x207 with any questions.

Save-the-Date:

Bay Day 2013
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Please "Save the Date" for the Bay Day Festival on June 1, 2013. GBF is looking for additional education exhibits as well as volunteers to come out to this bay-related festival at the Kemah Boardwalk. If you would like to volunteer to join the committee to help plan the event, volunteer on the day of the event, or know of a potential exhibitor, please email Julie or call (281) 332-3381 x207. We ask that all volunteers sign up for this event.

Stay Tuned!
Marsh Mania dates and sites will be announced in February.
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