Lisa Mendoza-Anderson: My 13 year old son needs to do volunteer work for one of his classes. Does anyone know where he can do this at. He only needs to do 5 hours.
Long C. replied:
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Here are some of the Justin Rudd/Community Action Team (CAT) upcoming events where we are in need of teen and adult volunteers. Please also post these event URLs on your wall. RSVP to Justin@JustinRudd.com if you can help with any of these opportunities: - Long Beach Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, Sat., Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 2 nd St., help register and get artists set up at 8:30-9:30 a.m., offer cold drinks (we provide) in late morning and again after lunch; www.JustinRudd.com/chalk.html. - COOKIE OR BROWNIE BAKER? Looking for individuals and groups to prepare baked goods and pass them out to the 100+ sidewalk chalk artists that will be creating masterpieces on 2 nd St. on Sat., Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. RSVP to Justin@JustinRudd.com if you will volunteer for a batch, or two or three. - 30-Minute Beach Cleanup w/ Halloween costume contests, Sat., Oct. 19, 10 a.m., arrive at 9:30 to help me set up, and help pick up trash from 10-10:30 a.m.www.BeachCleanup.org. - Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade, Sun., Oct. 27, 2:30 p.m., NEW LOCATION: Marina Vista Park; could you host a doggie watering station along the parade route by bringing some bowls and jugs of water? Or, help with set up, registration, shirt sales, chair rentals, water bowl patrol, etc. starting at 11:30 a.m. www.Howloween.info - Miss Long Beach & Southern California Cities, Sun., Nov. 3 (would love you all to enter some contestants and help recruit entrants; no volunteer opportunities otherwise at this event) www.MissLongBeach.com. Little Miss/Teen/Miss and Mrs. categories - Long Beach Turkey Trot, Thurs., Nov. 28; 1 Granada Ave., 6,000 runners/walkers, Starts times at 7, 8, 9 and 10 a.m. Done at 11:30. Need help Wed. and Thurs. of Thanksgiving week. Various tasks outlined and sign-ups listed at https://longbeachturkeytrot.sites.runsignup.com/volunteer/ Main web site: www.TurkeyTrot.us. - VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPHERS: If you've got a good eye and some camera skills, we'd love you to attend the events above with your camera and capture the spirit of the event in photos. Email a link to your Facebook photo album from the event to Justin@JustinRudd.com, so we can share it all over Facebook. RSVP to Justin@JustinRudd.com and include which events you'll be photographing. - VOLUNTEER social marketing. Help us get the word out about the upcoming events (listed above) by sharing the event URL and a line or two about the event. __________ TWO HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTESTS for kids and adults with cash prizes hosted by Justin/CAT. Free entry: - Sat., Oct. 19, 10 a.m. at 30-Minute Beach Cleanup - Sun., Oct. 27, 2:25 p.m. at Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade