TogetherGreen Gears Up for Year II
of Nationwide Volunteer Days
With summer here, the first year of TogetherGreen Volunteer Days comes to a close-but the impact of its 240 events will continue to benefit the environment for years to come!
Since TogetherGreen Volunteer Days launched last September, 9,000 volunteers have donated over 43,000 hours of time to environmental projects. Additionally, dozens of major partner organizations, including the Sierra Club, AmeriCorps, and the US Army Corps of Engineers have worked with Volunteer Day organizers, plus many more local schools, businesses and community organizations.
Among the great stories:
- The Wabash Valley Audubon Society made a significant impact for conservation through nestbox installation and habitat restoration. Their volunteers built and installed the very first nestboxes at Chinook FWA, a reclaimed strip mine. And the Terre Haute Tribune-Star newspaper gave front page treatment to the volunteer honeysuckle removal on Earth Day.
- The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, under President Charley Burwick, engaged over 200 volunteers. From blazing a trail around Lake Springfield to cleaning up South Creek, volunteers turned out in droves to improve their local environment. Their Volunteer Days have been featured in the Springfield News-Leader newspaper eight times!
- Broward County Audubon made big strides in strengthening the volunteer network in South Florida by surpassing more than 1300 volunteer hours! They capped off their volunteer commitment with an Earth Day celebration of more than 100 volunteers removing exotic species and planting native plants like red mangrove.
- Hundreds of Toyota employees and their families from across the country have participated in TogetherGreen volunteer events in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and San Antonio and will continue to join the efforts over the five-year initiative.
The sites selected to hold Volunteer Days events in year two include (listed alphabetically by state):
| Volunteer Day Recipient |
City |
State |
| Arizona IBA Program |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
| Tucson Audubon Society* |
Tucson |
Arizona |
| Audubon Arkansas* |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
| Los Angeles Audubon* |
Los Angeles |
California |
| Napa Solano Audubon Society |
Napa |
California |
| San Diego Audubon Society* |
San Diego |
California |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society* |
San Francisco |
California |
| Richardson Bay Center & Sanctuary* |
Tiburon |
California |
| Evergreen Naturalists Audubon Society |
Evergreen |
Colorado |
| Broward County Audubon Society* |
Ft. Lauderdale |
Florida |
| Audubon Center for Birds of Prey* |
Maitland |
Florida |
| Georgia IBA Program |
Barnesville |
Georgia |
| Maine Audubon |
Falmouth |
Maine |
| Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center |
Joplin |
Missouri |
| St. Louis Audubon Society |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
| Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center and Lilian Annette Rowe Sanctuary and Audubon Center |
Denton and Gibbon |
Nebraska |
| Lahontan Audubon Society* |
Reno |
Nevada |
| Beaver Meadow Audubon Center |
Buffalo |
New York |
| New York City Audubon* |
New York |
New York |
| Theodore Roosevelt Audubon Center and Sanctuary |
Oyster Bay |
New York |
| Montezuma Audubon Center* |
Savannah |
New York |
| Grange Insurance Audubon Center* |
Columbus |
Ohio |
| Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm* |
Dayton |
Ohio |
| Audubon Miami Valley |
Oxford |
Ohio |
| Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma |
| Tulsa Audubon Society* |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma |
| Audubon Society of Portland* |
Portland |
Oregon |
| John James Audubon Center |
Audubon |
Pennsylvania |
| National Audubon IBA Program |
Ivyland |
Pennsylvania |
| Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Center and Sanctuary |
Harleyville |
South Carolina |
| Travis Audubon Society* |
Austin |
Texas |
| Mitchell Lake Audubon Center* |
San Antonio |
Texas |
| Seattle Audubon Society* |
Seattle |
Washington |
| Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center* |
Seattle |
Washington |
| Tahoma Audubon Society* |
Tacoma |
Washington |
| Faville Grove Sanctuary* |
Lake Mills |
Wisconsin |
* indicates year one sites selected to continue into year two
To see Volunteer Days in-action, visit:
If you like what you see here, please consider applying for a Volunteer Day grant in 2010! FOR MORE INFO: Contact Chuck Remington at (212) 979-3094 or email.
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