COMMUNITY SERVICE

We need someone to create a flyer, distribute it to the softball teams, gather the input or ideas, and present them to the committee for approval. I think he/she will need to snap a few photos of the wall (it looks like a backstop), copy a few photos off the internet of windscreens for examples, and put together a flyer to explain the contest. He/she would then distribute the flyers to the teams (hand them out to managers, and post on the new bulletin board at the snack shack), then collect all the ideas, maybe talk to the girls with the best ideas (get better drawings, etc), then meet with a few of us to select the best logo or design. Contact Jay Kenny if interested at kinney@skf-law.com

We need your help babysitting during our Connecting Families Workshop. Bainbridge Youth Services offers many opportunities for students to earn community service hours. Please stop by the BYS office for more information or to sign up. You can also email Michele at*jobs@bainbridgeyouthservices.org* or call 206-842-9675

Two reliable, energetic students needed to watch 3-6 children from ages 6-9years old during a program. (Children's parents will be in the building, but in a class.) Where: Commodore Options Building (we can give further directions) Time: 6:15-8:30pm. Dates needed: Tuesday, May 6th, Tuesday, May 13th, Tuesday, May 20th, Tuesday, May 27th

The Bainbridge Farmers' Market is interested in HS Juniors who are interested in working with the Market Manager to help promote the market and inform the public about supporting local farmers and vendors. We're looking for students interested in building local community, sustainable agriculture, environmental issues, small business, etc. Potential for a senior project topic. Send information specifying your interest by email to the market

If you have any other questions, please contact Sheila Jakubik at 780-2514 or sjakubik@sounddsl.com

On Sunday, June 29th, 2 volunteers needed to do face painting with children at the Backyard Habitat Family Fair at IslandWood on Bainbridge Island. 2 hour shifts (noon-2 pm and 2pm-4 pm). Contact: Bobbie Morgan 842-5955 of the Natural Landscapes Project for details. Supplies provided.

It's getting to be that time of year again; you guessed it-oyster time! The Oysters for Salmon project is finally being allowed to liberate our algae-filtering oysters from captivity, and onto Eagle Harbor beaches. We'll be collecting full oyster trays from marinas, boating them to a brand new work vessel, emptying oysters into fish totes, and then taking them to various beaches to be laid onto intertidal areas. We'll need a lot of volunteers for this, so please consider joining us at the Public dock
for some great days in the sun & out in the water 'messing about in boats!' Mission dates for the Oyster Liberation Front:

May 3rd 4th and 5th... May 10th and 11th

Two shifts per day; 8:30 am -1:30 pm
and 2 pm - 7 pm

We also need land and water vehicles, so if you can help by coming with a truck, a skiff or some other small work boat, just be in good enough shape to drive and let others do the harder work; as for the other help; I'm looking for 12 able bodied people per shift for the following tasks:
*Help on the docks collecting the trays that will go to the Carolin Dow; our mother ship that's a new and massively strong marine research vessel;

*Help on the ship separating oysters from trays, including a vinegar bath to kill tunicates;
*Help pressure washing the trays on land and trucking them to Vincent road to be stored.

If it's at all like the past two years, it will be days of work as well as play out on the water, so be sure to dress for getting wet and dirty from head to toe; Please WEAR rubber boots!! And as always I'll feed you yummy snacks during the shifts...
Please email or phone me to sign up for a shift or two. Don't forget your name and phone
number, because I'll be calling/emailing you to confirm. If you sign up and then realize that you can't make it, please let me know ASAP. Remember, for the first day, we'll meet at Eagle Harbor Marina. Ate that day, we'll meet at the City Public Dock in town,
promptly at 8:30 and at 2:00. It'll be a great time, so I hope to see you there!

In oyster solidarity,
Cara Cruickshank ecosolutions3@juno.com 842-4815

We are excited to let you know that we have a TOPSoccer program on Bainbridge. TopSoccer is a community based soccer program for children of all abilities; the program is geared towards player development rather than competition. Players on our TOPSoccer team may have a variety of different disabilities that include learning disabilities, autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. The program functions with soccer buddies that help children with challenges be more successful playing soccer and their role is essential for the success of the program. Additional information about TOPSoccer can be accessed on the web from usyouthsoccer.org, go to programs and you will see TOPSoccer. Participating as a buddy is very rewarding and helpful to the kids with special needs who want to participate as fully as they can in a team sport. It is also a great way to enhance college application forms as most colleges ask applicants about their community service experiences. You can earn community service hours when you help with this program and there are forms that will document your participation in TOPSoccer.

Go to <http://odp.bonzidev.com/> http://odp.bonzidev.com click on "Registration", then the appropriate link; (the top portion is for players, the bottom is for coaches and buddies). Go to BI team. Fill in all the appropriate spaces. If there is no middle name please put an initial or NA in the box anyway. The program will not go forward to the next page with boxes left blank. Print out the form, bring to training and give to the coach or administrator If you are interested in helping with the Bainbridge program and have questions contact Sue Steindorf by email mailto:ssteindo@bainbridge.wednet.edu> ssteindo@bainbridge.wednet.edu or phone (206) 780-1261.

We are in need of Juniors or Seniors only to help us with the design and labor (both set up and tear down) of the decorations for the banquet on June 7th. If interested, contact Debbie Hulbert at 206-842-8088 E/debbie@eibusiness.com

We need volunteers to distribute flyers and work on events like Girls Night Out and the July 3rd Street Dance. Come earn community service hours while the proceeds go toward breast cancer research.

International support network of women who share the common bond of preschool age children. ... MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers, a dynamic program ... We are in need of volunteers to play with and watch their children while they meet as a group on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 9:15am to 11:45am. If you have a few hours to spare each month and could help out, please call Michelle Anderson 842-4709 or email her at michelle.anderson@gmail.com http://www.mops.org

The Toe Jam Hill Half Marathon and 5k Run/Walk will be on April 19th this year. We need all the help we can get - and would love to sign off on a bunch of volunteer hours for students!! Interested? Please contact Linda at the Boys & Girls Club at 855-8486. lhinman@positiveplace.org

Sign up to volunteer to help plant trees, remove invasive plants and help protest the Interstate along I-90 in Seattle. Gather your friends, pack a yummy lunch and caravan with Jennie Zimburean jennifer.zimburean@mtsgreenway.org

The Bainbridge High School Track and Field team and coaching staff is looking for volunteers to staff their home meets. No experience needed. We host on the following dates: Thursday, 3/27 Thursday, 4/17 Thursday, 4/24. Our meets run from 3:30-6:30 at BHS Memorial Stadium. Snacks and beverages will be provided. If you can help out with any of the meets please e-mail Mr. Grimm at agrimm@bainbridge.wednet.edu and let me know which meets you can help with. Thank you for supporting BHS Track and Field.

Earn 2 hours of community service by participating in the annual Youth Suicide Prevention Walk at Silverdale Waterfront Park on May 10,2008 @ 10:00 AM Call 1-800-273-TALK to register. For more information go to Kitsapsptf@comcast.net

We are looking for someone with Carpentry and Cabinet making skills to donate time to help us build our new control room! This room will be used for live studio productions.

Volunteers are needed to support cancer patients at Glida Radner's cancer support club in Seattle. Contact the volunteer coordinator 1400 Broadway, Seattle, 709-1400

The BRIDGE (Building Resources in Diverse Groups in Education) Fitness Program is seeking volunteers to help out. Sue Steindorf and Karen Kilbane teach a fitness class to Melanie Hamilton's students. You will be asked to buddy up with another student and help him or her do soccer drills and scrimmages. If you have done TOPSoccer, it will be very similar. We will also be doing units on Aikido, gymnastics, weight lifting, dance,baseball, and track. You do not need to be an expert in any of these sports, and you can volunteer once, twice, or all year. If interested, please call Karen at 780-6707 or leave me an email at kkilbane@bainbridge.wednet.edu. If you call, leave me a voice mail with your phone number.

We need your help in making preschool age (attention span) books on CD. Simply use your computer to record yourself reading a preschool aged book and burn it to a CD. Each book is worth 1 hour of community service. Go to the library and check out the books and you may use Mrs. Moore's computer to record yourself if you do not have the ability to do this on your computer. These books will be use by our special education department and local community members who have young children.

Soccer officials are needed on Saturday mornings to ref youth soccer games. Contact 842-2306 for details

Summer work begins (tba) @ Woodward Middle School. be ready to sort donated items. Ask for the volunteer coordinator and sign in each day you volunteer.

The Relay for Life of Bainbridge Island, is a signature event for the American Cancer Society. If you have never heard of the relay, it is an overnight family event to raise funds and awareness in the fight against cancer. It is also a celebration of those that have survived cancer, as well as an acknowledgment to those who are no longer with us. This year's event takes place July 28th & 29th at the high school track. What a fun way to earn your community service hours for freshman health. Organize a team and support the fight against cancer. For more information, go to http://www.acsevents.org/relay/wa/bainbridgeisland

Each year Helpline volunteers are needed one weekend in May(TBA) at the Post Office Food Drive. As the mail carriers return to the post office with community-donated food, Helpline is loading the boxes into a semi trailer. I am setting up three shifts of 8 people to work about 1 hour: 2 PM, 3 PM and 4 PM. In the future, Helpline will need assistance sorting the food in the semi. This will be our organization's big "give-back" project. Please Respond with a first and second time choice, if you can help.

Ask any checker at Town & Country if you can register for Team T&C for the Race for the Cure 2008. They have open registration on Saturday's prior to the race. Bring in your receipt attached to your community service form. If you miss the T & C registration deadline, you can register online through the Susan Komen Breast Cancer website. Click on "Race for the Cure" and register for a specific race.

The Parks & Rec Department have various community service opportunities available for teens. Just call and inquire 842-2306

The Compassionate Listening Project is in need of volunteers. We have the kind of exciting nonprofit organization that many progressively-minded teens would find intriguing. Attached is our fact sheet and calendar which would give students a good idea of what we are about. Here is our website link to find out even more. http://www.compassionatelistening.org/ I am in the middle of doing promotion for our training workshops and could use some solid computer and mailing help. Contact Sally Metcalf, Administrative Director, The Compassionate Listening Project http://www.compassionatelistening.org PO Box 17, Indianola, WA 98342 * 360-297-2280 / 360-626-4419(fax)

Bainbridge Island Trail Building

This month's trail work takes us back to the Grand Forest West - (Upper Loop, look Northeast corner of park across the bridge) where we will be clearing and preparing for a wider trail. There is work for all levels of ability. Show up at the parking lot on Miller Rd @ 10am. We'll work till 2pm. Come for an hour or the whole time! Bring water and gloves, the park district will provide tools.

Bring a friend or family member. Hope to see you there. You can sign up for trail announcements at www.bitrails.o

We are very excited to let you all know that our spring session of TOPSoccer program will be starting Saturday April 21st. TopSoccer is a community based soccer program for children of all abilities; the program is geared towards player development rather than competition. The program functions with soccer buddies that can help children with challenges be more successful playing soccer and their role is essential for the success of the program. Depending on your child’s abilities they may want to be a player or a buddy for this program. TOPSoccer is a great way for the whole family to make new connections while having fun. Parents and siblings of children with special needs have enjoyed getting together on the sidelines as well as on the field. Sue Steindorf a PT in the Bainbridge Island school district and Rose Goodhue an OT in the Bainbridge Island school district will be the coaches for the team. They are both experienced soccer coaches and Sue has completed certification to be a TOPSoccer coach. Additional information about TOPSoccer can be accessed on the web from usyouthsoccer.org, go to programs and you will see TOPSoccer.

Registration: Follow instructions to register your player or buddy online. Look for the Bainbridge team folder.

Time: Practices Saturday 4:00 to 5:00

Equipment: Shin guards are required. If you have a ball bring it, we have some to share.

BIYSA uniforms can be ordered this year. Please see attached uniform order sheet. Uniforms are not required but some players have asked for them so we have made them available.

If you have any questions feel free to contact Sue Steindorf by email or phone 780-1454.

1. Do you ever feel like nobody really notices what you do? The little kids who come here to the Club will admire and respect you - they think our teenage volunteers are fascinating!!

2. We are right by the High School, so you can come down here and put in some time right after school (no transportation issues after a long day).

3. Free Food! (We serve a snack to our K-4 Members every day, and we'd love to share with you!)

4. Volunteering looks good on your resume and on college applications (okay, it's a little early to think about that, but why wait?).

Just in case you are interested in coming down here and helping us out, I've attached our Volunteer Application form and Background Check, both of which I need from you before you can work with the kids. If you are looking for your volunteer hours and don't want to fill out a bunch of paperwork, we can use you at the Toe Jam Hill Run on April 14th. Please let me know if you would be interested in that, and we'll get in touch with you about it.

Linda Hinman, Administrative Coordinator, Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island (206)855-8486

The 2007 Spartan Track team needs your help. We host three home meets during the season and are in need of volunteers to run the meets. We need timers and field event judges to work at the following home meets: 4/19, 4/26. No experience is needed . I would need you at the stadium by 3:00 p.m. to go over instructions on what you would be doing. Snack and beverages will be provided. Please e-mail me ASAP if you can help. I would appreciate your help very much. Thank you for supporting Spartan Track and Field. Andy Grimm BHS Head Track Coach agrimm@bainbridge.wednet.edu.

Bainbridge Public Library has 12 student community service volunteer positions open for teens age 12 to 18 this semester. Volunteer service at the library will include a range of assignments such as processing and cleaning books and materials, sorting carts into Dewey decimal and alphabetical order, adopting a section of the library, maintaining book lists as well as setting up for and supporting library programs. Hours available for student community service hours will be 3:00 to 6:00pm Monday through Friday beginning February 19, 2007. Interested teens need to fill out a volunteer application online through our web site at www.krl.org located under "Volunteer!" Teens are encouraged to apply early.

Helpline House, a community social service agency on Bainbridge Island is presently taking applications. We will have a few after school shifts available (3:30 to 5:00 pm) for students willing to help in the food bank with stocking shelves, organizing inventory of foodstuffs, receiving and processing donations, filling food orders from clients, and clothing bank, etc. Preference is given to students who can commit to a regular weekly shift, and who are willing to donate a total of at least 20 hours. A letter or certificate of community service hours served will be issued upon completion of volunteer work. To apply, an application can be picked up at Helpline House. A completed application and brief interview are required; a student may however email their initial interest and we can set up an interview time in advance of their coming here. Contact: volunteerservices@helplinehouse.org or telephone Marilyn or Clara, 842-7621.

BITV is looking for volunteers every now and then. If interested, Contact Sabine Price bine1@juno.com

Parent volunteers are looking for students to stay and help clean up the stadium and gym after each home varsity football & basketball game. Once the game is over, meet at the snack shack or gym and earn community service hours for helping pick up the stands.

Each year, Mr. Grimm (head football coach) is looking for 3 students to help out with JV & freshman games. Please email him ASAP

The Kids Discovery Museum is in need of student volunteers for set-up / take down our Exhibits. Ongoing, we need students to help by volunteering in the Art Room, Front Desk, Exhibit Docents, or if they have a talent that they would like to teach to small children. For students that would like to help in one of those areas, we will have prior training. Contact Cheryl for more details.

The mission is looking for some dedicated teens to launch a blanket drive for the men's and women's shelter. For more information please contact Carol at 206.723.0767 x169. Also read through the Mission's website to get a better idea about the number to service project you could be doing.

Woodward needs help sprucing up their landscaping. Get a bunch of your friends, make some yummy chocolate chip cookies and juice and plan a work party. Get you 8 hours of community service done in a couple weekends! Email Mme Knell for instructions: sknell@bainbridge.wednet.edu or call wk - 780-4527, home 842-6458

We are looking for BHS students to write stories for some of our functional skills students to read. A typical story might be 1-3 pages, double spaced, with a large font, with specific word lists that they would be working from. We could also use small chapter books where each chapter could be 1-3 pages. A sense of humor is also a plus! If you are interested, see me in 105 or Melanie in 114. ( melliott@bainbridge.wednet.edu 780-1568 school.

Arts Walk

I manage the Bainbridge Island Arts Walk, and I need someone to help distribute posters and brochures downtown once a quarter. It takes about 2 hours, and is a fairly simple job.

The Bainbridge Island Parks Department is looking for youth to help build and maintain trailing around the Island on the 4th Saturday of every month. Call Perry Barrett at 842-4595 and ask how you can help with the building trails project.

Are you ready to play? If so, bring a sack lunch, water, your work clothes, cruddy tennis shoes and get ready to have some fun taking care of the animals at Furry Tale Farm. This farm mostly specializes in caring for large animals that have been neglected and abused. The farm staff will train students on Saturdays beginning at 9:00 AM. We will learn how to care for them with a hands on approach including, mucking stalls, feeding, grooming, and animal abuse education & support. Check with Ms. Moore if you are interested in working the farm. When you get to the farm, you must have a parent sign a release form before you are allowed to begin working. Just show up and begin working.

We need volunteers to help with a therapeutic riding program in Poulsbo. These are school-age children with physical & developmental disabilities. There is no cost to the riders to participate in this program. We like to have 2 volunteers to be with each rider. We don't run the program in the winter because of the weather and early darkness, but will start again in the spring - late March/early April. I have a flyer I've prepared and have attached it to this e-mail. Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Thanks so much for any assistance you can provide.

DON'T THROW AWAY THOSE OLD SNEAKERS!!! Athletic shoe recycling has come to Bainbridge. You can now recycle your worn-out athletic shoes (sorry, no cleats) at any of our public schools and at the Bainbridge Disposal Vincent Road drop-off. This unique recycling program grinds the shoes down and turns them into all-weather sports surfaces. Any questions, call Joan at 780-6971.

2). Help out the emergency medical team on Bainbridge Island by labeling your neighborhoods addresses including your own. Having a visible address assists our emergency team respond in a timely manner to save lives.

The snack shack is open from 9:30a.m. to 7:00p.m. on Saturday, so we can actually use a couple of teens working a couple of hours each throughout the day. If you are interested, please contact Bainbridge Island Little League

Glen Robins, Ordway's principal is asking for a group of high school students to help with the elementary youth for after school homework from 2:20-3:00 every Tuesday and Thursday. See Mrs. Moore for a pass to excuse you from 6th period and meet in the Ordway library at 2:20.

Habitat Office Volunteers are also needed on a regular basis for data input, phone answering, special project tasks and other office work. If you have 2-4 hours once a week to help out during regular business hours, I'd love to talk to you. Construction Committee Volunteer Coordinators: This person would need to attend a monthly construction meeting (In the south, it's the first Thursday at Port Orchard United Methodist Church at 7 p.m., and central is at Thursdays at 4 p.m. every three weeks at the Habitat Office) to work with the construction site supervisors and the Volunteer Coordinator (me) as the liaison between us. In addition to these weekly email updates, I do have a voice mail message on the phone. If you call 360-479-3853 after hours and reach the voice mail, press 2 to listen to the current worksite information. I change this message every Thursday.

We need dishwashers and servers for some of our non-profit conferences up at Islandwood. These conferences usually take place on weekends, but some are weeknights as well. We can pay students $8.50 hour, or this can be used as a volunteer opportunity. call Islandwood (206) 855-4300

I have a project for a student who may need community service hours. We are compiling data about birds on Bainbridge Island. I need a student to input the data we are receiving into our database. If you have any interested students, please have them contact me. Thanks, Karen Molinari, Executive Director Bainbridge Island Land Trust, landtrust@bainbridgeisland.net

April TBA, 10:00-3:00. Check the Review for a list of events. Pick up garbage bags and reflective vests at Ace Hardware on High School Rd. There are 4 different garbage drop off sites. Look for details in the Bainbridge Review or ask Mrs. Moore

Bainbridge Youth Services will need a large number of youth to assist with the Fun Run/Kids Dash @ the Winslow Square, 8:00am. You would be distributing blue ribbons to the kid dash participants, and helping the adults get registered for the 1K & 5K race. Email Mrs. Moore cmoore@bainbridge.wednet.edu

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & REC.: Call Roger Belieu @ 842-7411 or email bng@bainbridge.net

Team Winslow

· HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: Habitat for Humanity contacts are Marianne Cohen (206-780-0997) and Barbara Gabriel (360-479-3853).

· IVY REMOVAL: Contact for a "quick project" would be Richard Baker at rm_baker@msn.com.

· ISLAND FARMS: Contacts for idea to serve island farms/farmers are: Ian Bentryn at ianb@pinchot.com; Candice Jagel at bivoice@aol.com, 842-4277; Betsey Wittick at laughingcrow@bainbridge.net. They have proposed that the team get an introduction to island farming by taking a small field trip to walk a farm site as well as hear about Friends of the Farms and Trust for Working Landscapes while on the farm site. After that, if you want, you can take the next step to "intern" with a specific farmer for a specific thing like preparing for Saturday market.

AA: Suzanne W. - Bainbridge Island

· Open to anyone interested in hearing the personal stories of Al-Anon and AA members in recovery.

Kathleen O. 206-842-8785

· BHS Custodial Work: See Joe Rudy after school every day in the teacher lounge next to the cafeteria or e-mail him for a time to work jrudy@bainbridge.wednet.edu

Volunteer to help out a teacher you had at the primary, intermediate or middle school level. See the list below. You cannot currently be in this teacher’s class here at the high school.

These teachers will partner with a students and help them get their 8 hour of community service

Laura Kornelis: music teacher, Choral, at Sakai, and the Choir director at Woodward (780-6518 or 780-4557)

Holly Kenan: Woodward, tutoring a multi-handicapped child (8th grader) in reading from 10:50-11:42 and/or someone to sit and be friendly with a group of 3 girls during lunch (11:42-12:12), so they aren't always stuck with adults.

JoAnne Hebert: Commodore center making materials for my communication group at the developmental preschool.

Melanie Elliott: We have students who would very much like to go to a dance, but would like to know how to dance. We have two girls who could use some techniques on dress, and hair and make-up.

Adrienne Williamson :Odyssey, Headstart is overloaded with students at this time and needs some volunteer help. Also B.I. Soccer Club needs coaches, assistant coaches, subs, and probably refs.

MOPS International - Mothers of Preschoolers

Time: Practices Saturday 4:00 to 5:00

Arts Walk

Team Winslow

AA: Suzanne W. - Bainbridge Island

Kathleen O. 206-842-8785