Give Back Day 2024

April 27, 2024 - Help make a difference! Join us and be part of improving your community. We are looking for hundreds of volunteers to serve together in projects across Klamath County.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

April 27, 2024 - Help make a difference! Join us and be part of improving your community. We are looking for hundreds of volunteers to serve together in projects across Klamath County.

  • KTA Trail Maintenance (Brushing at Moore Park)

  • Wingwatchers Trail Clean-up

  • Caring Cards Project

  • Chiloquin Bike Park Clean-up

  • Senior Center Project

  • Mills Adopt-a-Corner Project

  • Tidy Towns Downtown Clean-up

Visit www.healthyklamath.com/givebackday for details.

Sign up to volunteer at https://bit.ly/givebackday24

Please email us at bluezonesproject@healthyklamath.org for more details.

KTA Brushing at Moore Park:
9:00-12:00pm, TBA
Project Lead: TBA
Brushing around Moore Park - KTA has tools for about 20 vounteers. They recommend people wear long pants, long sleeve shirts, sturdy shoes or boots and bring work gloves, water and a snack.
Project Needs: 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Wingwatchers Trail Maintenance:
9:30-11:30am, South Portal Building, 205 Riverside Drive
Project Lead: Dave Potter | kpottermom@yahoo.com
We will focus on Trail Maintenance including weeding around young saplings. We ask that people wear long pants, close-toed shoes and warm clothing. If they have gloves, that is helpful, but we will provide for those who do not have them. We provide all needed tools, but those who wish to help with weeding could bring their own weeding tools. This project is suitable for families and individuals able to walk, bend, weed, and work along an uneven trail walkway.
Project Needs: Weeding tools if the volunteer would like to bring thier own, if so please lable. Bring H2O and snack as well.

Caring Cards Project:
10:00-12:00pm, Alpine Estates Clubhouse, 4200 Summers Lane
Project Lead: Anne Mortenson | lamortenson@gmail.com
Share care and cheer by creating and gifting hand-made cards with uplifting notes. We will walk you through the process to create meaningful messages to touch the lives of the elderly, caregivers, cancer patients, and others. The papers and patterns are provided free of charge. It is not necessary, though it would be helpful if you can bring your own crafting glue (for cards/scrapbook). Bring your good will, cheerful smiles, and a friend to share with us as we make life a little better, one card at a time.
Project Needs: Crafting Glue

Chiloquin Bike Park Clean up:
10:00-12:00pm, Chiloquin Bike Park at Spinks Park
Project Lead: Hannah and Richard LaChina | hannah.levine@gmail.com
Get the Bike Park Cleaned up and ready for Spring Riding. Raking trails, stamping trails, trash collection and installation of a kiosk sign.
Project Needs: Bring your own gloves

Senior Center Assistive Equipment Loan Closet Overhaul:
8:00-3:00pm, Klamath Basin Senior Center
Project Lead: Anne Davenport | annedgr@hotmail.com
We are in the process of planning an overhaul to our Assistive Equipment Loan Closet to better serve the needs of our community in collaboration with Norco, Inc. At present, we have a robust inventory of durable medical equipment including wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, bathroom, equipment, and more and are able to provide equipment at no cost to community members for the time needed. Unfortunately, the current storage unit is not as organized as it could be and we often get broken equipment donated that we end up needing to throw out, despite the need. We are collecting volunteers and donations for a one-day event and ongoing activities. The one-day event may align well with the Give Back Day. We are also seeking a sponsor or funding for the building materials and storage components. Our plan for the one day event is to:

  • Remove all equipment from the current storage room.

  • Categorize, clean, review for any broken components, tag appropriately.

  • Clean the storage room. Remove an existing door.

  • Build shelves with plywood and lumber.

  • Hang additional hardware and install additional storage components per specifications.

  • Place labels.

Return equipment into appropriate areas within the storage room. Ideally, we would have two teams going. One within the storage room building shelves and installing storage components. One outside categorizing, cleaning, tagging equipment. This would likely be an all-day event (~8am - 3pm, at least). We could provide coffee, snacks, and if we are able to secure enough funding for the day, we could also provide lunch.
Project Needs: Donations/funding for Closet Organization and fixing broken equipment

Mills Adopt-a-Corner:
9:00-12:00pm, Mills Parking Last
Project Lead: Taylor Hampton | taylorhampton@iyskfalls.org
Prepare flower beds for planting and possibly planting. Will be meeting at IYS's "The Hub"
Project Needs: Garden Tools / Gloves

Tidy Towns Downtown Cleanup:
9:00-12:00pm, Mills Parking Last
Project Lead: Taylor Hampton | taylorhampton@iyskfalls.org
Clean up Main Street Downtown Klamath Falls. Activities will include picking up trash, dusting store fronts, getting rid of grass in the sidewalk cracks, washing windows, cleanding and preparing flower beds, and blowing off the sidewalks. All other supplies will be available - gloves, trash bags, squeegees, dusters, and window cleaner.
Project Needs: Bring a weed wacker/trimmer with extra string and or a leaf blower if you have one. We are looking for at least 12. Bring your own gloves.