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2020 Historic Ellicott City Clean Up
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020| 7:30am - 11am
All ages with parental consent
Lend a hand by assisting with litter pick up, weeding of Historic Ellicott City, and our historic properties. Meet at Roger Carter Community Center for a continental breakfast. We provide the tools necessary and an event t-shirt for those who volunteer. All are welcome! Please register by October 31.

Requirements

Minimum age: 16

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Are you a disc golf enthusiast or enjoy working outdoors?

Volunteer your time and talent to assist the Park Operations Division with maintaining the Rockburn Branch Park Disc Golf Course.   Volunteers should have an interest in disc golf and trail maintenance.

Age requirements:  16+ (13-16 with parent supervisor)
                            

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Self motivated and able to follow directions.

Volunteer Job Duties; Use hand tools to repair trail tread and erosion.

Clear trail corridor, install signs.

Repair and maintain disc golf tee boxes, teeing areas, targets and other course equipment.

Survey and inspect trails for safety issues.

Responsible for returning timesheets and data forms to department supervisor in a timely manner.

Requirements

Minimum age: 13

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Have you seen or done any acts of kindness? If so, we want to hear your story! Help us tell Howard County's stories of resilience, by sharing your stories of volunteerism, heroism, and kindness!

Community Resources and Services is compiling a list of stories of the community in action. Covid-19 may have caused a lot of turbulence throughout the world, but that did not cause our community to surrender. Once again, Howard County has been struck with some difficult challenges, but as history has shown, the resilience of this determined and durable town will allow us to persevere.

Give others inspiration, hope, and motivation to continue to put Howard County on the Map by sharing your inspiring and comforting stories.

If you have helped someone or have been a recipient of someone's act of kindness, please consider sharing it with us. Remember, even the smallest acts of kindness shed an extensive impact on others, so continue to help someone in need! If you have photos, images or video, please email that along with your story to dvaselaros@howardcountymd.gov

IMPORTANT AGREEMENT:

Please Note: By sharing your story, pictures, and/or videos you do hereby grant Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services permission to use your story/testimonial/photos/images or videos in any advertising, promotion or other related action by the County relating to your activities.

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April is National Volunteer Month, which means this is a time to shine the spotlight on the people who are committed and rise to the occasion to meet the needs of the Howard County Community. Therefore, the Department of Community Resources & Services wants to show our gratitude by giving our volunteers a big THANK YOU shoutout!

"We are truly astonished and proud to have you as a volunteer! You so generously share your time and mercy without ever anticipating getting something in return. You have impacted the community by using your skills and talents to address community needs, established relationships throughout, and have helped the community to have a voice! We are so fortunate to have you and thank you for choosing to share your passions with the community!"