Group volunteering

Group volunteering refers to groups from different schools, organizations, or vocational programs that come to Free Geek to learn life and job skills, or just volunteer. They come usually once per week, and are have councilors with them that have been trained on different jobs in the recycling area. Some groups have their students check in and later log their hours on their own, other groups might hand a list of students and the hours worked to a front desk person to be entered.

Please note: Groups that want to do the Build Program should be asked to sign up as individuals. We do not host group volunteering for the Build Program

• Ask these questions:

Info to include:

• Day of Week:
• name of group
• Time: -start to end-
• How many people all together: -no more than 6 students and 2 councilors, or 8 people together-
• what can they do? -age and skill level is important to prepare enough reasonable and fun work for them-
• Group Contact: Name of the group leader and their phone or e-mail, but no complete emails, please (e.g. darryl at freegeek dot org)
• Free Geek Contact Person
• decide on a day and time when the group leader can come in and spend a couple of hours learning the job, as well as where First Aid Kits, bathrooms and the Lounge area are.

During summer break groups usually change. We keep track of them here: Summer Break Groups

If you have questions, feel free to ask Darryl who coordinates group volunteering here at Free Geek.

See the Group Volunteering Policy for more details

Tours for Groups - If you want a group tour that's separate from the regular noon and 5 pm tours, send an e-mail to inreach@ to make sure we get a guide for the tour. Please also make a wiki entry for the large tour request at: http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Large_tours

Scheduled Group Volunteering

Tuesday

Central City Concern

ongoing as of Feb 2010

• Contact: Mark Alejos (503)467-4630, Daniel
• Time: 11-3pm
• How many people: 6 adults on bench, 2 at the table( they know that CHS has priority between 12:30 and 1:45pm, and we might reassign work for the hour)
• What they do: bench and table, other stuff as needed
• FG Contact: Darryl

Cleveland HS Lifeskills Classroom

confirmed 09/10, on summer break June 11 thru September 4

• Contact: Elizabeth Dubois 503-916-5120 ext.445 or Michael 916-5120
• Time: 12:45pm to 1:45 pm
• How many people: 6 students, 2 councilors
• What they do: floppy disks, media, cards
• FG Contact: Liane
• on summer break: June 11-September 4

Pacific Crest Community School

on hold

• contact: Jordia Blumenstein
• time:
• how many people:
• FG Contact: Liane

Wednesday

Central City Concern 12th Ave

starts May 12th, 2010, second and forth Wednesday only

• contact: Allen Hall
• Phone:503.969.1923
• Time: 11am-1pm
• How many people: 5 adults
• what they do: Recycling, Printers
• FG Contact: Liane

Mt Scott Learning Centers

confirmed for 2009-2010 school year, start date 10/21 only 3rd Wednesday of the month - put on BENCH

• Contact: Joe Orzali
• Phone: 503-771-8880
• Time: 11 am to 1 pm
• 3rd Wednesday of every month: April 21, 2010 and May 19, 2010 are their last shifts for the school year
• How many people: 10 high schoolers, 1 teacher
• What they do: Recycling, Printers
• FG Contact: Darryl

Youth Employment Institute

confirmed for 2009/2010

• Contact: Maggie
• Phone: 503-280-1058 x 129
• Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm
• How many people: 4 HS students, 1 teacher
• What they do: table work, some might do bench work
• FG Contact: Liane

Thursday

Reynolds School District

confirmed,start date 9/24 Cornerstone Program

• contact: Marylin Morise - Transition Specialist
• phone: 503-328-0420 ext. 8363
• Time : 11:45 - 1:45 ( lunch for the first 1/2 hr, don't actually start until 11:45)
• How many: 4 students, 1 councilor
• What they do: Recycling Table
• FG Contact: Liane

Harry's Mother

back on as of June 2009 -dk

• contact: Marieka (ma rye' kah) (503) 233-8111
• Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm
• How many people: 3 youth, 2 councilors
• What they do: deconstruction behind the bench, table work
• FG Contact: Darryl

Pacific Crest Community School

on hold

• contact: Jordia Blumenstein
• time :
• how many people:
• FG Contact: Liane

Bridger School

Confirmed for 2010: April 1 - June 10

• contact: Michael Kelly
• Time: 4:00pm-6:30pm
• How many people: 8 youth, 2 councilors
• Ages: 10 - 16 yrs old
• What they do: Recycling Bench (6) and Table (2)
• FG Contact: Darryl

Friday

Cleveland Highschool Classroom

confirmed for 2009-2010, on summer break June 11 thru September 4

• Contact: Mike 503-916-5120
• Time: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
• How many people: 6 students, 2 councilor,
• What they do: floppy disks, media, cards,
• FG Contact: Liane
• on summer break: June 11-September 4

Prescott Terrace

starting 3/12/10

• contact: Erin Iwamoto (908) 619-5656 /Zubaida Ula
• Time: 4-7pm(might change to 3-6pm)
• How many people: up to 4 adults,
• What they do: 2 spots = recycling table; 3 spots = recycling bench
• FG contact: Liane

Saturday

No groups scheduled on Saturdays right now.

One Time Group Volunteering

Group volunteering refers to groups from different schools, or vocational programs that come to Free Geek to learn life and job skills. They come here once week, and are have councilors with them that have been trained on different jobs in the recycling area. Some groups have their students check in and later log their hours on their own, other groups might hand a list of students and the hours worked to a front desk person to be entered. If you have questions, feel free to ask Liane, she is their contact person here at Free Geek.

See the Group Volunteering Policy for more details

When recording a group that wants to come in to help Free Geek for a few hours, and only wants it to be a "one time thing", please record them on this page. This way the good folks in Recycling can prepare themselves for teams of Super Recyclers.

Info to include:

• Day of Week:
• name of group
• Time: -start to end-
• How many people all together: -no more than 6 students and 2 councilors, or 8 people together-
• what can they do? -age and skill level is important to prepare enough reasonable and fun work for them-
• Work Areas (e.g. 6 on Recycling Bench & 3 on Recycling Table)
• Tour: yes/no & tourguide
• Group Contact: Name of the group leader and their phone or e-mail, but no complete emails, please (e.g. darryl at freegeek dot org)
• Free Geek Contact Person

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Intel Corp

• Time: 1 pm to 4 pm
• 12 adults
• 6 on Recycling Bench & 6 on Recycling Table
• No limitations
• Tour: if yes, the regular one at noon
• Group Contact: Cecile Kerr (503) 712-2184 -or- cecile (dot) kerr (at) intel (dot) com
• Free Geek Contact: Darryl

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Catlin Gable School

• Time: 9:30am -2pm
• work area: Printers
• # in group: 10 HS students(most have been here), parent volunteers
• contact: Patty Barker 503-245-2590
• FG contact: Liane
• Tour: some might want to take the tour

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Access Program

• Time: 11am - 2pm, some will take the tour at noon
• work area: Recycling
• # in group: 4 kids at bench,3 kids at table, parents will team up with kids, won't need their own spot
• contact: Judy Berck (5032626075), group leader: Philip Graham
• FG contact : Liane
• Tour: no

canceled

• Time: 9:30am -12:30pm
• work area: Recycling Bench and table
• # in group: 8-10 kids, supervisors
• contact: Nancy Teskey (503)416-9284
• FG contact: Liane
• Tour: no