Audubon Seeking Volunteers For Earth Day TogetherGreen Events

April 13, 2011
Volunteers To Add Thousands of Hours to Audubon Conservation Efforts

Local residents seeking to roll up their sleeves and make a difference for the environment this Earth Day (April 22) can find the ideal opportunity at a TogetherGreen volunteer site near you.

Dozens of Audubon sites nationwide will host TogetherGreen Volunteer Days in celebration of Earth Day providing thousands of Americans with opportunities to take local conservation action. Volunteer Days are a centerpiece of the TogetherGreen (www.togethergreen.org) conservation alliance between Audubon and Toyota.

This series of Volunteer Days – part of more than 200 taking place annually – will occur in select cities across the country throughout April. Activities include habitat and trail restoration, river and lake clean-ups, invasive species removal, nest-box building, wildlife and plant surveys, and more.

The following Audubon sites will host Volunteer Days this April (listed in alphabetical order by state):

  • Arctic Audubon Society, Fairbanks AK
  • Kodiak Audubon Society, Kodiak AK
  • Audubon Arkansas, Fayetteville AR
  • Audubon Arkansas, Little Rock AR
  • Tucson Audubon Society, Tucson AZ
  • Arizona IBA program, Phoenix AZ
  • Golden Gate Audubon Society, Berkeley CA
  • Los Angeles Audubon Society, Los Angeles CA
  • Richardson Bay Audubon Center, Tiburon CA
  • Weminuche Audubon Society, Pagosa Springs CO
  • South Florida Audubon Society, Tamarac FL
  • Audubon Center Birds of Prey, Maitland FL
  • Georgia IBA program, Barnesville GA
  • Thorn Creek Audubon, Park Forest IL
  • Mass Audubon, Lincoln MA
  • Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton MD?
  • Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center, Falmouth ME?
  • Wildcat Glades Audubon Center, Joplin MO
  • St Louis Audubon Society, Maryland Heights MO
  • Strawberry Plains Audubon Ctr., Holly Springs MS
  • Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton NE
  • Audubon New Mexico, Las Cruces NM
  • Lahontan-Nevada IBA program, Sparks NV
  • Buffalo Audubon Society, North Java NY
  • New York City Audubon Society, New York NY
  • Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton OH
  • Tulsa Audubon Society, Bixby OK
  • Audubon Society of Portland, Portland OR
  • Cape Arago Audubon, Coos Bay OR
  •  Audubon Pennsylvania, Audubon PA
  • Beidler Forest Audubon Center, Harleyville SC
  • Travis Audubon Society, Austin TX
  • Trinity River Audubon Center, Dallas TX
  • Mitchell Lake Audubon Society, San Antonio TX
  • Virginia IBA program, Richmond VA
  • Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington VT
  • Seward Park Audubon Center, Seattle WA

TogetherGreen Volunteer Days are designed to connect people with opportunities to make a conservation difference in their local communities. Since the program’s inception, nearly 24,000 volunteers have participated in volunteer events nationwide, contributing more than 140,000 hours to conservation projects. By building stronger alliances with other national and local organizations, Audubon hopes to attract new and diverse volunteers to help address pressing environmental problems and opportunities.

In addition, hundreds of Toyota employees and their families from across the country have participated in TogetherGreen volunteer events.  Many more are expected to join continuing efforts throughout this five-year initiative.

For complete event details, please visit www.togethergreen.org/volunteer.