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HillsDOer Day: Sign Up Now To Volunteer
The 4th annual HillsDOer Day community volunteer event seeks at least 200 volunteers to help with 5 different projects around the city.
HILLSBORO, OR — Want to give back to your community? Sign up for the fourth annual HillsDOer Day volunteer event, coming up on Oct. 6.
Volunteers from the community are needed to lend a hand to one of five different projects taking place around the city. From landscaping work at a maternity home and at Rood Bridge Park to beautifying downtown or helping turn a parking lot into a playground, community members have their choice of projects to join.
"HillsDOer Day is about coming together and taking ownership of our community," city officials said on Hillsboro-Oregon.gov. "It’s about giving back, getting to know our neighbors, and embracing our hometown pride. It’s about creating an involved, civically-engaged community where every day is a HillsDOer Day."
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A box lunch will be provided to every volunteer who participates, thanks to Hillsboro's Sonrise Church congregation, city officials said.
The city reportedly hopes to see upward of 200 volunteers join the event this year. In 2017, volunteers helped with eight projects around the city, which included sprucing up the Hillsboro Boys & Girls Club, landscaping at the M&M Swap Meet, cleaning up various neighborhoods, repacking food at the Oregon Food Bank, and revitalizing a church playground.
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Check out details for each of the projects below, and click the link to sign up:
Transform a Paved Lot Into a New Nature Playground
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Organization
- Hillsboro Boys & Girls Club and DePave
Project Location
- 560 S.E. Third Ave.
Project Start/End Time
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Volunteers Needed
- 45
Project Description
Join Depave and our friends at the Inukai Family Boys & Girls Club in Hillsboro to rip up some pavement. This day will be the physical kick-off for the transformation of the children’s outdoor play area from a drab parking lot to a magical space. Ultimately, the plan is to create a rain garden, play area (including a nature play space), and other elements like seating and raised bed gardens.
The Club, located near downtown Hillsboro, offers a host of after school and summer programs for youth ages 6-18. The Club is a nonprofit youth development and community service agency serving an average of 200 youth per day, with low-income and people of color making up around 80 percent of the population served.
Spruce Up the Yard at Saving Grace Maternity Home
To Volunteer For This Project, Email Cindy@SavingGraceMaternityHome.org
Organization
- Saving Grace Maternity Home
Project Location
- 6789 S.E. Lois St.
Project Start/End Time
- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Volunteers Needed
- Between 10 and 15
Project Description
Help with yard work — mowing, weeding, trimming shrubs, raking, and trimming trees.
Beautify Downtown Hillsboro
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Organization
- Hillsboro Downtown Partnership and SOLVE
Project Location
- 238 S.E. Second Ave.
Project Start/End Time
- 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Volunteers Needed
- 50 (12 yrs +)
Project Description
Join your neighbors as we work on a variety of activities to pick up trash, remove graffiti, cleanup the planting strips, and maintain the amenities in downtown Hillsboro. This is a great way to show your support for our locally-owned small businesses of downtown while making Hillsboro an even better place to live, shop, play, and do business.
Come prepared for working in any weather by wearing comfortable clothes that you don't mind getting dirty and closed-toed shoes. Please bring a refillable water bottle and work gloves if you have them.
Cleanup Rood Bridge Park and Plant Spring Flower Bulbs
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- City of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation
Project Location
- 4000 S.E. Rood Bridge Rd.
Project Start/End Time
- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Volunteers Needed
- 50+
Project Description
Do good and feel good at this annual Hillsboro event! Join Hillsboro Parks & Recreation as we come together with other local non-profits to offer the Hillsboro community a dedicated day of service. At Rood Bridge Park we may plant daffodil bulbs, mulch trails, mulch garden beds, pull weeds and more!
Freshen Up the Brookwood Library
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- City of Hillsboro - Brookwood Library
Project Location
- 2850 N.E. Brookwood Parkway
Project Start/End Time
- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Volunteers Needed
- 10 to 12 (5 yrs +)
Project Description
We'll be sprucing up the library — really making it shine! During this service activity we'll be cleaning and tidying the adult materials at the library--giving the books a good scrubbing and organizing the sections that get the most use.
Enjoy a journey through your favorite genre while getting them spic and span for all those who read them.
To volunteer for projects beyond HillsDOer Day, check out the following links:
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