Alexandria Earth Day April 27

Alexandria Earth Day is an annual event to teach one another how to better protect our planet for the preservation of the habitat of humans and wildlife too. We want encourage and teach how to live sustainably and responsibly, and have fun doing it. Our goal is for everyone to go home inspired to continue thinking and doing for the sake of a better future and a better Earth.

Alexandria Earth Day cannot take place without the help of volunteers. This year's even takes place on Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park, 1005 Mt. Vernon Ave.  Help is needed with: event set up, bike valet set-up, bike valet clean up, meet & greet, resource recovery, Earth Day traffic flow, survey collection, and break down. Additional activities may be added. For a full list of Alexandria’s Earth Day volunteer opportunities and shift times, please visit Earth Day Volunteers page.

Click below to express interest in volunteering.

All volunteers are thanked for their time with an official 2019 Alexandria Earth Day T-shirt.

Volunteer Opportunities

EARTH DAY SET UP VOLUNTEERS: Arrange tables and chairs for exhibitors and vendors based on Event Coordinator directions. Distribute information to exhibitors. Assist in showing exhibitors their assigned tables/location. Assist exhibitors with unloading their vehicles and bringing exhibit materials to their assigned location. Includes some medium weight lifting of tables/chairs and boxed items.

BIKE VALET ATTENDANTS: Assist Earth Day attendees find parking for their bikes. Watch over the bikes in the “bike coral.”  Set-up: Responsible for setting up racks and signs for the Bike Valet. Clean-up: Remove racks for the valet and pick up signs.

TRAFFIC FLOW ATTENDANTS: Direct traffic to approved parking areas.

GREETERS: The Volunteer Greeter is responsible for providing exemplary customer service to all that enter and attend the event. Attendees should be welcomed, offered program literature, maps, site-specific information, and helped to find their way around. Excellent communication skills are needed when responding to vendor and event attendees' questions.

RESOURCE RECOVERY VOLUNTEERS: Help us meet our goal to make this Earth Day event a “zero waste” event. Educate and direct event participants and exhibitors in the appropriate way to sort their garbage. Volunteers will be trained on what goes into the compost, recycle, and trash bins. This is a learning opportunity for all who attend and volunteer at the event! In addition, the earliest shift will help set up the bins and assist exhibitors sort their garbage. At the end of the event, volunteers assist exhibitors and help measure our overall impact of our efforts – that is, measure what percentage of our waste was diverted from trash to recycling and composting facilities. While we aim for recovering 100% of the waste for composting or recycling, waste reduction is a challenging goal! That’s why we need your help!  Volunteers may also assist with pulling full bags and transporting them to the appropriate truck for recovery. Some heavy lifting may be involved (but you can opt out and leave this duty for those who can! We appreciate all help)

ATTENDEE-SURVEY COLLECTION VOLUNTEERS: Interact with participants/attendees of Earth Day, requesting they fill out a survey to capture attendee feedback about the event.

EVENT BREAK-DOWN VOLUNTEERS: Disassemble tables and chairs for pick-up. Assist exhibitors with breakdown of their displays and loading their vehicles. Collect and pack Earth Day signage. This position may require heavy lifting.