Volunteer
Volunteers are invited to partner with residents of specific Denver neighborhoods to complete home and neighborhood improvement projects.
A Typical Work Day
Individuals and groups such as churches, companies, families, organizations, and schools work together on exterior home and neighborhood improvement projects. When a group signs up to volunteer, they can choose the adopt a block project or the alley clean-up/graffiti removal project. When groups do the adopt a block project, they will survey their block a couple weeks ahead of time to let the residents know about the opportunity to have volunteers assist with projects at their homes and to gather more information about what projects they have in mind. Projects typically include landscaping, painting, trimming bushes, yard work, or other exterior projects that volunteers can do. When groups do the alley clean-up/graffiti removal project, they will focus on a community clean-up project that includes picking up trash and debris from the alleys, as well as painting over graffiti.
Work Days begin at 9am
The location is determined by our neighborhood partner for that day as we move around to the neighborhoods ECM is targeting on different days.
Orientation
An orientation is provided where leaders share the vision for ECM and the partner organization involved that day.
Projects
Then each group splits up into their respective groups and their group leaders give their teams specific instructions about the projects identified on their targeted blocks. Then the work begins, usually around 9:30 am.
Lunch
Lunch is at 12:30 pm, at the same meeting location from earlier in the day, and is a time for volunteers and residents to share a meal and get to know one another.
Wrap Up
After lunch, groups continue working on the projects they started. There is not a set end time (usually around 4:00ish), but the expectation is to complete whatever projects were started so community residents and volunteers feel good about what they accomplished and can see the project completed at the end of the day.
