Work Days
Volunteers are invited to partner with residents of 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 adopt a block, they first survey the area ahead of time. Then notify residents about an opportunity of having volunteers assist with projects at their home. Volunteers will then gather information about the projects they plan to focus their attention on. Projects typically include landscaping, painting, trimming bushes, yard work, or other exterior projects that volunteers can do. When groups participate in alley clean-up and graffiti removal projects, they focus on a community project that includes picking up trash, debris from the alleys and painting over graffiti.
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The workday starts at 9 AM. The project location will be determined by the neighborhood partner(s) for the day.
An orientation is provided by leaders sharing the vision for ECM and the partner organization involved that day.
Each group splits up into their respective teams and, their leaders give specific instructions about the projects identified on targeted blocks. Then the work begins around 9:30 AM.
Lunch is at 12:30 PM, at the meeting location from the start of the day. Volunteers and residents have the opportunity to share a meal and to get to know one another.
After lunch, groups continue working on their projects. There is no set end time, but the expectation is to complete the assigned project. We want the community residents and volunteers to feel good about what they accomplished and see the project through completion at the end of the day.
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