Volunteering with Earthworks Urban Farm will resume March 30th, 2022.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Earthworks! We are seeking dependable individuals to assist us with various tasks to help us maintain our gardens. Volunteers help with weeding, harvesting, garden bed prepping, planting and general garden maintenance.
The type of volunteer work we have may depend on many variables such as the time of year, weather, size, and age of the group or otherwise. As such, it's difficult to share what exactly volunteers will be doing on a particular date.
In general, some of those things may include:
- mixing soil/making soil blocks or germination trays
- flipping compost
- planting/seeding or thinning out seedlings
- pricking out seedling/transplants
- harvesting/processing produce
- cultivating/weeding beds
- general cleanup and other tasks generally related to gardening or farming.
In other words, manual labor that includes lifting, kneeling, crouching, bending, twisting, turning, shoveling, raking, etc. Caution may be required when working or walking on ground that is loose, uneven or slippery.
Volunteering at Earthworks is a great way to help our cause of growing food sustainably for our community, as well as, restore our connection to the environment. It is also a way for you to learn new skills, meet new people and make a difference.
We are hosting volunteers Wednesday - Friday from 9 am - 11 am and 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm.
New volunteers that are interested in volunteering with Earthworks Urban Farm should register as a user via Volunteer Hub and when asked for affiliations should check "I am interested in Earthworks Urban Farm". An Earthworks staff person will reach out to the volunteer to discuss specific onboarding requirements. If you already have a Volunteer Hub account with the Capuchins, please reach out to Wendy Casey at wcasey@cskdetroit.org for details on how to sign up for Earthworks events.
First-time volunteers are not required to go through a background check. If you enjoy your experience after volunteering for the first-time and would like to continue volunteering, you will have to complete a background check. This process is mandatory for returning first-time volunteers. It is an easy process and free of charge to you. The results should take about 1-2 days. If you are approved to volunteer again, you would be able to schedule to volunteer.
Click HERE to see upcoming volunteer opportunities.
Special Instructions:
Minimum volunteer age is seven years, and must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The minor and the adult volunteer must each have their own Volunteer Hub account, and must both be registered for the same shift. Minor volunteers who registered on their own would be removed from the shift and must register with their parent/legal guardian for that shift.
Organized group leaders, please contact Wendy Casey at wcasey@cskdetroit.org before registering for shifts. Please provide the following information:
- Name of corporation/organization/company/school
- Number of individuals in group
- Date for service day
An organized group is a group that officially represents an organization, corporation, company, or college/university. Any other type of group (including groups from churches and places of worship) is NOT considered an organized group, and all members must register individually.
