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SOMA Kindness: This week we’re here for Turning Point Community Services, which provides wraparound care for individuals and families in our area. We’re collecting new and excellent condition shoes and clothing — all ages, all genders.
Ready for porch pickup on Friday? Sign up here.
Want to pick up donations and drive them to the agency? Same link!
Not ready? We’re doing more pickups through May and early June and you’ll hear about them here first!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4FAAAE2BA57-64201205-turning#/
SOMA Kindness: The legendary Duck Race is a few weeks away, and volunteers are needed on May 25 with everything from selling tickets to wrangling ducks! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4BfMDPY3O4GtRg5Afj7M6HM9sPrkBgnIHl6Qe1yyR8SpCCg/viewform
SOMA Kindness: A new event is coming to town and we need your help! Later this month we’ll begin collecting cosmetics, accessories, and other small gifts to be staged in a pop-up shop where local kids can browse for free Mother’s Day gifts. Volunteers needed to provide, pick up, and sort donations, as well as staging and staffing the ‘store.’ Learn more, sign up for updates, and give us some feedback! https://www.somakindness.com/finders-keepers/
SOMA Kindness: Virtual opportunity alert! Did you know Citizen Archivists enhance access and discoverability of the 500 million records our National Archive is digitizing? Transcribe handwritten documents, tag archival photographs, and connect with other volunteers. No set assignments or deadlines, do as little or as much as you want, every contribution helps unlock history! https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist
SOMA Kindness: Creature Comfort Pet Therapy can help your pet become certified to visit places like SOMA libraries, and are also in search of volunteers to evaluate animals in training. They welcome adults as well as children who can sit quietly when needed: https://ccpettherapy.org/volunteer-to-help-with-testing/
SOMA Kindness: The Rahway River Watershed Association is in desperate need of volunteers on 3/21 between 9am and noon, to get their native plant garden in shape for a big 35th Anniversary Celebration. Text Clea at 908-472-6152 for more information, or to RSVP. Location: 337 East Milton Ave, Rahway.
SOMA Kindness: Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity (MEND) has many new opportunities to support fresh food access! Support needed with mobile markets, food pantries, and delivery in Newark, Orange, Maplewood and more! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094AAEAE2EA1F49-54978051-volunteer#/