"Volunteer" can mean whatever suits you and your schedule. If you can help with any of the big or tiny tasks, before, during, or after the Oct 26 Planting Day, please, if you want to volunteer, we need you to

Pictured below are many of the 743 trees we'll plant on Saturday, Oct 26.

Planter Volunteers plant trees and enjoy activities during the Planting Day Festival, Saturday, October 26, 10am - 3pm. (150 to 200 are needed)

• All ages (over 2 years) are welcome to plant!
• PLEASE SIGN UP for an hour or two – if everyone signs up we can better organize the day.
• Planters watch a demonstration and go with a Guide to a planting spot.
• All supplies are supplied.

Guide Volunteers (including students wanting community service hours) get some training beforehand and help the Planters during the planting. (35 to 40 are needed)

• Guides sign up for a two-hour spot (sometime between 7am and 4pm).
  
• Guides help set up the planting area and keep it safe.
• Guides help Planters during their planting.
• Guides help set up tents and tables and pack up at day's end.

Behind-the-Scenes Volunteers get some orientation beforehand and pitch in before, during, and/or after the Planting Day.

• Soil Mulching & Markup weekend before
• Prepping Plants 1 and 2 days before
• Planning art + science activities for the day
• Sign making, tree tagging, plant pick ups

• Setting up tents, tables, tools, and trees
• Registering the Volunteer Planters
• Supervising Art and Science Activities
• Documenting with pix, video, and drone

This one-hour Volunteer Orientation on Zoom describes the work to be done in the week before Planting and on Planting Day (see above). It's a chance to match volunteers to the ways they'd like to help. Attend the last of our Monday Zoom Orientations. RSVP below to get the Zoom link.

Do you have or want to learn one of these skills?

Meanwhile, learn much more at The Forest So Far.

Planting a Forest for Watertown – was at the Watertown Free Public Library in the big meeting room on the first floor: Watertown Savings Bank Room.

While all that was happening, off to the side gave two 30-minute Training sessions for Planting Day Guides 1pm and 3pm

It's all in preparation for the October 26 Planting Day Festival.

This Miyawaki Forest is a wonderful collaboration.

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