Volunteer with Bridging The Gap

Join us in creating an environmentally sustainable world. Bridging The Gap has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for individuals, groups, families and students. Whether you have just a couple hours or want to make an ongoing commitment, you can help protect our planet for generations to come.

To let us know how you'd like to help, contact Laura O'Brien, Volunteer Manager, at 816-561-1090 or volunteer@bridgingthegap.org, unless another contact is listed.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

Fall Internships

BTG will be offering internships this fall that provide a great way to learn about the environment, non-profit management and more. Click here to view them, and be sure to check back later this month for more internship listings.

Tree Keepers: Volunteer Training for a Healthy Community Forest

Heartland Tree Alliance is once again offering its popular 16-hour Tree Keepers class, which provides extensive training on trees and tree care from experienced, certified arborists and foresters. Graduates will become eligible to volunteer at HTA’s many pruning events and are asked to provide 24 hours of volunteer service with HTA to help care for young trees on public property in the Kansas City region. The cost of the class is $75. Click here for more details. For more information, please e-mail  treemail@bridgingthegap.org.

Walking School Bus “Drivers” Needed – August 2010 through May 2011

The Walking School Bus Program is planning for the 2010/2011 school year. Sign up now to walk a group of children to and/or from school as a volunteer Bus “Driver.” The program is being established in the following Kansas school districts: Tonganoxie; Louisburg; Shawnee Mission; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe; Lawrence and De Soto. Click HERE for list of specific schools. For more information, contact Katharina Poetter Krouse at 816-561-1061, ext. 131 or katharina@bridgingthegap.org

Shredding Events – Saturday, September 18  Event filled!

Help combat identity theft and increase paper recycling! BTG is partnering with PROSHRED® to offer two Community Shredding Events on Saturday, September 18, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the 3 Trails and Metro North Recycling Centers. BTG needs volunteers to direct traffic, unload cars, educate patrons and assist with recycling boxes and other containers.  To sign up, contact Amy Smith at 816-561-1061, ext. 122 or amy.smith@bridgingthegap.org.

National Public Lands Day Beautification Event - Saturday, September 25  Event filled!

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest volunteer effort to enhance the outdoor public spaces enjoyed by all Americans. This year, Keep Kansas City Beautiful will partner with neighborhood associations and home associations in Ruskin Heights/Village, Ruskin Hills, Kirkside, and Stratford Estates along with St. Matthew Apostle Church CCO, Ruskin Neighborhoods CDC, and the Hickman Mills School District to install a rain garden and beautify five parks and 12 school sites. To volunteer for this event, please contact Melanie Allen at melanie.allen@bridgingthegap.org or 816-561-1061, ext 107.

National Public Lands Day Ecological Restoration Event -  Saturday, September 25

We don’t know where, but we do know when, and we definitely know what! Join us from 9:00 AM to noon as we work on removing invasive plants from a remnant Kansas City WildLands site during National Public Lands Day. Check out www.kcwildlands.org in mid-August for location. To volunteer, please contact Linda Lehrbaum at 816-561-1061, ext. 116 or Linda@bridgingthegap.org.

Kansas City WildLands Annual Honeysuckle Battle – November 6, 9:00 AM - Noon

To Battle! Join us for our biggest restoration event of the year as we battle the dread shrub honeysuckle that threatens Kansas City's beautiful wild places on several sites at once. This is a GREAT group workday!  Check out www.kcwildlands.org in mid-August for location.  Contact Linda Lehrbaum, 816-561-1061, ext. 116 or e-mail linda@bridgingthegap.org.

Sustainability Speakers Needed - Next Training November 18

Do you have a desire to educate others about steps they can take to live more sustainably? We are looking for volunteers with significant public speaking experience or who are very comfortable with public speaking to schedule and give short presentations to community groups about specific solutions to our planet's environmental challenges.
For future training dates, or to sign up, contact Amy Smith at 816-561-1061, ext.122 or e-mail amy.smith@bridgingthegap.org

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Community Recycling Centers

The Community Recycling Centers need you to help reduce the amount of trash going to the landfill!   Sign up to volunteer at one of our recycling centers, and you’ll help conserve resources, reduce waste and meet other citizens who care about the environment. The centers operate every week and are almost completely staffed by volunteers. Scheduling is flexible – whatever amount of time you have to give is appreciated! This is a great opportunity for individuals or groups.  Current Kansas City locations: 91st and Hillcrest, 4707 Deramus and Metro North Shopping Center.  Contact Amy Smith at 816-561-1061, ext. 122 or e-mail amy.smith@bridgingthegap.org.

Green and Litter-Free Events

Community groups that choose to make their events “green” by using the services of Keep Kansas City Beautiful’s Green and Litter-Free Events program often seek volunteers to help with recycling and other litter-reduction activities at those events. The following events are seeking recycling volunteers. (Please contact them directly to sign up.)

No upcoming events at present.