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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

with the Maine Sierra Club

Thank you for your interest in volunteering!  The Maine Sierra Club welcomes all levels of expertise and available time.  See our Volunteer Bulletin for specific items that are needed this month.

ONGOING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Office Help

Do you live near Portland?  Help is needed to clip media articles, file reports and occasionally stamp & stuff envelopes for membership mailings.  If you’d like to help out in the office for an hour or two a week contact Jenny Blodgett at 761-5616 or send an e-mail.

Media Scanners

We need volunteers all across Maine to scan their local papers for articles and letters to the editor that have to do with environmental issues, clip those articles out and send them in to the chapter office.

Make your Town a Cool Community
Help curb global warming by getting your town to sign on to the US Mayors Agreement and cut their carbon emissions.  Visit our Cool Communities page for more information.  To get started contact JennyBlodgett at 761-5616 or send an e-mail.
 

Maine Woods Campaign

Help Protect Maine's North Woods! Join the Maine Woods Activist Network - our action alert and letter-writing team; help identify and recruit other Maine Woods activists; set up a presentation/event in your area; work directly with our Maine Woods staff to promote big wilderness protection. Visit the Maine Woods page for more information or contact Jenny Blodgett at 761-5616 or by e-mail.

Volunteer Nights

Contact Jenny for the next scheduled meeting! This is the time for you to help with the various mailing, data entry, and other labor intensive activities to gather in the Portland office for work, conversation, and snacks.

Set up a Film Night

Help educate your community about important environmental issues.  Borrow a film from our film library and set up a screening in your community.  Read our "how-to" guided here.

COMMITTEES:

Join the Energy/Transportation Committee

Working to educate the public about renewable energy sources and global warming.  E-mail Jenny Blodgett for more information.

Join the Fundraising Committee

The all-important committee charged with raising the money needed to enable the Maine Sierra Club to carry out its mission. Email Jenny Blodgett for more information.

Membership Committee

Help us organize membership meetings and outreach at special events.  Contact Jenny Blodgett for more information.

Join the Political committee

Candidate Endorsements, legislative lobbying, accountability.  Contact Joan Saxe for more information.

GET OUTSIDE:

Outings

From the popular short, local “we don’t go far, we don’t go long, and then we eat!” samplers, to climbing Maine’s highest (and not so high) peaks. Our outings committee organizes forays to Maine’s special places. If you would like to attend the next outing, or if you’d like to become an outings leader please contact Jenny Blodgett for information.