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  • Tree Support Install BNWRD: July, 17 2026 (9-11:30am)

      Help the Ecology Action Center install tree guards to protect our newly planted seedling trees from deer at BNWRD! This will involve some hand tool use and a fair amount of walking and kneeling on uneven terrain. This workday will be Friday July 17 from 9-11:30am. Please dress appropriately...

  • Sugar Creek Stewards Workday

    Come join us for our July workday along Sugar Creek on July 18 from 9:00am to 12:00pm! We need help improving Sugar Creek in designated areas throughout Bloomington and Normal, by clearing invasive plant species and managing the non-invasive plants. Volunteers must be 18 years old or older (or 14...

  • Yard Smart Garden Walk Volunteer: July 18, 2026 (9:00-2:00pm)

    The Ecology Action Center is holding its 23rd annual Yard Smart Garden Walk on Saturday, July 18. This FREE tour highlights beautiful and functional yards in our community that protect our environment, benefit wildlife, and use few or no synthetic chemicals. The tour features multiple home gardens of different styles....

  • Mackinaw River Cleanup

    Mackinaw River

    Join Central Illinois Kayaking and Floating and the Friends of EverBloom to help clean up the Mackinaw River. Interested volunteers should meet at 10AM on Saturday July 18 at the Mackinaw Canoe Club launch in rural Carlock (exact location in event link). Rain date Sun. July 19. If the Mackinaw...

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  • McLean County Fair Green Team Volunteers 2026 [Multiple Shifts]

    McLean County Fairgrounds 1106 Interstate Dr, Bloomington, IL, United States

    The McLean County Fair is going GREEN for the 4th year in a row! In partnership with the McLean County Fair, the Ecology Action Center will have recycling receptacles available for recyclables generated at the county fair. However, in order for this initiative to be successful, the EAC is recruiting...

  • McLean County Fair Green Team Volunteers 2026 [Multiple Shifts]

    McLean County Fairgrounds 1106 Interstate Dr, Bloomington, IL, United States

    The McLean County Fair is going GREEN for the 4th year in a row! In partnership with the McLean County Fair, the Ecology Action Center will have recycling receptacles available for recyclables generated at the county fair. However, in order for this initiative to be successful, the EAC is recruiting...

  • McLean County Fair Green Team Volunteers 2026 [Multiple Shifts]

    McLean County Fairgrounds 1106 Interstate Dr, Bloomington, IL, United States

    The McLean County Fair is going GREEN for the 4th year in a row! In partnership with the McLean County Fair, the Ecology Action Center will have recycling receptacles available for recyclables generated at the county fair. However, in order for this initiative to be successful, the EAC is recruiting...

  • McLean County Fair Green Team Volunteers 2026 [Multiple Shifts]

    McLean County Fairgrounds 1106 Interstate Dr, Bloomington, IL, United States

    The McLean County Fair is going GREEN for the 4th year in a row! In partnership with the McLean County Fair, the Ecology Action Center will have recycling receptacles available for recyclables generated at the county fair. However, in order for this initiative to be successful, the EAC is recruiting...

  • HHW Volunteering: August 22, 2026 [Multiple Shifts Available]

    Please sign up to volunteer for the annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection event on August 22, 2026. Volunteers will assist in various functions with the McLean County Household Hazardous Waste collection event with the primary need being traffic control. The work requires spending the entire shift on one's feet, clear...

  • Sweet Corn Circus [Multiple Shifts]

    Sweet Corn Circus [Multiple Shifts]

    The Ecology Action Center needs 2 volunteers per shift to help us at our booth at the Sweet Corn Circus. Volunteers will help alert Sweet Corn Circus attendees to composting services provided by the Ecology Action Center. Volunteers will also help at the booth ensuring materials are being disposed of...

  • Sweet Corn Circus [Multiple Shifts]

    Sweet Corn Circus [Multiple Shifts]

    The Ecology Action Center needs 2 volunteers per shift to help us at our booth at the Sweet Corn Circus. Volunteers will help alert Sweet Corn Circus attendees to composting services provided by the Ecology Action Center. Volunteers will also help at the booth ensuring materials are being disposed of...

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