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  • Tree Planting Workday: May 17, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

    Help the Ecology Action Center plant small (1-3 ft tall) bareroot seedling trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more! Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use and all volunteers must be able to safely use hand tools, stay...

  • CANCELLED: Summer Program Prep Volunteering: May 19, 2026 (2:00-4:00pm)

    Ecology Action Center 202 W College Ave, Normal, IL, United States

    With summer on the horizon, the EAC needs help preparing. Volunteers will assist with cutting up T-shirts for a summer children’s program and/or creating pop-tab keychains for a library program. Volunteers must be 18 years or older, or 13+ with a parent or guardian present. This volunteer event takes place...

  • Tree Planting Workday: Friday May 22, 2026 (9:30-12:00pm)

    Help the Ecology Action Center plant small (1-3 ft tall) bareroot seedling trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more! Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use and all volunteers must be able to safely use hand tools, stay...

  • The Bridge Tree Planting Workday: May 29, 2026

    Help the Ecology Action Center plant larger (6-7 ft tall) container trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more at Home Sweet Home Ministries, The Bridge property. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use and all volunteers must be able to safely use hand tools,...

  • CANCELED: Tree Planting Workday: May 30, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

    Help the Ecology Action Center plant small (1-3 ft tall) bareroot seedling trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more! Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use and all volunteers must be able to safely use hand tools, stay...

  • CANCELED: Tree Planting Workday: May 31, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

    Help the Ecology Action Center plant small (1-3 ft tall) bareroot seedling trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more! Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use and all volunteers must be able to safely use hand tools, stay...

  • Tree Storage Workday: June 5, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

    Help the Ecology Action Center prepare our excess bareroot seedling trees to be stored at the tree nursery. Work will involve potting trees in buckets and loading them into the truck. We may also do some equipment cleaning if time allows. Morning 9:30-12pm and afternoon 1-3:30pm shifts available. This workday...

  • Tree Support Install BNWRD: June 11, 2026 (9:30am-12pm)

    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 Thursday June 11 from 9:30am-12pm. Please dress appropriately for...

  • Summer Program Prep Volunteering: June 11, 2026 (10:00am-12:00pm)

    Ecology Action Center 202 W College Ave, Normal, IL, United States

    With summer on the horizon, the EAC needs help preparing. Volunteers will assist with cutting up T-shirts for a summer children’s program and/or creating pop-tab keychains for a library program. Volunteers must be 18 years or older, or 13+ with a parent or guardian present. This volunteer event takes place...

  • Tree Support Install BNWRD: June 12, 2026 (9:30am-12pm)

    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 June 12 from 9:30am-12pm. Please dress appropriately for...

  • mCLEAN Up Crew Workday

    Our local environment needs your help! Join the Ecology Action Center in picking up trash around McLean County for our June mCLEAN Up Crew Workday. Volunteers will use trash grabbers with safety equipment like high visibility vests and gloves to pick up litter around designated areas. Participants must be 18...

  • Summer Program Prep Volunteering: June 16, 2026 (5:30-7:30pm)

    Ecology Action Center 202 W College Ave, Normal, IL, United States

    With summer on the horizon, the EAC needs help preparing. Volunteers will assist with cutting up T-shirts for a summer children’s program and/or creating pop-tab keychains for a library program. Volunteers must be 18 years or older, or 13+ with a parent or guardian present. This volunteer event takes place...

  • Sugar Creek Stewards Workday

    Come join us for our June workday along Sugar Creek! 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 and accompanied by a parent or guardian)...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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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