Opportunities to Volunteer with Starfish Project Foundation

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 UPCOMING EVENTS & FUNDRAISERS

*Do you shop Amazon? Consider using Amazon Smile and donate while you shop. 

*Do you know someone who is need of specialized printing: banners, posters, canvas prints or something printed? Consider using Sand Dollar Print Shop. Proceeds from  print jobs help support Starfish Project Foundation. Free estimates, email printshop@starfishproject21.org or call 913-353-8021.

**BINGO for Starfish Project Foundation, Saturday, June 18th from 4 pm – 6 pm at Hemberger Mary’s.

*Does your company match donations or give out community grants?  These are great opportunities for us!​

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

*If you have an hour a week or more to help us, we really need volunteers who are willing to answer phones and greet people (you will be trained).  Our hours are Monday-Friday, 9 am – 5 pm. We have set up an easy quick way to sign up for 60 minute sessions please click here My Calendly for available times.

*The second Saturday of every month we host a potluck meal and hand up haircuts. For some of us that is no big deal, to others that money can be used for food or gas for the month. Click here for more details.

*Assist Olathe School district with bag stuffing (Adults only for this one please). Contact Cindy VonFeldt at 913-780-8249 or ckvonfeldt@olatheschools.org if you are able to help.

• July 25  8:30 to noon  15-18 people to stuff middle school backpacks
• July 25  12:30 to 4 p.m.  15 people to deliver backpacks to middle schools (they will need vehicles)
• July 26  8:30 to Noon  20 people to fill and deliver middle/high school backpacks (they will need vehicles)
• July 28  12:30 to 4 p.m.  8-10 people to deliver backpacks (they will need vehicles)

*How would you like to help us do random deliveries of kindness? Since it is random, we don’t always know when the opportunity will arise. We are compiling a list of people we can call when the opportunities come up. Please add me to the list.

*We need 3-5 people that could help and/or be back up on call for general food pickups.  We have places that would like us to pick up and we get calls from other groups that have food to donate.  We are not currently able to pick up without some additional volunteers that can help.  Please contact Joyce at 913-839-8567 to get on our pick up list. Here is the link to get on the back up list.

*Who likes to color?  We have several sheets that will be turned into place mats at the nursing homes and senior centers.  They can be picked up or colored onsite.  We can use help with the lamination process too.  Once completed, Starfish Project will laminate and set up delivery. 

*PAY IT FORWARD–get the PIF challenge going with all of your family, friends, schools and co-workers. Cards can be picked up M-F, between 9am and 5pm. Let’s cover our community with acts of kindness.

*Do you belong to a group or organization that would like to volunteer as a team?  Here is a link with additional details of how you can sign your team up.

*Do you want to volunteer, but don’t know where to start or how you can help?  Please stop by The Beach and let’s get you plugged in!  We have opportunities come up daily.

Items Starfish Project Foundation is currently taking

*Clean dry grocery sacks
*Fleece
*Items for our Blessing Bags, the list of needed items can be found here
*Old clean t-shirts, holes and stains not an issue
*Full sized toiletries for Raleen’s Kids (especially shampoo and liquid body soap for boys)
*We always have calls for needed items.  Are you a part of our Facebook volunteer group?  If not, consider joining today!
*Join us on Nextdoor
*New gifts you were given, but won’t use (the ones that sit in the back of the closet for years)