Volunteer Opportunity Details:

As the weather turns colder, we will be working in the gardens less and less. Buffalo ReUse is switching our focus to the house we are rehabbing. The upstairs currently holds our offices, and the downstairs - eventually - will be our Community Space. The vision is for the first floor to be a space where church groups, women's groups, boy scouts, etc can gather and hold meetings. There will be a computer with internet access, a copy machine, and a DIY book lending library, to mention a few things. HOWEVER, this house still needs LOTS of work, and that is why we need YOU.
As part of our community programming, we hold free workshops on gardening and home repair every week. The home repair workshops are usually modeled around what needs to be done in the house at the time. Past workshops include: DryLoking the Basement Walls, Installing Insulation, Tiling the Bathroom Floor, and ReFinishing Stairs. We are asking for volunteers to :

1. ) Lead workshops. If you are a handyman and can help us repair holes in our drywall or reglaze our windows or any other home repairs, Please let us know. We will arrange a day and time for your workshop which will be advertised on our Monthly calendar.
2. ) Attend workshops! If you are not so handy but are willing to help us out, please come to one or two of our workshops. We learn as we go along, so most of the time we may be pretty clueless too. But the more the merrier, and then you can bring your new-found skills back to your own home.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Buffalo ReUse

Volunteers will work with the following groups Adolescents (13-17) Minorities Adults (26-54) Older Adults (55+) Low-income / Poverty Young Adults (18-25) This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adolescents (13-17) Large Group (11+) Adults (26-54) Small Group (2-10) Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25) We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Monthly Weekly This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Education & Technology Housing Environmental We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Construction / Maintenance Teaching Painting / Wallpapering

Contact Person: Rachel Mathews, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

298 Northampton St BUFFALO, NY 14208 (See a map)

Directions:

We are between Main St and Jefferson Ave. South of Canisius. East of Art Space. Heading south on Main, turn left at the Delta Sonic Car Wash onto Northampton and go about 4 blocks through 2 traffic lights. We're in a large white brick warehouse on the left.