Volunteer: Oyster Float Building Spring 2026Are you good at assembling things... like to work with your hands? Meet some fun people and help the environment?
TOGA needs your help to build oyster floats/cages for TOGA to sell to members at our Spring Oyster Float and Spat (baby oysters) Sale taking place on Sat. 5/17. Thanks to volunteers like you, we help the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
RSVP to join TOGA members/volunteers to assemble various types of cages built to hold live oysters in the Bay. You might not know that people garden oysters for fun, to eat, and to clean our local waters. FLOAT BUILDING DAYS We need volunteers each week starting April 2th through the week of the sale, which is on May 17. Thursdays 9am-noon Camp Kekoka in Kilmarnock (1083 Boys Camp Road) (weather and need permitting). Jim Dall project organizer 540-798-4496, jimd@togaboard.orgWhat is expected of float build volunteers: TOGA float building and assembly is for anyone interested. We help volunteers, using assembly line methods, to build floats for Assoc. Members at the TOGA float sales. The skills acquired through the volunteer float build activities will help people to build an entire float from start to finish. The work involves: · Measuring, cutting and bonding plastic PVC pipe. · Coated wire mesh cutting and bending using shears and wire benders · Nylon rope and bungee cord cutting and melting of the ends · Assembling cage subassemblies together using hog rings and hog ring plyers · Assembling using plastic zip ties, rope bungies and clasp hooks to cages · Moving and stacking subassemblies and raw materials (>25 lb.) · Labeling items and supporting the organization of the actual float sales This work involves standing and walking and is primarily done outdoors. We hope you join us! Organization: Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) Are you good at assembling things... like to work with your hands? Meet some fun people and help the environment?
TOGA needs your help to build oyster floats/cages for TOGA to sell to members at our Spring Oyster Float and Spat (baby oysters) Sale taking place on Sat. 5/17. Thanks to volunteers like you, we help the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
RSVP to join TOGA members/volunteers to assemble various types of cages built to hold live oysters in the Bay. You might not know that people garden oysters for fun, to eat, and to clean our local waters. FLOAT BUILDING DAYS We need volunteers each week starting April 2th through the week of the sale, which is on May 17. Thursdays 9am-noon Camp Kekoka in Kilmarnock (1083 Boys Camp Road) (weather and need permitting). Jim Dall project organizer 540-798-4496, jimd@togaboard.orgWhat is expected of float build volunteers: TOGA float building and assembly is for anyone interested. We help volunteers, using assembly line methods, to build floats for Assoc. Members at the TOGA float sales. The skills acquired through the volunteer float build activities will help people to build an entire float from start to finish. The work involves: · Measuring, cutting and bonding plastic PVC pipe. · Coated wire mesh cutting and bending using shears and wire benders · Nylon rope and bungee cord cutting and melting of the ends · Assembling cage subassemblies together using hog rings and hog ring plyers · Assembling using plastic zip ties, rope bungies and clasp hooks to cages · Moving and stacking subassemblies and raw materials (>25 lb.) · Labeling items and supporting the organization of the actual float sales This work involves standing and walking and is primarily done outdoors. We hope you join us! Organization: Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Apr 2, 2026 through May 14, 2026 Zip Code: 22482 Allow Groups: No |
Volunteer: Writing Social Media PostsDo you like to write short catchy blurbs? Want to help a great cause? TOGA - Tidewater Oyster Gardener's Assoc., needs you! We work to help get oysters in our Bay and tributaries, to filter and clean our local waters. We need social media writer(s). TOGA has Facebook and Instagram pages and wants to put out 5-6 posts per week. We have a board member in charge of this endeavor who can guide you, yet need someone to help draft (and potentially post) short blurbs for posting on topics such as: TOGA eventsgrowing oystersspecial oyster newsoyster recipesweatherenvironmentalwebsite highlightsTOGA sponsors and volunteersdonation and membershiptaking care of oystersA volunteer TOGA board member provides supervision and guidance. TOGA's event schedule is posted online at www.oystergardener.org serves as the main focus for posts. Let us know if you are interested! Organization: Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) Do you like to write short catchy blurbs? Want to help a great cause? TOGA - Tidewater Oyster Gardener's Assoc., needs you! We work to help get oysters in our Bay and tributaries, to filter and clean our local waters. We need social media writer(s). TOGA has Facebook and Instagram pages and wants to put out 5-6 posts per week. We have a board member in charge of this endeavor who can guide you, yet need someone to help draft (and potentially post) short blurbs for posting on topics such as: TOGA eventsgrowing oystersspecial oyster newsoyster recipesweatherenvironmentalwebsite highlightsTOGA sponsors and volunteersdonation and membershiptaking care of oystersA volunteer TOGA board member provides supervision and guidance. TOGA's event schedule is posted online at www.oystergardener.org serves as the main focus for posts. Let us know if you are interested! Organization: Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Allow Groups: No |