Calendar of Events

Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Friday, February 16, 2024
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 16 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Saturday, February 17, 2024
2024 West Asheville Garden Stroll Seed Money Grant
Feb 17 all-day
online

Are you involved in a community-oriented gardening project in West Asheville that needs some extra resources? Or have you been dreaming of a great project that just needs some cash to become a reality? Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, WAGS has awarded Seed Grants annually since 2014.  We support projects that deepen horticultural & environmental awareness and education, encourage creative landscaping, &/or contribute to the beautification of West Asheville’s public spaces, such as boulevard strips, traffic islands, storefronts, community gardens, schools, etc.

Seed Money Grants

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, WAGS offers annual grants for gardening projects, between $100 and $1000 per grant.
The grants are intended to deepen horticultural & environmental awareness and education, encourage creative landscaping, & contribute to the beautification of West Asheville’s public spaces, including boulevard strips, traffic islands, storefronts, community gardens, schools, etc. To be eligible, the following stipulations apply:
· Proposed projects must be submitted by an individual living in West Asheville or by a community group such as a non-profit working in West Asheville, a neighbor collaboration, a faith community, a school, a business, a youth group, etc.
· Proposed projects must be community-oriented (not for individual home projects) & accessible to the public.
· Proposed projects must take place in the area bounded by Patton Avenue/Smokey Park Highway, I-40, & the French Broad River.
We encourage native plantings that support pollinators. (Bee City USA-Asheville has helpful information at https://www.ashevillegreenworks.org/native-pollinator…)
Grant applications are due on February 18. Applicants will be notified by March 18 and a simple report about the project (with in-process and final outcome photos) is due August 15. Grantees must be willing to allow use of photos and project descriptions in WAGS publicity materials.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for a Seed Grant, go to https://form.jotform.com/223385924338059, fill out the form and submit it. Note that the form allows you to attach documents such as a project description, budget, and letters of support.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have difficulty with the application or need assistance in completing it.

Read more
Categories: Garden Grants
Biltmore Estate: Ciao! From Italy Sculptural Postcard Display
Feb 17 @ 8:30 am
Biltmore Estate

Included with admission

Embark on a scenic journey across George Vanderbilt’s Italy with a large-scale outdoor display that combines brilliant botanical designs with authentic messages written by Vanderbilt himself.

Beautifully handcrafted of natural elements, each sculptural postcard depicts a location or landmark Vanderbilt visited more than a century ago. This captivating complement to Biltmore’s Italian Renaissance Alive exhibition reveals Vanderbilt’s passions for travel, culture, architecture, and art as well as his personal experience of such renowned Italian cities as Milan, Florence, Venice, Pisa, and Vatican City.

Adding to the charm and visual appeal of Ciao! From Italy—sure to be a hit among kids of all ages—is the G-scale model train that travels in and out of each postcard in this enlightening display!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Family Fun Garden Outdoors
Indoor Tropical Bonsai Display
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
NC Arboretum

What is Bonsai?

Bonsai is a challenging and rewarding horticultural activity, in which ordinary plants are grown in an extraordinary way. Through rigorously applied cultivation techniques, trees, shrubs, vines and even herbaceous plants are kept in a miniaturized state, developed into artistic shapes and then displayed in special containers.

What makes the Arboretum’s bonsai endeavor unique among all other public collections in the United States? Regional Interpretation. Visitors will find the Arboretum’s bonsai collection of more than 100 specimens carefully cultivated with a Southern Appalachian accent. The collection draws inspiration from the traditional roots of bonsai, but takes the form of a contemporary, Southern Appalachian influenced American garden. Plantings in the landscape include species and cultivars of American, European and Asian origin.

 

The Bonsai Exhibition Garden

Established in October 2005, The North Carolina Arboretum’s Bonsai Exhibition Garden is a world renowned garden that displays up to 50 bonsai specimens at a time. Represented are traditional Asian bonsai subjects such as Japanese maple and Chinese elm, tropical plants such as willow-leaf fig and bougainvillea, and American species such as bald cypress and limber pine. Of particular importance are the plants native to the Blue Ridge region, such as American hornbeam and eastern white pine, which enable the Arboretum to bring the thousand-year tradition of bonsai home to the mountains of Western North Carolina. Interpretive signage throughout the garden conveys information about the art and history of bonsai, and the Arboretum’s own creative approach to it.

 

Outdoor Bonsai Exhibition Garden

  • Bonsai on Display Mid May – November; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
  • Garden Open Year Round
  • Parking Fees
    • Personal/Standard Vehicle (up to 20′ long): $20
    • Large vehicles (21′-29′ long): $60
    • Busses and Oversize Vehicles (30′ long+): $125
    • Members: Free

    Apart from the parking fee, there is no other admission charge to enter the Arboretum or our facilities, except in the case of advertised ticketed events.

Read more
Categories: Garden
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Volunteers
Swannanoa Anime Club
Feb 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Swannanoa Library
  Come join the Swannanoa Library Anime Club! We’ll meet the 3rd Saturday of every month to watch anime, discuss manga, create crafts, and even try some fun snacks!

For ages 13 to 18.

Questions? Please contact Olivia at [email protected]
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Categories: Family Fun Games
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 17 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Dungeons + Dragons at the Weaverville Library
Feb 17 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Weaverville Public Library

Calling adventurous tweens/teens! Join us for Dungeons & Dragons at the Weaverville Library! This program is open to tweens and teens ages 12+.

All skill levels are welcome.

Space for this program is limited. Registration is required. Please stop by the Weaverville Library or call 828-250-6482 to reserve your space!

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Categories: Family Fun Games
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Sunday, February 18, 2024
2024 West Asheville Garden Stroll Seed Money Grant
Feb 18 all-day
online

Are you involved in a community-oriented gardening project in West Asheville that needs some extra resources? Or have you been dreaming of a great project that just needs some cash to become a reality? Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, WAGS has awarded Seed Grants annually since 2014.  We support projects that deepen horticultural & environmental awareness and education, encourage creative landscaping, &/or contribute to the beautification of West Asheville’s public spaces, such as boulevard strips, traffic islands, storefronts, community gardens, schools, etc.

Seed Money Grants

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, WAGS offers annual grants for gardening projects, between $100 and $1000 per grant.
The grants are intended to deepen horticultural & environmental awareness and education, encourage creative landscaping, & contribute to the beautification of West Asheville’s public spaces, including boulevard strips, traffic islands, storefronts, community gardens, schools, etc. To be eligible, the following stipulations apply:
· Proposed projects must be submitted by an individual living in West Asheville or by a community group such as a non-profit working in West Asheville, a neighbor collaboration, a faith community, a school, a business, a youth group, etc.
· Proposed projects must be community-oriented (not for individual home projects) & accessible to the public.
· Proposed projects must take place in the area bounded by Patton Avenue/Smokey Park Highway, I-40, & the French Broad River.
We encourage native plantings that support pollinators. (Bee City USA-Asheville has helpful information at https://www.ashevillegreenworks.org/native-pollinator…)
Grant applications are due on February 18. Applicants will be notified by March 18 and a simple report about the project (with in-process and final outcome photos) is due August 15. Grantees must be willing to allow use of photos and project descriptions in WAGS publicity materials.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for a Seed Grant, go to https://form.jotform.com/223385924338059, fill out the form and submit it. Note that the form allows you to attach documents such as a project description, budget, and letters of support.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have difficulty with the application or need assistance in completing it.

Read more
Categories: Garden Grants
DIY River + Road Cleanups
Feb 18 all-day
Asheville Area

Whenever you want!

 

Supplies available at

2 Sulphur Springs Road

If you need to request supplies for the same or next day, please call 828-254-1776.

Organizing a litter cleanup with your friends, neighbors, co-workers, or other community members is easier than you may think! Asheville GreenWorks provides cleanup supplies and safety information, and will coordinate trash pick up as needed. Available supplies include safety vests, gloves, trash grabbers, trash bags, and SHARPs containers (upon request).

Review the attached guides for instructions and safety information.

Need to know

Please review the attached documents and contact [email protected] with any questions. Your supplies will be available for pickup on the date you’ve requested at Asheville GreenWorks’ office at 2 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville, NC 28806.

All cleanups should be reported using the online form and supplies should be returned after your cleanup.

Links & Attachments

Cleanup Record

DIY Cleanup Instructions-C5tsCUvm.pdf

Do’s and Don’ts – Roadside Cleanups-j81w1uHK.pdf

Syringe Safety-DBjtozsc.pdf
Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Biltmore Estate: Ciao! From Italy Sculptural Postcard Display
Feb 18 @ 8:30 am
Biltmore Estate

Included with admission

Embark on a scenic journey across George Vanderbilt’s Italy with a large-scale outdoor display that combines brilliant botanical designs with authentic messages written by Vanderbilt himself.

Beautifully handcrafted of natural elements, each sculptural postcard depicts a location or landmark Vanderbilt visited more than a century ago. This captivating complement to Biltmore’s Italian Renaissance Alive exhibition reveals Vanderbilt’s passions for travel, culture, architecture, and art as well as his personal experience of such renowned Italian cities as Milan, Florence, Venice, Pisa, and Vatican City.

Adding to the charm and visual appeal of Ciao! From Italy—sure to be a hit among kids of all ages—is the G-scale model train that travels in and out of each postcard in this enlightening display!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Family Fun Garden Outdoors
Indoor Tropical Bonsai Display
Feb 18 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
NC Arboretum

What is Bonsai?

Bonsai is a challenging and rewarding horticultural activity, in which ordinary plants are grown in an extraordinary way. Through rigorously applied cultivation techniques, trees, shrubs, vines and even herbaceous plants are kept in a miniaturized state, developed into artistic shapes and then displayed in special containers.

What makes the Arboretum’s bonsai endeavor unique among all other public collections in the United States? Regional Interpretation. Visitors will find the Arboretum’s bonsai collection of more than 100 specimens carefully cultivated with a Southern Appalachian accent. The collection draws inspiration from the traditional roots of bonsai, but takes the form of a contemporary, Southern Appalachian influenced American garden. Plantings in the landscape include species and cultivars of American, European and Asian origin.

 

The Bonsai Exhibition Garden

Established in October 2005, The North Carolina Arboretum’s Bonsai Exhibition Garden is a world renowned garden that displays up to 50 bonsai specimens at a time. Represented are traditional Asian bonsai subjects such as Japanese maple and Chinese elm, tropical plants such as willow-leaf fig and bougainvillea, and American species such as bald cypress and limber pine. Of particular importance are the plants native to the Blue Ridge region, such as American hornbeam and eastern white pine, which enable the Arboretum to bring the thousand-year tradition of bonsai home to the mountains of Western North Carolina. Interpretive signage throughout the garden conveys information about the art and history of bonsai, and the Arboretum’s own creative approach to it.

 

Outdoor Bonsai Exhibition Garden

  • Bonsai on Display Mid May – November; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
  • Garden Open Year Round
  • Parking Fees
    • Personal/Standard Vehicle (up to 20′ long): $20
    • Large vehicles (21′-29′ long): $60
    • Busses and Oversize Vehicles (30′ long+): $125
    • Members: Free

    Apart from the parking fee, there is no other admission charge to enter the Arboretum or our facilities, except in the case of advertised ticketed events.

Read more
Categories: Garden
Monday, February 19, 2024
DIY River + Road Cleanups
Feb 19 all-day
Asheville Area

Whenever you want!

 

Supplies available at

2 Sulphur Springs Road

If you need to request supplies for the same or next day, please call 828-254-1776.

Organizing a litter cleanup with your friends, neighbors, co-workers, or other community members is easier than you may think! Asheville GreenWorks provides cleanup supplies and safety information, and will coordinate trash pick up as needed. Available supplies include safety vests, gloves, trash grabbers, trash bags, and SHARPs containers (upon request).

Review the attached guides for instructions and safety information.

Need to know

Please review the attached documents and contact [email protected] with any questions. Your supplies will be available for pickup on the date you’ve requested at Asheville GreenWorks’ office at 2 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville, NC 28806.

All cleanups should be reported using the online form and supplies should be returned after your cleanup.

Links & Attachments

Cleanup Record

DIY Cleanup Instructions-C5tsCUvm.pdf

Do’s and Don’ts – Roadside Cleanups-j81w1uHK.pdf

Syringe Safety-DBjtozsc.pdf
Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Growing Minds: “I Tried Local…” free virtual toolkit
Feb 19 all-day
online

Growing Minds has published “I Tried Local…” a Toolkit for Engaging Kids with Local Food and Farms. This resource—intended for early care and education through second grade classrooms—offers an immersive curriculum designed around 10 crops grown in North Carolina. The print toolkit is currently available to educators in North Carolina who participate in a virtual training with Growing Minds. A free digital version is also available to anyone on the Growing Minds website.

Each unit includes an overview of a North Carolina–grown crop, lesson plans, recipes, coloring pages, book recommendations, discussion prompts, and a link to the “Meet Your Farmer” video series featuring North Carolina farmers. The toolkit also offers resources for implementing the core elements of farm to school—gardens, classroom cooking and taste tests, farm field trips and farmer visits, and local foods in meals or snacks.
Growing Minds will host a series of virtual training to support educators interested in using the toolkit. The first will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Register here or contact [email protected] for more information.
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Categories: Community Education Family Fun Garden
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Biltmore Estate: Ciao! From Italy Sculptural Postcard Display
Feb 19 @ 8:30 am
Biltmore Estate

Included with admission

Embark on a scenic journey across George Vanderbilt’s Italy with a large-scale outdoor display that combines brilliant botanical designs with authentic messages written by Vanderbilt himself.

Beautifully handcrafted of natural elements, each sculptural postcard depicts a location or landmark Vanderbilt visited more than a century ago. This captivating complement to Biltmore’s Italian Renaissance Alive exhibition reveals Vanderbilt’s passions for travel, culture, architecture, and art as well as his personal experience of such renowned Italian cities as Milan, Florence, Venice, Pisa, and Vatican City.

Adding to the charm and visual appeal of Ciao! From Italy—sure to be a hit among kids of all ages—is the G-scale model train that travels in and out of each postcard in this enlightening display!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Family Fun Garden Outdoors
Indoor Tropical Bonsai Display
Feb 19 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
NC Arboretum

What is Bonsai?

Bonsai is a challenging and rewarding horticultural activity, in which ordinary plants are grown in an extraordinary way. Through rigorously applied cultivation techniques, trees, shrubs, vines and even herbaceous plants are kept in a miniaturized state, developed into artistic shapes and then displayed in special containers.

What makes the Arboretum’s bonsai endeavor unique among all other public collections in the United States? Regional Interpretation. Visitors will find the Arboretum’s bonsai collection of more than 100 specimens carefully cultivated with a Southern Appalachian accent. The collection draws inspiration from the traditional roots of bonsai, but takes the form of a contemporary, Southern Appalachian influenced American garden. Plantings in the landscape include species and cultivars of American, European and Asian origin.

 

The Bonsai Exhibition Garden

Established in October 2005, The North Carolina Arboretum’s Bonsai Exhibition Garden is a world renowned garden that displays up to 50 bonsai specimens at a time. Represented are traditional Asian bonsai subjects such as Japanese maple and Chinese elm, tropical plants such as willow-leaf fig and bougainvillea, and American species such as bald cypress and limber pine. Of particular importance are the plants native to the Blue Ridge region, such as American hornbeam and eastern white pine, which enable the Arboretum to bring the thousand-year tradition of bonsai home to the mountains of Western North Carolina. Interpretive signage throughout the garden conveys information about the art and history of bonsai, and the Arboretum’s own creative approach to it.

 

Outdoor Bonsai Exhibition Garden

  • Bonsai on Display Mid May – November; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
  • Garden Open Year Round
  • Parking Fees
    • Personal/Standard Vehicle (up to 20′ long): $20
    • Large vehicles (21′-29′ long): $60
    • Busses and Oversize Vehicles (30′ long+): $125
    • Members: Free

    Apart from the parking fee, there is no other admission charge to enter the Arboretum or our facilities, except in the case of advertised ticketed events.

Read more
Categories: Garden
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
BCDP Phone Banking
Feb 19 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Buncombe County Democratic Party HQ

Bring your laptops and fully-charged cellphones for this in-person phone bank session! We will be making calls to increase voter participation throughout Buncombe County during these regularly scheduled phone banks on Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings.

If you don’t have a laptop, we have several at HQ, so just be sure to bring your email login information so we can get you started. If you already have an Action ID User ID & password, bring those as well. (If you don’t have one, we’ll help you get set up with one after you arrive.)

After making calls at HQ, you’ll be encouraged to continue making calls from the comfort of your home afterwards.

We will have plenty of refreshments on hand, and we hope you’ll keep coming back, because this phone banking community is growing and having lots of fun!

Who should attend: Democrats and left-leaning unaffiliated voters welcome!

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Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Early Voting Primary Poll Greeting
Feb 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Friendship Community Center

Sign up to greet voters at the Friendship Community Center during Early Voting!

Poll greeting is an important way you can help make sure voters fill out their entire ballot, even our important local races.

The shifts are 2 hours long, but please consider 1) signing up for two shifts at a time on as many days as possible; and 2) signing up for an empty shift first until they’re all filled with at least one volunteer. Early Voting begins on February 15th and will continue through March 2nd.

All Poll Greeters are encouraged to attend a Poll Greeter Training. Here is the link to sign up for the training: https://mobilize.us/s/oazSHJ

Thanks so much for agreeing to welcome and inform voters, and to encourage them to join our efforts.

Read more
Categories: Community Volunteers
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Growing Minds: “I Tried Local…” free virtual toolkit
Feb 20 all-day
online

Growing Minds has published “I Tried Local…” a Toolkit for Engaging Kids with Local Food and Farms. This resource—intended for early care and education through second grade classrooms—offers an immersive curriculum designed around 10 crops grown in North Carolina. The print toolkit is currently available to educators in North Carolina who participate in a virtual training with Growing Minds. A free digital version is also available to anyone on the Growing Minds website.

Each unit includes an overview of a North Carolina–grown crop, lesson plans, recipes, coloring pages, book recommendations, discussion prompts, and a link to the “Meet Your Farmer” video series featuring North Carolina farmers. The toolkit also offers resources for implementing the core elements of farm to school—gardens, classroom cooking and taste tests, farm field trips and farmer visits, and local foods in meals or snacks.
Growing Minds will host a series of virtual training to support educators interested in using the toolkit. The first will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Register here or contact [email protected] for more information.
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Volunteer at Our VOICE
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Our greatest need is for advocates who provide emotional support on our 24/7 crisis line and offer hospital accompaniment to survivors of recent assaults. Once volunteers have completed the 20-hour required training, they can sign up for on-call shifts. Volunteers are always on-call with a staff member as backup. In order to protect advocate privacy Our Voice utilizes a call service which routes calls to your personal phone so you can be at home during your shift. Before filling out the application please read over the volunteer advocate position description.

Be a minimum of 18 years old

Have reliable transportation

Have a reliable cell phone

Have reliable internet/email

Take crisis line calls during assigned shifts

Assist callers in crisis and provide clients with appropriate referrals to Our Voice services or other community agencies.

Go to the hospital with survivors after a sexual assault

Respond to hospital accompaniment calls within 30 minutes and provide all survivors of sexual assault information regarding options and procedures.

Take a minimum of 2 shifts each month

Volunteers will be able to sign up for shifts through the schedule on our online portal. Shifts are weekdays 5pm-8am and weekends/holidays 8am-8pm or 8pm-8am.

Participate in continued education at least once a year

Continued education trainings will be offered twice a year and advertised through email and our online portal.

Complete a 20 hour advocate training prior to taking shifts

This training is a requirement in order to maintain advocate privilege. We ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of 6 months on the crisis line following training.

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