Update: all shifts are full. Thank you! Flexible Dates: Wed, June 20 – Sun, June 24; 12 – 5pm Green Event Volunteer Kansas City Convention Center 301 W 13th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Volunteer alongside Bridging The Gap staff to help make the Unitarian Universalist Convention a Green Event! Special events, like concerts and … Continued
Great Summer Volunteer Opportunity! Help your community and the environment by volunteering at one of our community recycling centers! Recycling preserves forests; keeps oil, natural gas, and minerals in the ground; and prevents air and water pollution. This is an excellent opportunity for teachers with the summer off, employees who get Volunteer Time Off compensation, … Continued
Saturday, May 19, 3 shifts Wanderlust Festival Berkley Riverfront Park Kansas City, MO 64120 To be put on a waiting list to volunteer as a Recycling Attendant volunteer, please email John.Fish@bridgingthegap.org. Alternatively, consider volunteering at one of our Community Recycling Centers. We have an urgent need for Saturday volunteers at both locations. This … Continued
Organizing an event? Why not make it GREEN with Bridging The Gap? Getting a lot of people together for a festival, marathon, to raise money for a cause, or just to have fun can produce a lot of waste. It can be a challenge to handle that waste responsibly at events held where no recycling … Continued
Planning a neighborhood clean-up? Bridging The Gap has tools and other supplies! Is your neighborhood looking a little rough in late-winter with litter, leaves, and brush piling up? Late-winter/early-spring, while the weather is mild and before new growth gets going, is the perfect time to organize a volunteer clean-up with your neighborhood group or homeowners … Continued
Bridging The Gap (BTG) engages more than 1,500 volunteers each year across a wide range of programming. Occasionally, we’ll feature a volunteer in our spotlight to celebrate their service and to give our supporters a behind-the-scenes glimpse of why individuals choose to volunteer with us! Want to volunteer? Reach out to Amy Smith, Volunteer Services … Continued
Bridging The Gap is concerned about the “emergency blood shortage” and has teamed up with the Community Blood Center to promote a blood drive. Donate at any CBC Donor Site and use the code: EF8A (if you use the code we can track how many BTG supporters contributed to this effort)! Monday, January 22, 2018 – Friday, … Continued
Volunteer with Bridging The Gap on Make A Difference Day, Saturday,October 28! Choose from: Waldo Tree Planting, 9am – noon. Volunteer to plant street trees in Kansas City, Missouri with our Heartland Tree Alliance program! Click here for more info and to sign up! Update: All Slots Filled. Thank you! Metro North Recycling Center, … Continued
Keeping Glass Out of the Trash… Ripple Glass, Kansas City’s hometown glass recycler, has recycled over 1 billion bottles and jars since 2009. Their 100+ locations in the Kansas City metropolitan region have saved enough energy to power every house in Kansas City for 18 days! Not too shabby! As Ripple continues to grow their program – you may … Continued
By: Grant Janssen In a recent presentation, Cassandra Ford, BTG’s Business Recycling Program Manager, spoke to a group of representatives for a hotel chain, which includes Kansas City’s Westin Hotel at Crown Center. One of the slides included a waste hierarchy graphic, which shows a set of priorities for the efficient use of resources. This … Continued
Volunteers Wanted! Who loves recycling, voting and music?! Bridging The Gap is proud to partner with Northland Progress’ In for Ten Voting Rights Festival. Volunteers will help us reach our goal of making this a zero waste-to-landfill festival! Date: Saturday, August 26 Two shifts: 12:00 pm – 5:30 pm Sign Up 5:00 pm – 10:30 pm … Continued
Put out your cigarettes, then put ’em in the trash! According to the Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP), a Keep America Beautiful Initiative, cigarette butts are still the most littered item in the US despite the steep decline in smoking rates in recent decades. One problem the CLPP found is that many smokers don’t think of cigarettes … Continued
Friday, July 28 from 9 am – 1 pm Sprint Center @ 1407 Grand Boulevard in front of the box office Bring electronics (anything with a cord or battery) for recycling and your boxes of paper for secure shredding! Fees apply for some electronics* and a $10 tax-deductible donation to Bridging The Gap … Continued
Honoring Fred W. Hoffower Today we are honoring a member of our ‘tribe’ who has passed on. Fred Hoffower was a longtime patron at our old Bannister Recycle Center, a volunteer and eventually a Bridging The Gap employee as a part-time fill in Recycling Center Manager. Fred’s infectious spirit and dedication to the environment … Continued
UPDATE 10.27.2017: Unfortunately, due to the weak plastic recycling market, we will no longer be able to accept Rigid/Durable Plastics at the Deramus Recycling Center effective Saturday, 11/18/17. We are sorry for the inconvenience. KCMO’s Community Recycling Center located at 4707 Deramus Avenue now accepts RIGID PLASTICS for recycling. Make sure that buckets, tubs and jugs are … Continued
Happy National Volunteer Week! What is your volunteer story? Through our collective stories we create the narrative needed to propel others to take action. With collective action, we can create positive change. Together, we are preserving prairies, forests, and glades with KC WildLands; planting thousands of trees with Heartland Tree Alliance; removing litter from local … Continued
UPDATE 10.19.2017: We learned that RIKC no longer accepts durable medical equipment. For years, we have had a partnership with the Rehabilitation Institute of KC (RIKC) to recycle hard- and soft-cover books we collect at the drop-off recycling centers we manage for KCMO. We’re now pleased to report that RIKC recently expanded their services to … Continued
By Guest Blogger, E. Hughes Pembroke Hill School I am always cold. Always. So, my Patagonia fleece has become something of a wardrobe staple. I wear it everywhere: to school, on errands, to sports practices, to sleep, to dinner with the family, and, to my mother’s dismay, to special events. (What can I say, desperate … Continued
