Categories for Volunteering

February 2 | First Saturday Work Day in February

The weather looks like it will be great on Saturday, almost like summer! So we hope to see you all Saturday morning. Please remember to sign in at the tool shed. We will get started around 8:30 or 9. And as always, thank you so much for your support and work at the fountain! Jim and Steve


September 6 | September work day is this Saturday

We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! This Saturday, the 9th, is our postponed (and definitely cooler) workday. We look forward to seeing you Saturday morning at the Fountain. Bob Young will be stepping in for Jim Reynolds, who is on Holiday, to help coordinate the effort. Please sign in at the tool shed if you can make it....

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August 17 | Date Change for September Work Party!

Friends of the Fountain and Walk Volunteers (and would-be volunteers): Because the next first Saturday of the month, our normal volunteer work party day, is part of the Labor Day holiday weekend, we are moving September’s Circle and Walk maintenance day to the following Saturday, Sept. 9. We hope that will make it easier for those with holiday plans to join us...

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August 2 | First Saturday in August at the Fountain

Hello Friends of the Fountain and Walk Volunteers, This Saturday, August 5th, is the first Saturday of August, and we look forward to seeing you at the Fountain!  Please join us any time from 9 to 11, if you are available.  Jim Reynolds will be organizing the effort this month. He will have the volunteer sign-up sheet on a clipboard...

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June 29 | First Saturday in July at the Fountain

This Saturday, July 1 is the first Saturday of July, and we look forward to volunteer day at the Fountain! It’s a holiday weekend with the 4th on Tuesday, but we will keep our “First Saturday” tradition and meet. Please join us any time from 9 to 11, if you are in town for the holiday and available, for some...

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June 2 | It’s the first Saturday in June at the Fountain

Hello Friends of the Fountain and Walk Volunteers,  This Saturday, June 3 is the first Saturday of the month, and we look forward to volunteer day at the Fountain! We are now in the summer months, so there is always lots to do at the Fountain. Please join us any time from 9 to 11 for some sweeping, weeding, general...

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May 13 | Spring on Fountain Walk

The reclamation and restoration of Fountain Walk was one of the founding efforts of what became Friends of the Fountain and Walk. The historic walkway above and alongside the Sutter-Solano Tunnel was part of famed architect John Galen Howard’s original design, along with the Fountain at The Circle and the surrounding balustrade, for what would have been the grand entrance to...

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May 3 | First Saturday in May at the Fountain

This Saturday, May 6, is the first Saturday of the month, and we look forward to volunteer day at the Fountain! Please join us any time from 9 to 11, if you are available, for some sweeping, weeding, general clean-up and comradery. We can use as many helping hands as possible! If you are able to join us, please sign...

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March 30 | April Fools at the Fountain

Hello Friends of the Fountain and Walk Volunteers, This Saturday, April 1 is the first Saturday of the month, and we look forward to volunteer day at the Fountain! The weather looks like it will be wonderful. Please join us any time from 9 to 11, if you are available, for some sweeping, weeding, general clean-up and comradery. We can...

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March 2 | Saturday at the Fountain

Hello from your new Volunteer Coordinators, Jim and Steve! The two of us will try our best to step into the role that Sara Holmes has been so generously and tirelessly been filling for many years. Sara has set the bar high, and we will try our best to keep Sara’s standard of commitment. This Saturday, March 4 is the...

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