{"id":2000,"date":"2013-04-21T22:02:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T02:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2013-04-21T22:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T02:02:47","slug":"au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/2013\/04\/21\/au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in America Earth Day Volunteer Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 20th, some of our Rhode Island Au Pairs celebrated Earth Day by volunteering to participate in the clean-up of WaterPlace Park in preparation for the upcoming WaterFire Season. They really enjoyed the activity, and later had the opportunity to attend an after-party at the Temple of Music at Roger Williams Park with Mayor Angel Tavares and other Earth Day Volunteers, for music, food and fun!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/2013\/04\/au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity\/blog3-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/blog34-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"blog3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1997\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/2013\/04\/au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity\/blog-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Blog 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1998\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/2013\/04\/au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity\/blog-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1999\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blog 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-11-624x467.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Blog-11.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WaterFire events generally occur on select Saturday evenings starting at the end of May and ending in early October. The 2013 schedule should be announced soon, and can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfire.org\">www.Waterfire.org<\/a>.  WaterFire is always in need of volunteers to help during the season, and some au pairs have expressed interest in getting involved in additional volunteer activities. Those who are interested in volunteering for an upcoming Waterfire production must attend one of the following Orientations for new volunteers:<br \/>\n<strong>Upcoming WaterFire Orientations:<\/strong><br \/>\n(click to sign up)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/event\/5900232755#\">Thursday, May 2 6PM-7:30PM<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><strong>Mock Dock Day: WaterFire\u2019s Onsite Pre-Season Training Day. A very important training for new volunteers!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/event\/5411333444#\">Saturday,  May 18th 12PM-6PM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in volunteering but cannot be at either of these orientations, you should contact Alex Brinckerhoff, volunteer coordinator, at <a href=\"alex@waterfire.org\">Alex@WaterFire.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/2013\/04\/au-pair-in-america-earth-day-volunteer-activity\/fires-on-wall-with-courthouse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Waterfire-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"Fires on Wall with Courthouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Waterfire-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Waterfire-624x227.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/ri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/04\/Waterfire.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> All of these volunteer  activities will give our Rhode Island au pairs a sense of pride and \u201cownership\u201d when we host our regional event in July; we will be inviting au pairs  in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont to join us at a for a summer evening at WaterFire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 20th, some of our Rhode Island Au Pairs celebrated Earth Day by volunteering to participate in the clean-up of WaterPlace Park in preparation for the upcoming WaterFire Season. 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