We have a list of volunteer needs you might like to assist with:

Wednesday Night
We will be installing the artwork at Grant Street Gallery (220 Grant), but it should be pretty easy, we’ll need most of the help doing food prep.
If you’re available to cut up and arrange veggies, fruits and breads Wed evening, please email Alison.  She lives near Grant and Auburn.
alison.altschuller {at} gmail(.)com
I will let her tell you the exact location of her kitchen so as to avoid 200 people moon bathing in the nude on her lawn.
You don’t have to worry about bringing veggies (unless you want to) but do bring some additional cutting boards, knives and platters or bowls.
If you’d like to prepare a family spread or dip recipe for the Reception on Thursday we’d love that too–a nice little artichoke or spinach dip or a roasted red pepper hummus, or caramelized sweet onion or even LIVERWURST!
(just give me a headsup so I don’t make my gramma’s recipe of “finely chopped refrigerator leftovers + mayo”

Thursday Night
Greeters and Bartenders and late night cleaner uppers
The reception is from 6:30-10pm.  If you’re available for general muscle power, please let me know

Friday to Saturday Evenings
The gallery will be open to the public from 5-9pm each evening as long as we have volunteers willing to babysit.
You don’t have to do anything except be gracious and let people look at the work at their leisure.
But if you know a painter or illustrator who would set up an easel and work while the public visits (especially Saturday the 25th) that would be a very special opportunity.

Crank Callers #1
We have to spend a few hours this week calling National Grid and speaking with an operator to have the 230 tree holes marked for digging.
It’s very easy–just time consuming.  Unfortunately, it has to happen during the workday; please let me know if you’re available for this.

Crank Callers #2
We have a script for people to use to telephone local contractors.  We want to inform them of our pickup services because we frequently hear from homeowners, “Oh I wish I’d known, we just renovated our kitchen and threw out all the old stuff!”  If contractors, who include removal of the “old stuff” as part of their fee, knew that we could take that material and give the home owner (or contractor) a tax break, we would divert more material from the landfill.
So, if you’d like to help us initiate those kinds of targeted phone calls, please let me know.  This can happen on a Saturday as well. volunteer {at} buffaloreuse(.)org

Crank Callers #3
Rebekah, our conference organizer, will need some help following up with about 200 people who have expressed interest in our Great Lakes Building ReUse Conference www.greatlakesreuse.org
She has a script you can follow.  If you have time this week, please let her know.  It’s really important to us.  There will be more conference needs soon as we get ready to mail out materials and prepare welcome packets.  If you’d like to shuttle guest speakers in from the airport or assist with the conference in other ways, please let Rebekah know.  2008conference {at} greatlakesreuse(.)org