Gunn Service Day 
March 6, 2008 - 8am to 2pm
Welcome to Gunn Service Day 2008 Registration for Gunn High School Students - Deadline Monday, March 2, 2008 at 4pm
Please follow this procedure:
1. Read the descriptions below for each service site.
2. Choose your preference for service site and click on the Registration hyperlink Mysignup.com at the bottom of this webpage.
3. Follow the instructions for registering your site preference through Mysignup.com. *Note: You may only CHOOSE ONE service site, and you MUST fill in your FULL NAME when you register so that we can get you excused from classes that day!
4. Download the permission/waiver forms at the bottom of this webpage; one form for your preferred site and one form for the Palo Alto Unified School District. Bring a signed copy of each of these forms to Gunn Service Day. You will need to submit a signed copy of each form to participate in GSD.
5. Have a great time at GSD!
SERVICE SITE DESCRIPTIONS
MAGIC
Location: Stanford, CA
Minimum number of students: 6
Maximum number of students: 30
Waiver form: YES
Activity: Planting and/or caring for native CA Oaks. Our work depends on weather. Conditions between now and the public service day influence what we do. We can not guarantee any particular activity, but we will provide students opportunity to work outside planting and caring for trees and understory species.
Website: www.ecomagic.org
RAFT – Resource Area For Teachers
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Minimum number of students: 1
Maximum number of students: 20
Waiver form: YES
Activity: RAFT is a local non profit that promotes hands on learning and teaching. They provide a variety of very low cost materials and resources to educators and others who work with youth pre K to 12th grade. They also work hard to create opportunities for educators to gain professional growth. Student volunteers will help prepare used, new and donated materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. Through your volunteer hours you'll help support teachers in engaging their sudents in fun, hands-on learning!
Website: www.raft.net
ELKUS YOUTH RANCH
Location: Half Moon Bay
Minimum number of students: 5
Maximum number of students: 25
Waiver form: YES
Activity: Elkus Ranch is a working educational ranch that does programming with schools and community groups. Elkus is committed to teaching the importance of sustainability and protecting our environment through green methods of living. A visit to Elkus allows students the chance to take a step back in time and see how farmers and ranchers lived in early California. Students will have the opportunity to clean animal pens; weed, plant and sow in the garden; do trail maintenance or paint structures at the ranch.
Website: http://cesanmateo.ucdavis.edu/Custom_Program/
CANOPY
Location: East Palo Alto, CA
Minimum number of students: 15
Maximum number of students: 20
Waiver form: Form will be given at the site, the day of Gunn Service Day. There is no need to print and sign a Canopy waiver form beforehand - however, you do need to have a PAUSD waiver.
Activity: Canopy is a Palo Alto Based non-profit advocate for the urban forest and works to educate, inspire and engage the community as stewards of young and mature trees. Students will be working outside, supporting the growth of trees in East Palo Alto along Bayshore Road. Volunteers may help by mulching, which includes loading, transporting and spreading mulch with rakes. Gloves will be provided. Pants, sturdy shoes and long sleeved shirts are a good idea for this site.
Website: www.canopy.org
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Minimum number of students: 6
Maximum number of students: 20
Waiver form: NO
Activity: American Red Cross is preparing for their annual free CPR Saturday
training event for the public on March 8 at Cubberley Community Center.
Volunteers will help prepare training-class materials, including
practice manikins.
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPENSPACE DISTRICT
Location: Los Altos, CA
Minimum number of students: 4
Maximum number of students: 10
Waiver form: YES
Activity: At the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve in the Palo Alto Baylands, students will paint and restore the two observation decks used for viewing shorebirds. Snacks and drinks will be provided. District Rangers will lead the project and provide an orientation to the open space land preservation.
Website: www.openspace.org
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
Location: San Carlos, CA
Minimum number of students: 10
Maximum number of students: 25
Waiver form: YES
Activity: Second Harvest Food Bank helps to provide donated food items to schools, community groups and other local organizations that work with or provide service to youth. The exact service activity will be determined on the day of service, but will include sorting and bagging a variety of food items.
Website: www.2ndharvest.net
ACTERRA
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Minimum number of students: 6
Maximum number of students: 25
Waiver form: To be signed at the site on Gunn Service Day
Activity: Volunteers will be working on Ecosystem Restoration on the bike path between Gunn and Bol Park. This will entail restoring native plant populations through weeding invasive non-native plant species, an important piece in maintaining a healthy, sustainable environment. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Website: www.acterra.org
HALF MOON BAY STATE BEACH
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
Minimum number of students: 5
Maximum number of students: 50
Waiver form: YES
Activity: Students will be participating in the habitat restoration program which will primarily focus on non-native plant removal. Students will be expected to perform tasks that are somewhat physically demanding, including standing for two hours, frequent bending at the knees and waist, and carrying loads of up to 20lbs. You may get dirty, so wear appropriate clothing. Long pants and long sleeves are suggested, and closed toed shoes are required. A hat and sunscreen, refillable water bottle and layered clothing are recommend. If rain is in the forecast, bring rain gear. Gloves and necessary gardening equipment, such as shovels and hoes will be provided. Come out to the beach and support the environment!
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE
Location: San Jose, CA
Minimum number of students: 10
Maximum number of students: 20
Waiver form: YES
Activity: Feed the hungry...Clothe the needy...Welcome the stranger. Volunteers will greet donors, help unload cars, hand out tax receipts and sort through donations so that we can give our customers the best quality of clothing possible. Customers come in to receive grocery boxes, so we are accepting donations, packing boxes based on family size and sorting through all produce and every food item so that our customers can prepare healthy, balanced meals. We expect staff, volunteers and customers to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect.
Website: www.shcstheheart.org
INNVISION
Location: San Jose, CA
Minimum number of students: 2
Maximum number of studnets: 30
Waiver form: NO
Activity: InnVision: Empowering homeless and at-risk families and individuals to find the way home. Volunteers will work to organize the warehouse, a place where homeless and at-risk families and individuals have the opportunity to "shop" (free of charge) for clothing and household items with dignity.
Website: www.innvision.org
SIGNING UP!
1. Select your service site, go to Mysignup.com
2. Download the Permission Form (sign and return on GSD) for your selected site (you must have Acrobat Reader):
3. Download the Palo Alto Unified School District Permission Form (all students must sign and bring on GSD).
