September 13th Restore Habitat at Evans Creek Preserve

Join the city to work on a habitat restoration project started by the Master Stewards from the Washington Native Plant Society.  Come help  establish native habitat by removing invasive plant species at Evans Creek Preserve.  Give back to your community, learn about native plants and enhance wildlife habitat!

Water, snacks, gloves and tools will be provided. Please dress appropriately for weather, and wear closed-toed shoes.

Volunteers should plan to meet at marker #2 on the map Sammamish.us Evans Creek Wayfinding Map. Please also note that Evan's Creek Preserve has an upper (off Sahalee Way) and Lower (off HWY 202) entrance. Please make sure you navigate to the Lower entrance.

Parking: Please note, parking is extremely limited. Please plan to meet at a nearby public parking lot and carpool to the site or arrange for drop off/pick up.

If the parking lot is full, you may park anywhere in the neighborhood, WHERE IT IS PERMITTED & SAFE TO DO SO. Please do not block mailboxes, fire hydrants, driveways or roads. Please note any "no parking signs" and do not park within 50 feet of the intersection of Hwy 202 and 224th Ave.

EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY: Please note, that volunteer events occurring on the weekends will now require a minimum of 10-15 total sign ups and those occurring on weekdays require a minimum of 7-10. We ask that you only register for events you plan on attending. If you are unable to attend an event you are registered for please deregister from the event or email the event lead to let them know. This helps us get an accurate account of attendance. Please check your emails or your volunteer dashboard for any updates (we will send out an email blast if an event is cancelled.)

Registering for Galaxy and Signing up for an Opportunity

• Must register online.  No walk ups.
• ALL volunteers are required to have a valid waiver on file. If you do not have one, you will be unable to volunteer.

HOW TO SIGN UP

If you have already volunteered with the city: 

1. Login into your account
2. Respond to the opportunity
   1.  Click "Respond" if you are an individual either volunteering alone, or volunteering with a team, but registering yourself. 
   2. Click "Respond as team" if you  are the team leader and are registering a team OR are a parent attending with an unregistered minor. You can add team members by email (team member MUST have an account created) or by reserving slots (up to 8). Please note, any person in a reserved slot will need to bring a printed signed waiver. See below for link.
   
   

If this is your first time volunteering for the city,

1. You must first create an account and then sign or have an agreement signed online (once done this will be valid for 3 years).

Adults 18+:

1. Create an account
2. Fill out a waiver.
3. After completing the waiver you can then respond to the opportunity
   1. Click "Respond" if you are an individual either volunteering alone, or volunteering with a team, but registering yourself.
   2. Click "Respond as team" if you are the team leader and are register a team OR are a parent attending with an unregistered minor. You can add team members by email (team member MUST have an account created) or by reserving slots (up to 8). Please note, any person in a reserved slot will need to bring a printed signed waiver. See below for link.

Youth between 15 - 17 years old

1. Create an account
2. Have a parent fill out a waiver -this will be emailed to them, so make sure the email is correct and have them check their spam.
3. After completing the waiver you can then respond to the opportunity
   1. Click "Respond" if you are an individual either volunteering alone, or volunteering with a team, but registering yourself.
   2. Click "Respond as team" if you are the team leader and are register a team OR are a parent attending with an unregistered minor. You can add team members by email (team member MUST have an account created) or by reserving slots (up to 8). Please note, any person in a reserved slot will need to bring a printed signed waiver. See below for link.

Minors under the age of 14 years

1. Must be accompanied by an adult. Parent or Guardian must first create an account for themselves (see instructions for 18+ above)
2. You will then need to respond as a team and add the amount of spots you are reserving for your team/family.  The parent or guardian is required to fill out wavier online for themselves and a printed and completed minors wavier form must be brought to work site for each minor 14 and under on the day of event.

Digital volunteer forms are located at: https://sammamish.us/community-involvement/volunteer/