Opportunities From: Tri County Community Action

Join us in making Harrisburg a cleaner and safer place to live, work, and play! Last year, with over 400 volunteers we disposed of 6.4 tons of trash! Please read ALL of the information below before you register. Thank you!**T-shirts are first come, first served this year for volunteers, so make sure to arrive early to grab the 2026 GHLC t-shirt!**

Multiple volunteer positions are available at the cleanup! 

Litter Picker: volunteer to pick up litter at a site | Time needed: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Site Coordinator: sign-in volunteers at a cleanup registration site, distribute equipment, and hand out snacks | Time needed: 7:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Truck Driver: transport bags of litter to dumpster sites and distribute water to litter pickers. Must have your own truck and valid driver's license. Please bring your driver's license the day of the event. Must be able to lift 15 lbs. | Time needed: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Dumpster Monitor: transfers bags of litter from trucks to dumpsters. Do not accept bulk items. Must be able to lift 15 lbs. repeatedly | Time needed: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Check-in Locations:

Allison Hill: Tri County Community Action, 1514 Derry Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104

Midtown: HACC Midtown Building #1, 1523 N 4th Street, Harrisburg, 17102

Uptown: Wesley Union AME Zion Church, 5th & Camp Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17110

* Check-in for litter pickers, truck drivers, and dumpster monitors starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 8:30 a.m. You MUST come to the check-in site to sign-in and pick up equipment the day of the event.

* Site coordinators are needed at 7:00 a.m. to help with set up and prepare for check-in. 

* After the event you must return to the check-in site to drop off your equipment.

* Street parking is available at each site. 

Click HERE to learn how to register for this event as an INDIVIDUAL.

Click HERE to learn how to register for this event as a TEAM.

Questions about the event? Contact Molly Lindquist at mlindquist@cactricounty.org or 717-232-9757, ext: 121.

Questions about the volunteer portal? Contact Alexandra Datesman at adatesman@cactricounty.org or at 717-232-9757, ext: 117.

 

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The Sunflower Fields community garden provides residents with their own garden plot to grow their own food and flowers. This provides local food security, enhances individual health and ensures a supply of fresh, sustainable food to the community residents.   This is not only a way for residents to stay healthy, it also enriches the community life in Sunflower Fields.

 

This is a great volunteer opportunity for individuals or groups looking to make an impact in their local community!

 Volunteers are needed to:

Assist with garden chores like tilling soil, planting, weeding, turning compost, and watering Build and maintain small structures and fencing within the garden area Organize tool and garden shed Help clean garden plots and transform them into more attractive spaces Tidy up mulched spaces between garden beds Transfer plants and spread seeds in the meadow area Plant trees and shrubs in the food forest area Maintain garden plots of food

How to Signup:

* Check out our current schedule by clicking here.

* Please note: The above schedule is updated monthly, so if the current schedule doesn't work, please respond though this opportunity page with your availability.

A Poverty Simulation is a true-to-life role playing experience for groups and organizations to experience first-hand the challenges, decisions, and life of someone in poverty. We are looking for volunteers who can help act out various institutions that groups and organizations will interact with during the simulation. Simulations will last approximately three hours. 

Groups will be faced with daily decisions ranging from how to get the kids to school on time, find or maintain employment, visit the assistance office or church, pay your bills, and keep a roof over your head...all in the span of a few hours. Each 15 minute period of time accounts for exactly one week, and within that week and the three that follow, groups will learn what poverty really looks like and how it can impact every daily decision to be made. 

Poverty Simulations are thought provoking and lead to powerful conversations, and they help us all realize that it takes a community to end poverty.

Volunteers are needed to help with the following parts of the poverty simulation:

Portraying one of our services. Our simulations portray people interacting with housing agencies, financial institutions, schools, community health centers, and infrastructure providers. Our volunteer actors will be briefed on their role prior to the event with instructions on how to effectively act out their part.

 

*Please include your availability (days of the week, morning/afternoon, etc.) in the notes section of your signup.

*Once you signup for this opportunity you will be sent a link with the days and times of poverty simulations currently scheduled and given more information. The list will be continually updated, and you will receive a notification when new simulations are scheduled.

*Poverty simulations will take place throughout our tri-county region of Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties.

Help us clean up the Heart of the Community Garden in Harrisburg!

 

Interested in helping to keep Allison Hill beautiful? Join us in our efforts to keep the Heart of the Community Garden clean and tidy! This is the perfect opportunity for friends, families, or small professional groups looking to give back!  

We need volunteers who can:

Clean up trash to restore the garden space Mow the grass (we have a lawn mower you can use) Weed and water plants If you are able to bring your own gardening gloves, that would be very appreciated, but not required! Other revitalization activities as needed, such as painting, building small structures, etc.

We are looking for volunteers to "adopt" the garden each week. You can choose the week that fits with your schedule and can volunteer as little or as much time as you'd like. 

You can volunteer any day during that week between Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.). Occasionally, we will have weekend opportunities.

Please write the day and time during the week you'd like to volunteer and if you are bringing any additional volunteers with you in the comment section after you hit "Respond." 

 

Help us clean up the Derry and Market St. Planters!

Interested in helping to keep Allison Hill beautiful? Join us in our efforts to keep the planters on Derry and Market St (between 13th and 16th St) clean and tidy! This is the perfect opportunity for friends, families, or small groups looking to give back!  

We are looking for volunteers to assist us in keeping the planters clean and free of litter heading into the winter months! We'll supply you with everything you'll need (gloves, litter pickers, and trash bags).

You can volunteer any day during the week between Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. or you can assist on weekends and we can arrange for pickup of the cleanup supplies.

Please leave the day and time you're interested in the comment section when you signup!