Howard EcoWorks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to empower communities and diverse workforces to respect and restore our natural systems for future generations.
Due to unforeseen weather conditions, our Annual Watershed Makeover is being combined with Alternative Spring Break. Community members will have the opportunity to provide service to our local environment & neighborhoods through beautification and improvement efforts. Our primary goals will be to:
These activities are open to children ages 8 and up. You may bring small children, but they must be supervised by their adult, and keep in mind the work is not appropriate for them.
Howard EcoWorks will provide:
We recommend that volunteers bring:
Please do the following to complete this form:
FORMS WILL BE CLOSED FOR SUBMISSION ON THURSDAY 3/21/24
You can expect a confirmation/ reminder email the weekend prior to Spring Break
HARPERS CHOICE MIDDLE SCHOOL | OLD CEDAR LAND SCHOOL
Date: Monday, 3/25/24
Time: 12 Pm - 2 PM
Address: 5451 Beaverkill Rd, Columbia, MD 21044
Parking: Parking between the middle school and Old Cedar Ln.
Activity: Trash and Debris removal. Tree Care.
DOWNTOWN ELLICOTT CITY
Date: Tuesday, 3/26/24
Time: 9 am - 11 am
Address: 3774 Old Columbia Pike (Lot D), Ellicott City
Parking: Parking Lot D.
Activity: Trash and Debris removal. Invasive Species Removal (English Ivy)
FOLLY QUARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Time: 12 pm - 2 pm
Address: 13500 Triadelphia Rd, Ellicott City, MD
Parking: Parking at school.
Activity: Invasive Species Removal (multiflora rose, barberry, ect). Tree care.
HOMEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Date: Wednesday, 3/27/24
Address: 10914 MD-108, Ellicott City, MD 21042
Parking: Parking in the back right corner of the parking lot.
Activity: Trash and Debris removal. Invasive Species Removal. Tree Care.
HOLLIFIELD STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Date: Thursday, 3/28/24
Address: 8701 Stonehouse Dr, Ellicott City, MD
Parking: Parking in the far corner of the lot.
RESURRECTION ST. PAUL SCHOOL
Date: Thursday, 3/28/24 (FULL EVENT)
Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
Address: 3155 Paulskirk Dr, Ellicott City, MD
Activity: Trash and Debris removal. Invasive Species Removal.
SEEDS OF CHANGE NURSERY
Time: 10 am - 12 pm
AND
Date: Friday, 3/29/24
Time: 10 am - 12:30 pm
Address: 7301 Waterloo Rd, Jessup, MD 20794
Parking: Drive past the main entrance to the detention center and veer right at the end of the road.
Activity: Trash and Debris removal. Invasive Species Removal. Potting up plants, stem cut propagation, and root division.
HAMMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Address: 8100 Aladdin Dr, Laurel, MD 20723
This option is only for ages 16-17. Volunteers under 16 MUST be accompanied by their adult.If you are an adult volunteer with children please fill out the above section and skip this one.
In return for being allowed to participate in Howard EcoWorks volunteer activities and all related activities, including any activities incidental to such participation (“Volunteer Activities”), the undersigned Volunteer or Parent/Legal Guardian of Volunteer if Volunteer is under age 18 (hereafter referred to using “I”, “me”, or “my”) releases and agrees not to sue Howard EcoWorks or its officers, directors, employees, sub-contractors, sponsors, agents and affiliates from all present and future claims that may be made by me, my family, estate, heirs, or assigns for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death arising as a result of my participation in the Volunteer Activities wherever, whenever, or however the same may occur.
I understand and agree that Howard EcoWorks is not responsible for any injury or property damage arising out of the Volunteer Activities, even if caused by their ordinary negligence or otherwise.
I understand that participation in Volunteer Activities involves certain risks, including, but not limited to, serious injury and death. I am voluntarily participating in the Volunteer Activities with knowledge of the danger involved and I agree to accept all risks of participation.
I also agree to indemnify and hold harmless Howard EcoWorks for all claims arising out of my participation in the Volunteer Activities.
I understand that this document is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws of the state in which the Volunteer Activities take place and agree that if any portion of this Agreement is invalid, the remainder will continue in full legal force and effect.
I also acknowledge that Howard EcoWorks has not arranged and does not carry any insurance of any kind for my benefit or that of Volunteer (if Volunteer is under 18), my parents, guardians, trustees, heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. I represent that, to my knowledge, I am in good health and suffer no physical impairment that would or should prevent my participation in Volunteer Activities.
I also understand that this document is a contract that grants certain rights to and eliminates the liability of Howard EcoWorks.
PUBLICITY RELEASE
In return for being allowed to participate in Howard EcoWorks volunteer activities and all related activities, including any activities incidental to such participation (“Volunteer Activities”), the undersigned Volunteer or Parent/Legal Guardian of Volunteer if Volunteer is under age 18 (hereafter referred to using “I”, “me”, or “my”) hereby grants Howard EcoWorks, and each of its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, advertising or promotional agencies, and partners, and all such entities’ officers, directors, agents, employees, respective successors and assigns (collectively, “Authorized Parties”), the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use, publish, broadcast and/or copyright the use of Volunteer’s name, address, voice, photograph and/or like-ness, caricature, and personal information, in its current form or as retouched, digitized, cropped, altered, distorted or modified in any way, in any and all advertising, promotional, or other materials based upon or derived from the Volunteer Activities in any manner, in any media whatso-ever for any and all purposes, including by way of example but without limitation advertising, promoting or publicizing products and services throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation on the Internet), without additional compensation. I further agree that anything derived therefrom will be owned solely by the Authorized Parties. I shall not authorize the use of any print, negative or other copy thereof by anyone other than the Authorized Parties.