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Howard EcoWorks 5th Annual Watershed Makeover
1/15/2024

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.
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On January 15th 2024, Martin Luther King Day, community members will gather in groups to provide service to our local environment through beautification and improvement efforts. We will be providing service to locations that need attention through trash clean-ups, invasive species management or both. 
Howard EcoWorks volunteer in green hat, grey sweatshirt, green pants, boots and gloves. He is pouring soil out of an orange Home Depot bucket onto a tree sapling. There is a wagon of soil behind him and 2 shovels on the grass to his right.

Event Full

2024 WATERSHED MAKEOVER SITE CHOICES*

SITE INFORMATION

HOMEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH LAB
12 PM - 2 PM
10914 MD-108, Ellicott City, MD 21042

PARKING:  Behind the ARL building, park near Homewood High School

DOWNTOWN ELLICOTT CITY (FULL EVENT)
12 PM - 2 PM
3774 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City MD 20143
PARKING: Lot D


FOLLY QUARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
12 PM - 2 PM
13500 Triadelphia Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042
PARKING: Park at School

HAMMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL
12 PM - 2 PM
8100 Aladdin Dr, Laurel, MD 20723
PARKING: Park at school

HARPERS CHOICE MIDDLE SCHOOL | OLD CEDAR LANE SCHOOL (FULL EVENT)
12 PM - 2 PM
Beaverkill Rd, Columbia MD 21044
PARKING: Between the middle school and Old Cedar Ln


HOLLIFIELD STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FULL EVENT)
12 PM - 2 PM
8701 Stonehouse Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21043
PARKING: D Park at School

RESURRECTION SAINT PAUL SCHOOL (FULL EVENT)
12 PM - 2 PM
3155 Paulskirk Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042
PARKING:  At School


SEEDS OF CHANGE NURSERY (FULL EVENT)
12 PM - 2 PM
7303 Waterloo Rd, Jessup MD 20794
PARKING: Drive past the main entrance to the detention center and veer right at the end of the road

Volunteers must wear long pants, bring water, and be ready to work outside. Safety gloves and vests will be provided. Please note there may not be restrooms on-site.

No experience is required; there will be a training and instructions provided at the start of the event. 

Please fill out the waiver form to participate in the volunteer event.

 

Feel free to email us at info@howardecoworks.org if you have any questions.

Please read through the Release of Liability and Publicity agreements to participate in the Watershed Makeover. If you are under 18 years old, please have your guardians look over the agreements before participating in our events. 

RELEASE OF LIABILITY 

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.  

Waiver Agreement*

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.  

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.  

Publicity Release Agreement*