{"id":20278,"date":"2013-02-26T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T21:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/community-service-opportunities-for-kent-students-others\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T23:20:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T06:20:34","slug":"community-service-opportunities-for-kent-students-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/community-service-opportunities-for-kent-students-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Community service opportunities for Kent students, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Call it a rite of spring.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Every year when the weather starts to improve, Kent Parks gets calls from students looking for ways to fulfill their high school community service requirements.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Park events normally begin with Earth Day, this year on April 20 at Clark Lake Park. There are two others in the spring lineup: Arbor Day, April 27 at West Fenwick Park and National Trails Day, which Kent does earlier than the rest of the country on May 18, at Lake Fenwick Park.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Flyers are posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.KentWA.gov\/ParkVolunteers\" target=\"_blank\">www.KentWA.gov\/ParkVolunteers<\/a> a few weeks before the event and pre-registration is required.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>There are other opportunities out there for students willing to do a little Internet digging. For example, Green Kent Partnership Stewards are scheduling work parties at their chosen parks and natural areas. Bookmark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.GreenKent.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.GreenKent.org<\/a> and check it frequently to see what new work parties are posted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Other city departments may have community service opportunities as well, and you can find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.KentWA.gov\/Volunteer\" target=\"_blank\">www.KentWA.gov\/Volunteer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>If you need a lot of hours \u2013\u00a0or court-ordered service \u2013 these agencies also may be able to help: Kent Youth &amp; Family Services (253-859-0300), the Kent Food Bank (253-520-3550), the Kent Jail (253-856-5960; requires a $30 background check) and, during the summer months, the Kent Farmers&#8217; Market would love your help (253-852-LION).<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call it a rite of spring. Every year when the weather starts to improve, Kent Parks gets calls from students looking for ways to fulfill their high school community service requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-20278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20278"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=20278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}