The 2026 CGC Volunteer-A-Thon

Volunteering your time and talents is an amazing gift to the CGC. From July 31 to November 20, you can extend your impact (and win some cool prizes) by participating in our annual Volunteer-A-Thon! Read on to find out how it works and to sign up.

Step 1: Register

This is how we know you’re participating so we can keep you in the loop and send you all the links and information you’ll need.

Step 2: Set Up Your Page

Using our platform, create a personalized page that your sponsors will use to make their donations at the end of the event.

Step 3: Recruit Sponsors

Print out or download a copy of the pledge sheet we’ll send you after you register, then ask your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, classmates, or anyone else who might support you to sign up. They can sponsor you a dollar amount per hour or workday that you volunteer with the CGC, or they can pledge or donate a flat amount in honor of your volunteer service—whatever they prefer.

Step 4: Volunteer!

From Friday, July 31 to Friday, November 20, 2026, volunteer with the CGC in a community garden, on our grounds, facilitating a field trip, helping run the Fall Native Plant Festival, restoring a greenspace, helping with our community herbarium, or any of our other opportunities. Keep track of your hours using the spreadsheet we provide or another system you prefer so you can let your sponsors know the total at the end of the Volunteer-A-Thon.

Each month, we’ll also have a prize or raffle for anyone who has set up their personalized page and participated in at least one volunteer event during that month. Stay tuned…we’ll be sharing details by email with participants!

Step 5: Collect Pledges

When the Volunteer-A-Thon ends, tally up your hours, then send each sponsor who pledged the total amount they owe and a link to the personalized donation page you created in Step 3.

Step 6: Celebrate!

Come celebrate the end of an amazing season with us at our winter open house on the evening of Friday, December 4. We can’t thank you enough for all you do to support the CGC!

Ready to go?

Sign up here and we’ll email you all the links and information you need! 

Questions? Reach out to volunteer@civicgardencenter.org