Easy Ways to Help Woodlea Melrose

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We’re getting close to opening the neighborhood toolshed and are looking for neighbors who would like to help us get it ready and support Saturday shed hours.

Ways you can help include:
• helping organize tools and set up the space
• assisting with finishing touches as we prepare to open
• hosting Saturday toolshed hours
• making coffee and welcoming neighbors
• sharing a skill through a small demonstration or class

This is a new neighborhood project and we’d love to have a group of neighbors involved from the beginning as we bring the Woodlea Melrose Toolshed to life.

Open your yard for a casual neighborhood gathering.

We’ll help spread the word — you just provide the space.

Time: 1 evening

Woodlea Melrose neighbors meet regula our neighborhood beautiful. Volunteers gather for about an hour to pick up litter along nearby streets and public spaces. Trash bags, safety , and grabbers are provided — just bring comfortable clothes and a  It’s a simple to  a visible difference while spending time with neighbors.

Time: about 1 hour

Love taking pictures?

Help capture neighborhood events so we can share them on the website and social media.

Time: whenever you attend events

Assist with one of the neighborhood’s most beautiful traditions.

You can help:
• assemble luminarias
• distribute candles and bags
• place them at dusk

Time: 2-3 hours once a year

Our Halloween Spirit Walk is one of the neighborhood’s favorite events.

Hosts:
• set up refreshments in driveway
• enjoy chatting with neighbors
• clean up 

Time: 1 evening

If you like quick practical tasks, this is perfect. This would be for events like the Annual Block Party, Melrose Street Fair and Merriment in Melrose

Tasks might include:
• putting out chairs
• setting up tables
• hanging signs

Time: 30–90 minutes