Agency: Deerfield School Marathon Club

Contact: Kristie Martinez at deerfieldmc@hotmail.com or 830-8507

The Deerfield School Marathon Club is seeking volunteers to help with its weekly runs. Volunteers are stationed along the route to encourage the students as well as ensure their safety while they earn their miles, so the Marathon Club relies on lots of community volunteers to ensure the club can continue. Help is needed each Wednesday afternoon from 1:20-2:40pm on the following dates: Sept. 29; Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27; and Nov. 3, 10 and 17. For more information, contact Kristie Martinez at deerfieldmc@hotmail.com or 830-8507.

Immediate needs

• The Recovery and Hope Network (RAHN) is seeking volunteers to help run its funnel cake booth at the Renaissance Festival. RAHN is the only funnel cake provider at the festival and proceeds go to support programs for people living with and recovering from severe mental illness in Douglas County. Several volunteers are needed for shifts every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 10, plus Columbus Day, Oct. 11. All volunteers will receive two free tickets to the Renaissance Festival to use any other day. Contact Kendall Simmons at 856-1222 or kendall@recoveryandhope. org for further information about shift times and other details.

• The Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair is looking for volunteers to help with its event on Saturday. Volunteers are needed for event setup, starting at 7:30 a.m. and lasting for approximately 90 minutes, as well as event breakdown, starting at 4 p.m. and lasting for approximately 1 hour. The event will be at the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. For more informaton, contact Cassandra Ford or Kathy Richardson at 832-3030 or cford@ci.lawrence.ks.us or krichardson@ci.lawrence.ks.us

• The Clinton Lake Cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, in observance of National Public Lands Day. Groups are welcomed and encouraged, and all volunteers will be served a grilled hot dog lunch. There will also be information on recycling, a “weird trash” contest, and Woodsy the Owl might even make an appearance for the cleanup. Contact Park Ranger Kipp Walters at 843-7665 for more information or to pre-register.

• The Grassland Heritage Foundation is in need of volunteers to help eradicate an invasive plant, purple loosestrife, in Lawrence. A workday is planned Saturday to dig and dispose of the plants that are growing in the drainage area on the southwest corner of the intersection of Atchison Avenue and Clinton Parkway. The event is from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers need to wear sturdy shoes and are asked to bring shovels, pruning tools and gloves; GHF will supply everything else. Contact Kim Bellemere at grasslandheritage@gmail .com or 840-8104 to sign up.