VOLUNTEER

Volunteer for TIME'S UP!

TIME'S UP! is run completely by volunteers.

Everything we do -- from organizing events to maintaining this website to fielding press inquiries to mailing our calendar -- is done by volunteers who commit their time and energy to helping the environment by helping TIME'S UP! (To learn more about what we do, check out our 20th Anniversary Timeline.)

If you would like to participate in any or many of the fun and exciting events and/or positions listed below, stop by one of our committee meetings or contact timesupvolunteer@gmail.com.

If you'd like to be added to our volunteer email list, please contact timesupvolunteer@gmail.com.

Find out more:

• Calendar of Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
• Volunteer Committees and Meetings
• Bike Co-op
• Volunteer Positions
• Short-term Volunteering

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities and Committee Meetings

Volunteer Committees and Meetings

Want to become a volunteer with Time's Up!? Join one of our committees and start making a difference.

Time's Up! is an all-volunteer organization, so even more than exciting ideas, we need your energy, creativity and commitment to make these ideas come to fruition. Our committees are the powerhouse behind Time's Up! and we'd love for you to join us--there's no need to RSVP or sign up, just show up and get involved. New volunteers are welcome. Volunteer/committee meetings take place on Mondays at 7:30pm at 156 Rivington St (between Suffolk and Clinton in Manhattan's Lower East Side). Or you can contact timesupvolunteer@gmail.com to be added to our volunteer email list, which sends out periodic updates on volunteer opportunities.

• Bike Lane Liberation Clown Brigade--Meets monthly to plan theatrical rides and events to highlight bike lane safety. Email barbaraross2@gmail.com for more info.
   
• Bike Co-op--If you are interested in helping out with any of our bike repair workshops, email xupbicyclecoop@gmail.com or come to our monthly mechanics meeting on the 4th Monday of every month at 7:30pm at 156 Rivington. For more information visit the Bike Co-op page or feel free to stop in at a workshop and talk to one of the mechanics about getting involved. We have two workshop locations:
  • Time's Up! Manhattan Workshop (156 Rivington St in the basement, located between Clinton and Norfolk. Take the F or JMZ train to Essex/Delancy)
    • Monday is Women and Trans Night from 6:30-8:30.
    • Tuesdays are weekly classes, open to all, from 6:30-8:30.
    • Thursday nights are "Fix-Your-Own-Bike" open workshops where folks can use our tools and get help from mechanics.
  • Time's Up! Brooklyn Workshop (99 South 6th Street off Bedford Avenue, right under the Williamsburg Bridge)
    • Sundays,  2-4pm (Lessons/Classes)
    • Sundays, 4-6pm (Open Workshop)
    • Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm (Open Workshop)
• Community Garden Committee--Coordinates events, including parties and actions, at local community gardens. Email timesupvolunteer@gmail.com for more info.
  
  
• Calendar Mailing Party Potluck--Come meet some new people, share some snacks and help mail out Time's Up!'s monthly event calendar--hot off the press! 1st Monday of every month (If there are 5 Mondays in a month we will do this on the 5th Monday).
  
  
• Fundraising Committee--Time's Up! needs your funky fundraising ideas and your volunteer energy to keep our free rides and events happening. 2nd Monday of every month.
  
  
• Event Planning Meeting and New Volunteer Meet and Greet--Do you have creative ideas for new bike rides, community garden clean-ups, clown rides, etc? Or are you a new volunteer and want to help with events? Then come to the monthly event planning meeting. 3rd Monday of every month.
  
  
• Picture and Video Documentation -- Coordinates the documentation of events and campaigns, produces videos, and collects pictures and video for the website, press and legal defense. Email timesupvolunteer@gmail.com for more info.

Volunteer Positions

We are looking for committed people to serve as interns and long-term event and committee coordinators. Have fun and meet new people while making a difference for the planet with Time's Up! For more information or to apply, email timesup.events@gmail.com.

Current volunteer positions include:

• INTERN for college credit
  10 – 15 hours per week, flexible schedule, help save the planet while earning school credit! Learn all about the operation of a 20 – year old, community-based and all volunteer grass-roots activist organization. Time’s Up! is a New York City-based, not-for-profit, direct-action, environmental group that uses events and educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. Times Up! has a wide variety of campaigns and events, including bike rides promoting transportation and community garden clean-ups, therefore interns will have the opportunity to go out into the field. Internship duties include: assisting the director in setting up spaces for workshops and events, organizing internet and paper correspondence, responding to membership requests, disseminating information to members and volunteers. Interns should be interested in environmental issues, motivated self-starters with internet savvy and good people skills. A good sense of humor also helps.
  
  Please send current resume and cover letter to: timesup.events@gmail.com.
  
  
• VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR(S)
  Are you a "people person"? Time's Up! is looking for outgoing and friendly volunteers who would like to become Volunteer Coordinators for Time's Up!.
   
  This position involves:
  
  1. Contacting people who would like to become Time's Up! volunteers (via email, phone and meetings)
  2. Finding out their talents and interests
  3. Helping them get "plugged-in" to Time's Up! by steering them to the appropriate meetings, events or coordinators
  If being a Time's Up! Volunteer Coordinator sounds like it's up your alley, email timesup.events@gmail.com.
  
  
• EVENT LISTING COORDINATOR and Volunteers
  We are looking for an internet-savvy person who would like to keep an updated list of blogs and online event listings and regularly post Time's Up!'s events to these sites--and/or delegate tasks to other volunteers. If you are interested in being the Event Listing Coordinator or in volunteering to help the new coordinator, please email Barbara at barbaraross2@gmail.com.
  
  
• FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR
  Do you have a $green$ thumb? Time's Up! is looking for a creative, outgoing fundraising coordinator who will work with volunteers to write grants, brainstorm creative and fun fundraisers, outreach to donors and research other fundraising opportunities--and then make them happen! Bring on your fundraising skills and help Time's Up! continue its free community events and educational workshops for a better environment. Email timesup.events@gmail.com if interested.
  
  
• TIME'S UP! BICYCLE CO-OP
  We teach classes, workshops, and run a recycle a bike program.
   
  Positions available:
  
  1. Bicycle mechanics to assist during workshops.
  2. Bicycle mechanics to teach classes.
  3. Bicycle mechanics for recycle a bike program.
  4. Shop organizers.
  5. People to help retrieve recycled bicycles and find us new co-op spaces.
• GRANT WRITERS
  TIME'S UP! is a non-profit with 501(c)(3) status. Any type of fund-raising, including grant-writing, is vital to our survival. This position includes identifying funding sources and writing grants.
  
  
• MAILING COORDINATOR
  Coordinate calendar mailing parties 8 times a year. Duties include rounding up mailing labels, copies of calendars, and postage and directing volunteers. Email timesup.events@gmail.com if interested.
  
  
• VIDEO AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHY COORDINATOR
  Our video and photo collectives have been instrumental in documenting and publicizing TIME'S UP! environmental awareness events and campaigns. These real world images are published both locally and abroad and have inspired increased environmental awareness. Time's Up! is seeking knowledgeable individuals interested in coordinating video and photo documentation of Time's Up! events to be used for press, outreach, fundraising, community building and defending cyclists' rights and public space. Must be familiar with using digital video cameras and video and photo editing software and be willing to work with other volunteers. Email timesup.events@gmail.com if interested.
  
  
• MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
  Work with database manager to record new members, send out renewal notices, and send new member welcome packets. Email timesup.events@gmail.com if interested.

Short-Term Volunteering

Many of our events (see our online calendar) require extensive yet simple volunteer support in order to be successful. Here are some ways you can help out:

• Ride marshals (responsible people who go on the ride)
• Tabling (people to commit an hour or so to be at TIME'S UP! table at an event and pass out literature)
• Valet bike parking attendant(s)
• Ride sweeps (responsible people to ride with ride-leader, crowd control, making sure no-one gets too far behind)
• Helping out with after-parties (set-up, staff, and/or clean-up)
• Help distribute flyers and calendars. Download and copy the calendar or come by the space (156 Rivington St)  during one of our workshops on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm and pick up a bundle of calendars to distribute to your local bike shops, coffeeshops, etc. Distribute them at other events you attend. Carry some tape and calendars and stick them to bikes around your neighborhood. Go to a park, greenway or bridge and hand them out to passing cyclists.
• Do you have an idea for a new Time's Up! ride or event? We'd like to hear it! Email timesupvolunteer@gmail.com with your ideas. We're also looking for ride leaders, event organizers, etc.
• Come to a calendar mailing party and help mail out the newest edition of the Time's Up! event calendar. Meet some new folks and bring food to share. See our online calendar for monthly mailing party schedule.
  

Other ways to support TIME'S UP! include becoming a member, making a financial contribution, or making an in-kind donation.