City of Blaine and chamber launch volunteer website, to host cleanup parties

Blaine Chamber of Commerce and the city of Blaine launched a new volunteer webpage that allows residents to sign up to help at the city’s largest events throughout the year and other city volunteer opportunities.

Volunteers can register for six listed events: Blaine’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July, Art 2 Jazz Street Fair on July 16 (which coincides with Drayton Harbor Music Festival), Drayton Harbor Days August 5-7, Holiday Harbor Lights, the beer garden benefit for the Fourth of July fireworks and the 2023 art studio tour. People can also register to help at the Blaine Welcome Center, the Alaska Packers Museum and with community outreach.

The city has also added new volunteer opportunities for a downtown landscaping work party and downtown litter patrol and clean-up crews. The first work party will be 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11 and the city is looking at holding another later in the summer, city community planner Alex Wenger said. The city will provide mulch for tree planter wells and the chamber will provide flowers to install, he added. The city will have volunteers focus on cleaning up downtown with things like watering and maintaining G Street landscaping improvements before moving outwards to areas like Lincoln Park.

“We’re just trying to help the city and business owners take care of downtown,” Wenger said. 

To volunteer, visit the chamber of commerce’s website at blainechamber.com.

The city is also bringing back its highly-anticipated Fourth of July parade and Show N’ Shine annual car show during the celebration on July 4. The chamber is looking for parade and car show participants to join in this year’s festivities. Visit bit.ly/3GcA4er to participate in the Fourth of July parade and visit bit.ly/3wEdfx2 to participate in the Show N’ Shine annual car show.