Day of Caring Volunteers Needed

SAVE THE DATE - MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 2026

Mark your calendars as the Ninth Annual Barrington Day of Caring returns Monday, October 12th which coincides with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

This year, the event is taking on a new format, with new partners across town, including the Barrington Land Conservation Trust (BLCT), Bay Spring Community Center (BSCC), Tap-In, and other community partners. Each location will host volunteers and cleanup projects, and multiple sites will be collecting food donations for Tap-In.

VOLUNTEERS DO NOT MEET AT TOWN HALL

SITE CHECK-IN LOCATIONS:

Tap-In: 281 County Road
- Volunteers will be assembling hygiene kits. They will also be accepting food, toiletry and clothing donations.
Bay Spring Community Center:170 Narragansett Avenue
- Volunteers will be cleaning up at Latham Park, Allin's Cove Beach, Haines Park and places in between. Food and clothing donations will be accepted at the Center.
Barrington Farm School:138 Middle Highway
- Volunteers will be harvesting vegetables, weeding, clearing out spent vegetables and debris, raking rows, hauling wheelbarrows of wood chips and compost.
Osamequin Nature Preserve: Northbound Side of Route 114, one mile North of the intersection at County Road and Massassoit Avenue. The Preserve is marked with a sign.
- Volunteers will be reseeding a field with pollinator plants and cleaning up litter around the preserve. All ages are welcome; children must be supervised by an accompanying adult. Clothing donations will be accepted.
- PLEASE NOTE! If you choose Osamequin as your site, please CLICK HERE to register as a volunteer and for more information. Do not use the volunteer form on this page.

Can’t make it to the event but still want to help? Food donations are also accepted at Tap-In and their partners. Learn more at www.tapinri.org/donate. Accepted items include:

Cereal
Soup
Rice
Canned tomatoes/pasta sauce
Canned meat
Canned vegetables
Canned fruit
Healthy snacks for children’s lunches
Shelf-stable milk in small sizes

For residents who typically rely on Day of Caring for home projects like yard cleanup, painting, and minor repairs, this service isn’t going away. For the first time, a second Day of Caring will be held in early 2027 specifically to serve residents. We will announce more details on that date, along with sign-ups for both events, soon.

If you’d like to register as a volunteer or community partner, contact dayofcaringRI@gmail.com or visit www.blct.org/events.

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Overall Information

Barrington Day of Caring is a community-wide event for individuals, families, friends, or teams to come together as volunteers to help eligible residents in need through service projects. Examples of Day of Caring projects include outdoor maintenance and indoor projects.

Please inform us if special accommodations are needed. (Those under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult/guardian with written consent from guardian).

Email Day of Caring Planning Team at DayofCaringRI@gmail.com with questions or concerns.

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