We are looking for highly visible public locations in both the Fields Corner and the Ashmont areas of Dorchester for our air quality awareness program.  DEHC has several sets of nylon banners designed to hang outdoors.  Each banner is 3′ x 6′ and shows by its color – green, yellow or red – whether the day’s air quality is Good, Moderate or Unhealthy according to the EPA’s daily email EnviroFlash notification system. EPA Air Quality alerts are issued in the late afternoon when ground-level ozone and/or fine particle concentrations are predicted to be elevated, or approaching unhealthy levels on the following day in our area.
Currently, DEHC has two air quality flag locations - in front of the Codman Square Health Center and at Bowdoin Street Health Center.  DEHC needs two more prominent outdoor locations to hang the flags and an interested individual to be in charge of the flags at that location.   A stipend is available to each volunteer – this is light duty!  Between May 1st and September 30th you would subscribe to receive a daily EnviroFlash email.  You only need to change from green to a different color flag whenever the air quality changes.  You would also store the other two banners until needed.  Please get in touch if you are interested by calling 617-474-1478 or by email, thank you!

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