Volunteering

The Wilderness Center relies on volunteers for a number of different tasks and jobs. Your help is one of our most valuable resources! By donating your time, you are directly supporting Conservation, Education, and our Community.

There are a number of different jobs that volunteers can do. Take a look below and then fill out our volunteer interest form. We would love to have you as a volunteer at TWC!

Birdseed Sale Pick Up Days:

• Sort orders- this is heavy lifting!
• Help load orders- this is heavy lifting!

Run Wild!

• Water stations
• Cheering!

Tree of Life Tree Planting (April):

• Plant saplings in an area at TWC that needs reforested

Front Desk Greeter & Gift Shop:

• Welcome visitors and answer
  questions
• Fill bird feeders
• Help shoppers find items and with
  checking out

Native Plant Sale (May & September):

• Planting and watering
• Sorting plants and pulling orders
• Helping customers during Native Plant Pick Up Days

Conservation:

• Invasive plant control
• Clean ups at various properties
• Trail maintenance
• Seed collection and cleaning
• Planting events

Education:

• Assisting with programs, field trips,
  camps, outreach, and events
• Interpretation in the building
• Ambassador animal care (turtles,
  snake, observation beehive)
• Help lead guided hikes and night hikes
• Citizen science activities (bioblitz, bird counts, etc.)

Foxfield Preserve:

• Conservation activities:
• Invasives removal
• Grave mulching, raking
• Bluebird box repair/monitoring
• Trash pick up on Alabama Ave and Foxfield St
• Support of burial activities:
• Decorating grave sites with on-site natural plant material (preferably invasives)
• Site preparation for cremation
  burials (clearing area with
  commercial electric brush cutter,
  digging hole, decorating)
• Volunteer Pall bearer

Pop-Up Opportunities:

• Exciting, surprise things like helping
  with special events or even constructing a willow tunnel!