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Join Montgomery Parks' Adaptive Kayaking Clinics as a Support Paddler and assist participants with disabilities experience the joy of kayaking.

Support Paddlers will assist with pulling out equipment (including kayaks, paddles, and life vests), helping participants get in and out of boats, and providing tailored support to meet your assigned participant's needs. We are seeking experienced kayakers who can instruct basic skills on the water (ACA Instructor Certifications are preferred).

More details will be shared after you apply! Questions? Contact Amanda Espinoza at (240)-961-1113 or Amanda.Espinoza@montgomeryparks.org

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 18

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+)

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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The All-Anglers Fishing Rodeo is an event where kids of all ability levels can learn how to fish with your help!

Program Access, which provides inclusion services for individuals with disabilities throughout Montgomery Parks, is looking for volunteers to assist us with:

• Setting up and breaking down the outdoor site around the pond including chairs, tables, check in area, and event sign placements.


• Greeting participants and directing them to the various activities including check in, fishing gear, sensory retreat area, parking, and award ceremony.


• Helping teach fishing skills.


• Assisting with baiting hooks with live worms and unhooking fish from rod.


• Count and monitor fish count/weight for each participant or your assigned participant(s).s.

IMPORTANT SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Fishing experience.


• Knowledge of fishing equipment such as rods, reels, bait, fish scale, and hooks.


• Comfortable touching worms and fish.


• Comfortable interacting with children.


• Comfortable interacting with people with disabilities.

Minimum Age Requirement: 16+; Children under 16 can only volunteer if a parent/guardian is also registered as a volunteer! This is SSL-hour approved!



ORIENTATION AND TRAINING:
A detailed welcome letter will be emailed up to 2 weeks before the event. An in-person briefing to review expectations will be conducted the morning of the event.

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 14

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Student Service Learning

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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Our Animal Ambassadors at Meadowside Nature Center are local animals that are cared for by staff and volunteers, and now serve as ambassadors for their species. Nature Center visitors can see them, learn about their stories, and learn how to protect local animals like them.

Tasks
Animal Care Aide volunteers provide care to turtles, snakes, toads, and insects. Tasks include:

• Cleaning animals' living areas;


• Preparing food and feedings;


• Replenishing water supplies;


• Maintaining care logs for each animal.

Requirements

• Available on Saturdays, generally between the hours of 10am-2pm. Shifts usually take about two hours.


• Can offer two shifts a month for at least six months.


• Is comfortable working with amphibians, reptiles, and insects


• Is comfortable with standing, bending over, lifting objects up to 15 lbs, and squatting.


• Has clear communication, will ask questions, and enjoys learning.

Your Next Steps:

• Apply! Upon applying, you will be asked to submit a background check.


• The Volunteer Coordinator will schedule a 30-min interview.


• If invited to join the volunteer program, undergo training. Training consists of two shifts, each lasting two hours. First is a shadowing session, and the second is performing tasks under supervision.


• Schedule and serve!

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 18

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months), Long-term (6 months+)

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Volunteers are needed to help maintain the beautiful Black Hill Discovery Center Display Gardens.

These include: a rain garden/hummingbird garden; a raised-bed butterfly garden; a raised-bed pollinator garden; a fern garden; a Monarch Waystation garden; a log garden; and garden areas around a small pond.

Volunteers work as a group Tuesday mornings for a couple of hours, beginning May 5th and ending September 28. Gardening experience is preferred, but not required. Training will be offered.

Orientation and Interviews will be conducted in April.

We will have a Volunteer Q&A table set up at our Garden Day event on Sunday, April 12 11am to 2pm.

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 18

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+)

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months)

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Help Montgomery Park's Grown@Pope program produce multiple food crops to assist in the effort to address food insecurities in the county. The Crop Production Aide volunteer will support the horticultural staff with the implementation of a crop program at Pope Farm Nursery.

We are looking for volunteers that can work a 2 to 4 hour shift during the week, between the hours of 8am and 12pm, that can help on a regular basis throughout the season. Volunteers have the opportunity to view weekly openings through Samaritan and sign up if/when they can.

For short term opportunities (less than 3 times in the season), please see Grown@Pope Workdays.

The Crop Production Aide helps throughout the season. They assist with clearing weeds from the garden, planting seeds, monitoring crops upon emergence, pruning and thinning crop plants, adding mulch and compost to garden beds and harvesting. The Crop Production Aide works outdoors using various garden tools, in all sorts of weather conditions.

This work can be physically demanding, but it provides volunteers the opportunity to work "behind-the-scenes" of the county parks with a knowledgeable, professional horticultural staff.

Once you apply someone will be in touch to discuss the position further and to see if this will be a good match!

See Duties and Requirements for more details.

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 18

Volunteer Type: Adult

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months)

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*All students receiving SSL hours must pre-register*

Individual and family volunteers can join a cleanup hosted by Montgomery Parks and partner organizations!
- Children under 14 years old must volunteer with a parent/guardian.
- Students must register with their name to receive SSL hours.
- All cleanups are pre-approved for SSL hours. Forms are provided at the cleanup.
- This opportunity is not eligible for court-ordered service.
- To add volunteers to a family group send us an email.
- Wear clothes that can get dirty and shoes that can potentially get wet. Bags and gloves are provided.

Note: When an event fills up, it disappears from the schedule. Cleanups will be added throughout the season, so check back often!

For questions contact: volunteercleanups@montgomeryparks.org

Background check required: No

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning, Group

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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Black Hill Regional Park has a yearly native plant sale, and we need your help!

We need friendly and helpful volunteers to direct our customers to the correct places and to run plants to customer vehicles.

Customer service experience is preferred but not required. Our veteran plant sale volunteers will train new volunteers!

We have 3-4 hour shifts to choose from on Saturday AND Sunday. Please see shift options below.

Gloves and wagons to move plants will be provided.

Approved for SSL, forms will be provided at the end of the event.

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 14

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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Our Animal Ambassadors at Meadowside Nature Center are local animals that are cared for by staff and volunteers, and now serve as ambassadors for their species. Nature Center visitors can see them, learn about their stories, and learn how to protect local animals like them.

Tasks
Raptor Care Aide volunteers assist with routine maintenance for the care of wild birds of prey. Tasks include:

• Cleaning their living areas (picking up materials, hosing down surfaces, scrubbing of bowls and walls)


• Preparing food items appropriate to each species


• Providing food and water to each bird.


• Creating and providing enrichment objects.


• Assisting staff in preparing and delivering enrichment experiences (objects or training) for the raptors, specific and appropriate to their species.


• Maintaining a daily log on the care delivered to each animal.


• Answering public inquiries in a professional manner.

Qualifications

• Desire to learn and assist in implementing the latest standards of animal welfare in the care of the Animal Ambassadors.


• Ability to learn and then demonstrate high attention to animal behavior while working with live animals.


• Attention and dedication to safety protocols for the welfare of birds, volunteers, staff, and the public.


• Ability to work in outdoor conditions (heat, cold, rain, mud, uneven surfaces) and to work in spaces that require frequent cleaning and sanitization.


• Strong communication skills and curiosity about the process of working with live animals and for noting unusual behaviors to staff.


• Follow directions and care schedules with accuracy and attention to detail
  

Requirements

• Follow directions with accuracy and attention to detail.


• Possess excellent communication skills.


• Ability to work well with staff and diverse nature facility visitors.


• Ability to work independently.


• Ability to bend or squat, to reach overhead, and to lift a distributed weight of 30 to 60 lbs.

Shifts: Two hours each; minimum of 2x per month for at least 6 months, ideally a year.

Your Next Steps:

• Apply! Upon applying, you will be asked to authorize a background check.


• The Volunteer Coordinator will schedule a 30-min interview.


• If invited to join the volunteer program, undergo training. Training consists of two shifts, each lasting two hours. First is a shadowing session, and the second is performing tasks under supervision.


• Schedule and serve!

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 18

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months), Long-term (6 months+)

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We need your help at Black Hill Regional Park and Discovery Center!

Join us for a variety of projects which can earn Student Service Learning (SSL) hours or come out to help just because it feels good to volunteer!

Projects will include meadow clean-ups, trash pick-ups, invasive plant pulls, garden work and much more.

Sign up and get your friends to sign up too!

We welcome volunteers 6 years and older. Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult!

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 6

Volunteer Type: Adult, Family, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning, Group, Scout, Corporate

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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