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Get Connected Tech Tip: The Causer App - Making Volunteering Even Easier!

Finding volunteer opportunities, signing up and checking into your volunteer shifts is even easier with the FREE Causer App for Get Connected.

Staff Lead Highlight: April DeBrosse, RiverScape Program Coordinator - Energizing RiverScape MetroPark

If you've been to RiverScape MetroPark in the past couple of years and enjoyed an energizer program like Music Bingo, Theme Nights at the Ice Rink, or one of the vibrant and bustling cultural festivals, there's a good chance April DeBrosse had a hand in making it all happen.

Volunteer Appreciation: Use your Volunteer Discount with MetroParks AND Thank You TVT Challenge Volunteers!

Five Rivers MetroParks appreciates your dedicated service to our parks. That's why we're offering volunteer discounts as an annual benefit for ongoing volunteers. If you volunteered 25 or more hours with us in 2024, you qualify for volunteer discounts all year long on fantastic MetroParks' programs and routine rentals!

Try Volunteering with Tatum: Garden Time for Kids

My second volunteering opportunity this summer was providing program support for 'Garden Time for Kids' at Wegerzyn. This opportunity was very different from my first because the kids were doing most of the work while I was mainly supervising them.

Try Volunteering with Tatum: Possum Creek Garden Maintenance

Join Tatum, a new MetroParks volunteer, as they try out and experience a variety of different volunteer opportunities with us this summer. Follow along as Tatum tries out gardening at Possum Creek MetroPark in this installment of this fun summer series.

Volunteer Appreciation: A Special Thank You to Our Event Volunteers!

FEATURE: Five Rivers MetroParks Launches New Protect + Connect Plan and Levy Progress Tracker

Five Rivers MetroParks is developing a comprehensive master plan to guide its operations, vision and strategy for the next ten years. Community voices are key in shaping the plan, including yours as a MetroParks volunteer.

Try Volunteering with Tatum!

Join Tatum, a new MetroParks volunteer, as they try out and experience a variety of different volunteer opportunities with us this summer.

Staff Lead Highlight: Andrea Reed, Outdoor Recreation Coordinator

Staff Lead Highlights are a great way for volunteers to get to know our staff and for staff to share their work with volunteers. This month we are pleased to feature Andrea Reed, Outdoor Recreation Coordinator.

Conservation & Sustainability Tip: Gardening for Global Good

Gardening, especially organic gardening, can promote sustainability by reducing negative environmental impacts. Gardening can reduce chemical use, help conserve water and energy, improve soil health, and support biodiversity. Gardening can also help mitigate climate change by increasing carbon storage in soil and plants.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Using Search and Filter to Easily Find the Right Opportunities for YOU!

We are often asked - "Is there an easier way to find the volunteer opportunities I'm interested in?" The answer is "YES!"  You can quickly and easily find the volunteer opportunities you are most interested in by using the "Search" and "Filter" tools available to you under Opportunities on Get Connected. You can search by keyword or phrase like "fishing", "horses", "Cox", or filter by Volunteer Positions like "Animal Care", "Gardening", or "Programming". You can also sort the results alphabetically. These tools will help narrow down the opportunities you are seeing allowing you to get to the things you are most interested in.

June Volunteer Opportunities: Summer is here and volunteer opportunities are plentiful in your MetroParks! Join us in the gardens, on the trails, or at a special event!

Summer is here and volunteer opportunities are plentiful in your MetroParks! Join us in the gardens, on the trails, or at a special event - We need YOUR help to make this season a success. Opportunities to join us to give back at a Service Saturday or at the upcoming TVT Challenge are available, plus we're launching a new Outreach Ambassador volunteer opportunity - If you LOVE talking to people about MetroParks - this opportunity is for YOU!