NEW Volunteer Training: Wildlife Ambassador Animal Care
Help us share our conservation message with the next generation while providing routine animal care for our most important ambassadors! Five Rivers MetroParks Wildlife Ambassadors assist our education team in sharing our conservation message with community members of all ages at a variety of programs, events, and outreach opportunities year-round.
Wildlife Ambassador Animal Care Volunteers provide daily care for these important animal ambassadors year-round at the Twin Valley Welcome Center so that they can continue sharing our message.
Impact
Volunteers like YOU provide hands-on daily care including monitoring, feeding, and cleaning to promote the health and well-being of our Wildlife Ambassadors so that they can share our conservation mission and the importance of healthy habitat for animals like them and people like us to a variety of audiences throughout our community.
Tasks
- Cleaning & sanitizing - Provide regular cleaning for all Wildlife Animal Ambassador areas.
- Feeding - Feed the Wildlife Animal Ambassadors as directed by the specific wildlife ambassador’s schedule.
- Monitoring - Volunteers need to be detailed and observant during each shift taking notes on each wildlife animal ambassador as follows:
- Note the date of the action (cleaning, feeding, weighing, vet, any other info).
- Note what food was offered for consumption and what was eaten.
- Note any other procedure regarding the care of an animal (i.e. warm baths, medications, vitamins).
- Note any abnormalities noticed in animals (eating habits, physical conditions, etc.).
- Note defecations and shedding when observed.
- Sunday shifts alternate food prep and animal weights.
- Additional tasks as needed:
- Keeping bird feeders clean and full for the Window on Wildlife display.
- Supporting annual deep cleaning efforts for Wildlife Animal Ambassador care areas.
- Alert staff lead when issues arise right away,
Eligibility: This is an opportunity for individual Long-Term volunteers who are 18 and older and is also open to family-friendly volunteers with adult volunteers (18 and up) with children ages 9 and up who would like to volunteer regularly together. Learn more about our types of service here.
- Note: Youth volunteers ages 14-17 are not required to complete a background check. If you are a new youth volunteer contact volunteer.services@metroparks.org to have your background check waived.
Learn more about this exciting and meaningful volunteer opportunity here.
Step 1: Do you Qualify?
Review the volunteer opportunity here.This is an opportunity for individual Long-Term volunteers who are 18 and older and is also open to family-friendly volunteers with adult volunteers (18 and up) with children ages 9 and up who would like to volunteer regularly together. Learn more about our types of service here.
Not sure if you qualify? Contact volunteer.services@metroparks.org or give us a call at #937-275-7275.
Step 2: Complete the virtual training required here - Wildlife Ambassador Animal Care Training.
Step 3: RSVP to Attend this in-person Wildlife Ambassador Animal Care Volunteer Training onsite at the Twin Valley Welcome Center.
RSVP YES above to reserve your spot. RSVPs are required to attend this training.
