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Why volunteer with The Trustees?
Q: What do volunteers do?
A: Over 850 individual volunteers support the Trustees each year with their time, skill, and hard work! Volunteers help out in almost every department of The Trustees at almost every property across the state and even remotely online. Volunteers participate in stewardship and trail maintenance, work with our farm teams, care for livestock, garden vegetables and flowers at farms and gardens, lead carpentry and painting projects, use their experience and knowledge on skill-based projects, care for the environment through coastal conservation and citizen science monitoring, educate youth, families, and adults, and help run events and programs across our properties.
Q: Why volunteer with The Trustees?
A: Many of our volunteers have been part of our community for years! They say the best things about volunteering are the expertise, leadership, and passion of the staff and other volunteers they work with, the varied type of volunteer opportunities the Trustees has available and the meaningful impact of the work they do, and the social connections they build through volunteering. We have a wide variety of different types of volunteer roles available - one-time clean-ups and events, weekly group work days, individual or independent projects, roles that require expertise, roles to learn a new skill, and more!
Q: How do I start?
A: We recommend first registering to be a volunteer. Registering allows you to express interest in volunteer roles or events, shares our volunteer waivers, and gives you access to recording and tracking your volunteer hours. The next step after that is to find a volunteer opportunity you are interested in! On our search page, you can search by keyword, location, distance from your town or zip code, age, or calendar. Once you express interest in a role, we may reach out to you for a welcome call. During a welcome call, you will speak with a Volunteer Services Associate about the role or roles you are interested in, learn about our on-boarding and volunteer background check process, and ask any questions you may have!
Q: How else can I get involved?
A: Become a member to experience all of what The Trustees have to offer! Already a member? You may be interested in becoming a donor to continue your support of The Trustees! You can also follow us on Instagram or Facebook to learn more about Trustees news, events and opportunities!
More questions? Contact us! Feel free to reach out to Volunteer Services at volunteer@thetrustees.org