VOLUNTEER

BECAUSE YOU LOVE PARKS, GET INVOLVED.

The Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation has year-round volunteer opportunities to help promote parks, trails and stewardship. Here are a few years you can get involved.

PROMOTION

-Social Media Influencer: Follow us on Facebook and InstaGram, and help spread the word about our programs and fundraising campaigns

-Ambassador: Take pictures of our parks, post online and share with us to expand our library

-Poster Squad: Join our Poster Squad to put up promotional fliers at park kiosks near your neighborhood

-Guest blog post: Pitch us a story and help us expand our reach

DEVELOP A CONTACT LIST

Address research: Help up build a cadre of trail and park supporters by compiling names/addresses to share Parks Foundation information with neighbors (create list of potential “friends” using geographic locations)

HELP WITH A MAILING

Be a stuffer: Stuff some envelopes to support our mid-year and end-of-year appeals or special-project mailings. Or help package our Annual Reports for our donors

JOIN A COMMITTEE

Become a Park Friend: Join one of our parks Friends committees, like Friends of Moritani Preserve (or help us start a new Friends group for a park near you). Depending on your interest and where you live, we have a Friends group for you to be a part of

Join our Marketing and Development Committee: Bring your strategic marketing and fundraising skills and help us grow and leverage our current and future networks

VOLUNTEER IN A PARK

Nonprofits Helping Parks: Are you part of a nonprofit? Check out our Nonprofit Helping Parks program. This is a great opportunity to earn your organization funding by doing good for good

Park restoration: Join us for regularly scheduled weed and invasive removal

HELP WITH AN EVENT

Help Picnic For Parks: Help plan, design and deliver this popular fundraising event in July 2022

Trail mix: Help make Trail Mix for our next “Trail Mixer” trail grand opening (Yes, trail mix is our thing.)