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Volunteer Opportunities

ON-GOING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Special volunteer events can be arranged for school groups, businesses, and community organizations. Contact the project lead for more information.

Adopt-a-Park
The Adopt-a-Park program provides opportunities for groups and individuals to help improve and maintain the King County Park System's 200 parks and 200 miles of regional trails. You or your group can adopt a park or a portion of a trail by volunteering there at least four times over a 12 month period. Interested in adopting a local park? Call the Park System volunteer coordinator at (206) 296-2990 to sign-up.

Senior Park Ambassadors Needed!
Are you an adult looking for an opportunity to participate in the parks? Volunteer Park Ambassadors are needed to share the history of the parks, teach an appreciation of the natural environment, and serve as a resource for park visitors. Volunteers will work closely with park staff. Training is provided on a wide-range of issues from plant and bird identification to parks history and highlights. For more information, contact Greg Coy at (206) 205-8765 or greg.coy@metrokc.gov.

Calling All Lake Friends!
We need you! If you live on or have direct access to one of the lakes (dozens involved) and are interested in helping us track its health, and enjoy spending some time outdoors, then this is the program for you! We need volunteers to monitor Lake Levels, rainfall, and other important tasks. For more information call, (206) 296-1949 or (206) 296-8008.

Help Salvage Native Plants
Join volunteer efforts to salvage native plants from sites slated for development and give them new life by replanting them along our streams to help our salmon and natural habitat. Join King County's on-going efforts by calling, (206) 296-1923.

See the County Volunteer page
Check our Volunteer page for additional opportunities throughout King County.

Photo:  A volunteer crew prepares for the tree planting at Petersen Lake Park in March A volunteer crew prepares for the tree planting at Petersen Lake Park in March.

Young volunteers help plant native plants and trees along the Sammamish River at a Sammamish ReLeaf event. Young volunteers help plant native plants and trees along the Sammamish River at a previous year's "Sammamish ReLeaf" event.

Updated: Feb. 18, 2003

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