Volunteering at the Arboretum
The volunteer application and consent form are now "interactive" pdfs so they can be filled out, saved to your computer, and emailed to me at rstafne@ext.msstate.edu. If you have a digital signature you can use that in the "signature" area. You can still print them and fill them out the old way too! Whichever you prefer.
Next Volunteer Meeting: FRIDAY June 7, 2013 9:00 a.m. Meet in the rear mobile/greenhouse area. Volunteers will be working in the greenhouse and Children's garden area after a brief meeting about summer program needs for volunteers. Stay for the 11:00 a.m. program at the Visitors Center by Dr. Eric Stafne NATIVE PASSIFLORA FOR FLOWER AND FRUIT.
Free for Members. Non-members $5.
VOLUNTEER PERKS!
We are using a NEW Volunteer Sign Up Tool created by volunteers for volunteers. So for those who are online, this is another way you can sign up to help us out. The site is called volunteersignup.org. (info) When you sign-up it will ask you for some details that are shared with us at the Arboretum, but they assure us they are not shared with anyone else. If you have not completed a Volunteer Application, please send one to me ASAP before filling out the sign-up sheet on the links below.
UPCOMING NEEDS FOR VOLUNTEERS!
If you want to help, but a time or task listed doesn't fit with your schedule, let Richelle know.
Sign-up to volunteer to:
(if the link does not work, notify Richelle ASAP)
*Volunteers to sit at Crosby Arboretum table at Senior Citizen Fair and Expo, Picayune High School, June 1, 2013 (we need 2 more folks!)
*Volunteers to create greeting cards to be sold in the Arboretum Gift Shop, Friday June 7, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (this is our June Volunteer Meeting)
*Volunteers to assist with Summer Nature Camp for kids, June 11-14, 2013 Assistants and teachers of craft/nature projects. 8:45 a.m. to 12 noon.
*Volunteers to assist with the July Aquatic Plant Sale, July 6.
*Volunteer to sit at the ticket booth to greet visitors and point them to the Visitor Center where they will pay/sign in, Sat. July 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
*Volunteers to prepare the mailing of the fall News Journal, Friday August 2, 2013. 8:30-10:30 a.m.
*Volunteer to sit at the ticket booth to greet visitors and point them to the Visitor Center where they will pay/sign in, Sat. August 10, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
*Volunteers to assist Director Pat Drackett with Field Walk and Clay Class for Kids, Sat. August 10, 9:30-12 noon (cleanup)
*Volunteer to sit at the ticket booth to greet visitors and point them to the Visitor Center where they will pay/sign in, Sat. August 17, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
*Volunteer to sit at the ticket booth to greet visitors and point them to the Visitor Center where they will pay/sign in, Sat. August 24, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The Pinecote Press Volunteer Newsletter (.pdf)
The Pinecote Press is published Quarterly. Please send your email address to rstafne@ext.mstate.edu to be added to the Volunteer Listserv and you will receive it electronically the day it is complete.
VOLUNTEERS at The Crosby Arboretum fill a variety of vital roles, both
behind the scenes tending plants, maintaining trails, stuffing envelopes,
and assisting with construction and before the public as tour guides,
gift shop assistants, and admission greeters. Both the task and the time
are fitted to individual volunteers; some volunteers give of their time
one day a week, others give a few hours a month. The Crosby Arboretum
welcomes volunteers with a wide range of interests and talents.
The Crosby Arboretum, Mississippi State University Extension Service, is looking for some good volunteers! Whether you have a few hours a month, a few weekends out of the year or just a few weeks while you are relocated to the coast for the winter, we have a place for you.
Students! The Crosby Arboretum is the perfect place for students to expand their resume for college applications and scholarship applications with volunteer service.
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Call for Volunteers:
Volunteers are needed to work the ticket booth at the front parking lot here at the Arboretum. Volunteers are needed in shifts from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and again from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Your main goal is to greet arriving visitors, hand out visitor maps and direct them to the Arboretum Visitor Center. If you have any questions or would like to sign-up, call Richelle at 601-799-2311, x 101 or email rstafne@ext.msstate.edu.
Volunteers
needed to inventory and clean-up the nursery stock area and prepare plants for upcoming plant sales.
Volunteer Tour Guides/Docents needed. We will train you!
Volunteers needed for: Maintenance needs- help pressure
washing bridges, cleaning kiosk’s, cleaning and painting front gates,
painting sign boards in the greenhouse and weeding.
Examples of Volunteer Tasks:
Outdoor:
*Walking the trails to clean sign posts
* Sweeping decks and cleaning chairs
*Power-washing gates, decks, bridges and pavilion floor
*Using leaf blower to clean trails of leaves and pine needle debris
*Weeding children's garden
*Cleaning the greenhouse
*Assisting with plant sales
*Tour guides!
*Assisting with our larger
events
*Painting gates and visitors center walls
*Ticket Booth: greeting guests, handing out maps, handing out fish food
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Indoor:
*Scrapbooking the Arboretum's newspaper clippings, magazine articles, etc.
*Filling fish food bags for public
*Making copies of handouts
*Answering the phones on event days
*Manning the membership table on event days |
For more
information about volunteering at the Arboretum, call Richelle at
(601) 799-2311 ext. 101 or email at rstafne@ext.msstate.edu
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