Business and Organization
Volunteering
Doing Good is Good for Business!
Doing Good is Good for Organizations!
WHY VOLUNTEER?
Businesses: A 2024 State of Corporate Purpose Report by Benevity states that businesses benefit from employee volunteering by
- Reducing turnover rate by up to 57%
- Increasing productivity by up to 13%
- Increasing employee engagement and satisfaction by up to 7.6%
Organizations: Volunteering with a group enables members to expand on their interests or venture into a different type of volunteering. Come together for outdoor socialization while serving the community.
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Potential Volunteer Work
March – April: Trash cleanups – Family friendly
April – May: Poison Hemlock, Garlic Mustard, Dames’ Rocket and/or other invasive species removal
June – September: Teasel, Narrow leaf cattail and/or other invasive species removal
October – November: Honeysuckle, Autumn Olive, Callery Pear and/or other woody invasive species removal
Year-round activities may include boardwalk building to help create the Spotted Turtle Trail, planting or other projects.
Our opportunities are led by volunteer crew leaders. Please allow up to four weeks to coordinate a volunteer activity that fits your schedule and the crew leader’s availability.
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Recruit Your Volunteers
We request a maximum of 25 volunteers per shift. Depending on the activity, we may request you schedule two or more shifts for larger groups.
Each person is required to sign our yearly VOLUNTEER LIABILITY WAIVER. IMPORTANT: In the box under “Organization/Employer (if applicable)” please have each person enter your business or organization name. All minors must have a form completed by a parent or guardian.
The Week Prior
Weather and other factors can make it difficult to predict the details of your event. Your point of contact will receive the exact meeting location, work details, and the contact information of your crew leader approximately one week prior to the volunteer day. We may request that volunteers bring their own tools such as work gloves, pruners, loppers, or battery-powered drills, but if he/she does not have them, we have tools to borrow.
Beth Edsall will provide updates on which members of your group have completed the required liability waiver.
If the crew leader needs to cancel due to weather, he/she will notify the point of contact. The point of contact will notify the volunteers.