Volunteer at Placer Nature Center

Volunteer opportunities

"What we do for ourselves goes with us.
What we do for others remains and is immortal".
- Albert Pike

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Docent Opportunities

Docents lead our environmental education programs for the more than 8,000 school-age children that visit our location on school field trips each year. Click here to read more about docenting and to view the upcoming Docent Training schedule.

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"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank (1929-1945)

Teen Jr. Naturalist for Summer Camp

Placer Nature Center is looking for teens to help facilitate their Footsteps to Summer Fun nature day camp program. Teens that would like to earn community service hours, gain experience working with children, enrich leadership skills, and have fun while learning at the same time should consider helping out at Placer Nature Center this summer.

Teen camp counselors guide the camp participants through nature investigations, nature games and crafts and lead nature songs and puppet shows for the children. Fun is had by all while learning about our natural environment. Each Footsteps to Summer Fun nature day camp runs from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Teens can choose one or several weeks to help out. Teen helpers must be 13 years or older to participate. Prior to being a Teen Counselor, a 2-day training is required. Information on the training will be announced during the summer. At this workshop teens will become familiar with the camp activities, the nature trail and their roles as camp counselors.

Learn more about this year's camps themes and dates...

To apply and register to become a camp counselor, fill out and mail in this form...(check the sessions you are interested in - ignore the prices!)

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Trail Building & Maintenance

Thousands of children walk our trails every year, so keeping them in top condition is a priority.

Placer Nature Center has two trails that need monitoring. One is a quarter-mile handicap accessible trail; the other is a mile long trail that weaves through our natural area.

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Garden Cultivation & Maintenance

Do you have a green thumb you'd like to share? Placer Nature Center has a quarter-acre garden with fruit trees, compost center and theme display areas. Come get your hands dirty while beautifying our garden.

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Grant Writing

Are you good at research, love to proof read or an excellent writer who can package a proposal? We are always needing help with all parts of grant writing. If you have experience or would like to get more experience and can collaborate to get all the pieces together, we would love to work with you!

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Special Committees

Do you enjoy sharing creative ideas and brainstorming with others? Placer Nature Center has event, program, advocacy, media, and education commit-tees where you can share your creative talents and see them put into action.

CurrentCommittee Openings:

Friends & Family Day Committee
Maidu Garden Project Committee

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Special Projects

There are always special events and projects that need your help. What special skill do you have? Your expertise, from gardening to grant writing, phone calling to construction, is appreciated and honored.

Volunteering is a wonderful way to share your energies and skills with the community. Consider PNC as a place to share yourself and enrich your life.

Current project needs:

Data collection and excell sheet creation - we have a couple projects that can be split up into sections.
Phone Calls - someone to contact our local schools to retrieve contact name for the Parent/Teacher Clubs and Associations.
Take wrist watches to have batteries inserted
Repair insect nets (sewing)
Wash blankets
Wash towels
Maintain outside kiosk
Research
Volunteer Coordinator (opens new page with description)

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Office & Administration

Are you net savvy? Like to greet people in person and over the phone? Can file, coordinate, organize? If you have any of these skills or anything else related to ensuring an organization runs smoothly, then we would love to talk to you! We have open opportunities varying from blogging to posting online to answering the phone or filing. Some roles can even be done from home on your own schedule! Give us a call (530) 878-6053 or check out our current posts at http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Org/154633-303 (scroll to the bottom of the page for Volunteer Opportunities).

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Professional Services Needed

The following professional would be greatly enhance how our center functions! The majority of our funds goes to programming leaving little for maintenance and administration.

carpet steam/shampoo for Main Exhibit Hall
road upkeep (gravel and dragging)
electrician
plumber
computer guru to fix exhibit installation
grant writing
fundraising
management consultation
graphic design
CMS web design
Wikipedia guru for internal wiki
salesforce setup
architectural services
exhibit installation services

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Placer Nature Center's Mission

The educational programs of Placer Nature Center evoke a sense of discovery and wonder about our place on earth. The work of Placer Nature Center helps us understand that our daily choices impact the environmental, social and economic well being of the planet. This is essential, because a healthy world means the world to us.

Help us share our beautiful site and unique programs by volunteering - whether it is for an hour or becoming a docent and a long-term voluteer. Throughout the year many opportunities and projects arise that could use your help. Your efforts will enrich your life and benefit the entire community. Contact us today!

Come join the fun!
WE NEED YOU!

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Teen Jr. Naturalist for Summer Camp

Trail Building & Maintenance

Garden Cultivation & Maintenance

Grant Writing

Special Committees

Special Projects

Office & Administration

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