VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Parks and Recreation Department offers outstanding volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups looking for meaningful avenues to make a difference within the community.  In fact, Lacey residents contribute more than 10,000 hours of volunteer service to municipal projects and programs annually.  Whether by enhancing local recreational opportunities as a member of the Board of Parks Commissioners, preserving local history through the Historical Commission, improving a park's environment with a habitat restoration project, or providing safe and enjoyable venues for young people to socialize by assisting at a youth or family event, you'll be helping to make Lacey an even better place to live, work and play.

 

 National Trails Day® Trail Maintenance Project at Woodland Creek Community Park

Description:
Since 1993, National Trails Day has grown to inspire many thousands of people to celebrate on the same day nationwide.  Join volunteers from the Lacey Parks and Recreation Department at Woodland Creek Community Park, 6729 Pacific Avenue SE, to spread wood chips on trails in the park, pull weeds and invasive plants, and conduct basic trail maintenance along the Lacey Woodland Trail.  The PARC Foundation Thurston County and the Woodland Trail Greenway Association are co-hosting the trail maintenance work party.

Participants will enjoy a barbeque lunch provided by The Alpine Experience after the project is complete. Event flyer

Location:
Woodland Creek Community Park, 6729 Pacific Avenue SE

Date(s):

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.


Group size:
Please pre-register by Friday, May 25 to ensure that enough food, water, and tools are on hand.  Registration form

Age restriction:
Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Equipment:
All volunteers should wear appropriate clothing such as work gloves, sturdy shoes or boots, and bring rain gear, if needed.  Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own water; the parks department will provide the necessary tools.

Contact:
Call Lori Flemm, Lacey Parks and Recreation Director, at (360) 491-0857 for more information.
Lake Lois Habitat Reserve Environmental Restoration

Description:
Join volunteers and staff from the Lacey Parks and Recreation Department one Saturday a month at the Lake Lois Habitat Reserve to remove invasive plants that are choking out the native plant understory in the reserve.

Location:
Lake Lois Habitat Reserve is located north of Pacific Avenue SE, and west of Lake Lois Road SE.  Parking is available at Woodland Creek Community Park, 6729 Pacific Avenue SE.  Walk across Pacific Avenue SE in the crosswalk at the Lake Lois Rd SE intersection.

Date(s):

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

 

Group size:
Individuals, families, or groups are welcome.  Groups are encouraged to pre-register so that enough tools are available.  Registration Form

Age restriction:
Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Equipment:
All volunteers should wear appropriate clothing such as work gloves, sturdy shoes or boots, and bring rain gear, if needed.  Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own water; the parks department will provide the necessary tools.

Contact:
Call Lori Flemm, Lacey Parks and Recreation Director, at (360) 491-0857 for more information.
Lacey Activities Coalition for Teens (Lacey A.C.T.)
 Description:
Lacey Activities Coalition for Teens (A.C.T.) nights provide 7th and 8th grade students in the North Thurston Public School district safe and fun activities on two Friday evenings per month.  About 600 students attend each event. 
 Location:
Rotating schedule among Chinook, Komachin and Nisqually Middle Schools
 Date(s):
Friday evenings scheduled throughout the school year.
 Group size:
Individuals to monitor single or multiple evening events. Approximately 200 adults and 30 teens assist with A.C.T. events throughout the school year.
 Age restriction:
No minimum age requirement.
 Contact:
Learn more about this exciting opportunity at Lacey Parks & Recreation Lacey Activities Coalition for Teens section.






















Scouting Volunteer Opportunities
 The City of Lacey offers numerous volunteer opportunities for boy scouts who are working to earn their eagle advancement; girl scouts who are working toward their Gold Award; and scouts who need service hours, or are earning badges.  City staff identifies several projects each year, but scouts are encouraged to use their creativity and propose an original project.  Please contact staff if you have questions about a particular project.  Once you chose a project we recommend that you obtain our staff signature approving your project immediately, so that another scout doesn't select the same project and get project approval.

 

We offer scouts the opportunity to work with the City of Lacey Parks and Recreation Department on the following projects in 2012:

 

Rebuilding and staining wooden picnic tables

Renovation of the Lakepointe Park pickleball court

Building spectator benches at River Ridge High School pool

Construction of a wood chip trail at Lake Lois Habitat Reserve

Construction of a kiosk at Rainier Vista Community Park sand volleyball courts

 

Contact Cody Lee at (360) 491-0857 for additional information about scout projects in Lacey parks, habitat reserves, and trails.

Additional Opportunities
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