Adopt-a-Park Program Volunteer Job Description

Qualifications

• Interested and willing to assume responsibility for maintaining or improving a public site.
• Must be 18 years or older to be a volunteer project leader. Project leaders assume the lead role for a group, a business or for yourself for individual interest. Project participants may be younger than 18 years old if written parent permission is granted and proper adult supervision is provided.
• Adopters are encouraged to use their own supplies and provide own funding for projects.

Requirements

• Agree to a minimum term of one year.
• Submit an application for approval.
• Conduct an on-site walk through to formalize an agreement.
• Submit completed special event and group registration form for each scheduled service day.
• Provide at least two cleanup days per year with advance notification to the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) project coordinator.
• Adhere to program safety tips and conditions of adoption.
• Submit report forms after each scheduled cleanup day to the DPR project coordinator.

Park

• Invasives removal
• Litter removal
• Plantings (with approval)
• Bulletin board upkeep
• Leaf removal

Tree

• Invasives removal
• Watering
• Fertilizing (with approval)
• Pruning (with approval)

Court

• Sweep debris
• Repaint lines
• Litter removal
• Bulletin board upkeep
• Net maintenance

Playground

• Litter removal
• Raking mulch
• Plantings (with approval)
• Bulletin board upkeep

Community Center

• Indoor cleanup
• Painting
• Plantings (with approval)
• Bulletin board upkeep

Stream

• Litter removal

Planting Bed

• Weeding
• Mulching
• Planting flowers

Field

• Invasives removal
• Litter removal
• Mowing grass
• Installing/removing linings
• Bulleting board upkeep

Street Island

• Invasives removal
• Plantings (with approval)
• Weeding
• Raking mulch

Trail

• Invasives removal
• Litter removal
• Bulletin board upkeep