Sign up as a member of a neighborhood Clean Team and pick up litter whenever it’s convenient for you. It’s as easy as going out for a walk! Volunteers will pick up litter in their chosen neighborhood and report the amount of trash to Clean Tahoe.
Learn to differentiate imposters from their native look-a-likes. Visit up to 10 sites, including on-going eradication projects and sites ready for investigation. Participate in hands-on, group eradication of specific infestations under the leadership of a trained botanist. Learn identification and removal techniques as well as critical disposal methods.
Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are invited to these fun, hands-on restoration days. By pitching in, you are improving the watershed habitats that surround Lake Tahoe. Healthy forests act as natural pollution filters to Keep Tahoe Blue.
Tahoe’s beaches are an amazing treasure, but they often suffer from overuse, especially during the summer. That’s why one of the League’s strongest volunteer programs is conducting beach cleanups throughout the summer and fall.
Scouts working on merit badges (Gold, Silver, or Eagle) are welcome to choose projects with Crittenton.
Volunteers will help with logistics and operations. Potential responsibilities include: course marshaling, distributing water to runners, assisting runners at the start line and on the course. These volunteer opportunities are open to all ages and perfect for families.
Help with after school programing, helping with homework, doing crafts and spending time with these kids who are so awesome.
Property maintenance and improvement projects large and small – volunteers have built picnic shelters, assembled greenhouses, cleared hiking trails in the woods, made new hiking trails, painted, repaired fencing, cleared brush along fences, planted trees, improved drainage
Volunteers help maintain and beautify the grounds at the Arboretum through Dig in the Dirt days (Tuesday mornings) and our Adopt-a-Collection program (on their own schedule, after completing training).
Through the years, many Boy and Girl Scout Troops have participated in service days at the Arboretum. As these young men and women help beautify the grounds, they are learning the value of service to their community, and the importance of public horticulture.