Help unload and stock items received in monthly food truck delivery, pack food and personal care items for clients of the food pantry, stock food pantry cabinets, count and sort donations (food, back-to-school supplies, coats, personal care items), and sometimes assist with mailings (stuffing/labeling) and making phone calls. There is some lifting and toting required…
Our volunteers assist with various jobs at the store including: accepting donations, sorting/organizing, and more.
Prepare a meal, help serve the meal and assist with the cleanup.
Help unload and stock items received, pack food and personal care items for clients of the food pantry, stock food pantry cabinets, count and sort donations. There is some lifting and toting required – most often nothing more than you would encounter in regular grocery shopping and stocking cabinets in your home. Pantry is open…
Help unload and stock items received in monthly food truck delivery, pack food and personal care items for clients of the food pantry, stock food pantry cabinets, count and sort donations (food, back-to-school supplies, coats, personal care items), and sometimes assist with mailings (stuffing/labeling) and making phone calls. There is some lifting and toting required…
The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve has dedicated significant time and resources to protecting the watershed from the multilayered threat of sulfide mining. The Eagle Project, a nickel and copper mine on the boundary of the Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout watersheds, has been our primary concern. Assist our efforts to help ensure ecological protection.
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) is a network of volunteer monitoring programs in Michigan. The Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program is a part of MiCorps and has been established for Lake Independence which is a part of the greater Yellow Dog Watershed. Lake Independence is tested about 16 times throughout the summer for chlorophyll, transparency,…
The protection of specific parcels in the watershed helps preserve aquatic habitats and riparian areas for a wide variety of animal and plant life. Volunteers help to identify and remove invasive species to help native species thrive.
The YDWP has been a part of the MiCorps (VSMP) Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program for the Yellow Dog River since 2004 and this year we started the MiCorps (VSMP) for the Salmon-Trout River. The VSMP programs incorporate: volunteer participation, stream habitat assessment, macroinvertebrate collection, and a stream quality score. The program runs twice a year…
These events take place along Grand Traverse Bay’s beaches and involve removing trash and other debris.