We’re seeking volunteers to engage in a variety of community programs and outreach initiatives throughout the year.
Presently, volunteers monitor 35 lakes spread throughout Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, and Montmorency Counties. The objectives of the program are to collect baseline data, characterize lake ecosystems, identify specific water quality problems, determine water quality trends, and, most importantly, inform and educate the public regarding water quality issues and aquatic ecology. Volunteer lake monitors are…
WAVE provides technical and financial support for groups demonstrating the importance of water resource stewardship at the local level. Create a group of friends, family, coworkers, or anyone and focus on your neighborhood river/lake or explore somewhere new. Protect or enhance water quality, water conservation, or habitat and include education.
Do streams potentially impact the water quality of the lakes that they flow into? Should they be monitored? We at the Watershed Council think so and have thus, embarked upon a new voyage up into the streams that feed into our pristine lakes, with volunteer crews willing and ready to monitor in unfamiliar, yet ecologically…
Organization, clearing clutter, light landscaping/lawn cleanup.
Volunteer at the SCA with maintenance, weather assistance, construction, or exhibition builds.
Banquets are one of our biggest fundraising opportunities and it takes many helping hands to make them a success. We need table hosts, greeters, people to help with set up, and more. Each county has different opportunities to serve, but we would love to have you on our team!
Volunteers lead school tours, help get the mail out, answer the phone, provide clerical assistance, greet visitors, and work at special events.
A Community Share Group is group of five or more participants from a non-profit organization. These groups are assigned to specific volunteer shifts and in return for their hard work, the Festival provides the 501c3 organization with a donation based on the number of people volunteering and the total hours worked. National Cherry Festival works…
A Volunteer Team is any group of four or more individuals from local companies, civic/service groups, churches, and clubs (just to name a few) that wish to volunteer together. It’s a fun way to build relationships within your organization and the community.