The primary role of a volunteer is to welcome and serve our service members and their families, and to make them feel at home at our USO locations. Some common duties include greeting and checking-in guests, assisting with center activities and programs, offering food and beverages, maintaining tidiness in the center and supporting staff members…

Help us with wildlife monitoring, ecosystem restoration / rehabilitation, preserve monitoring, easement monitoring, and botanical surveys.

Assist with hiking trail construction and maintenance, sign installation, trash pick-up, bird house installation, trailhead maintenance, invasive species control and removal and more.

Community events such as Treats and Trails, Macatawa Water Festival, Homestead Holiday, Maple Sugar Time, and the Migratory 5K Fun Run offer a variety of volunteer opportunities including setup, parking, wildlife assistant, and teardown.

This program is designed for 12 to 18 year-olds who will work with ODC staff on a variety of indoor and outdoor tasks. Time may be spent improving trails, removing invasive species, cleaning animal enclosures, or assisting staff at events.

This is a base-level volunteer. This participant will have the opportunity to represent the be nice. action plan at community events, (along with an MHF staff member or a mission ambassador) such as health fairs, pop-up shops, and our two annual events.