Volunteers help by staffing a table at an event; serving as a docent at the Parsons daffodil field; or helping with an event such as our daffodil party, annual meeting or holiday party.
Trail Crew volunteers help to maintain our trails. Volunteers clear hazards such as tree or rocks, help maintain or replace signage, and keep our Reserves looking great.
Office Volunteers help with a variety of tasks such as sorting through paper work to archive important documents; assist with fundraising mailings; calling members during our phone-a-thon; and assisting with printing, filing, and scanning important stewardship files.
Assist with the assembly and distribution of “brown bags” that are filled with free groceries for low-income elders.
If you prefer to help out indoors, we can use your time and skills around the office. Office support volunteers often stuff envelopes for membership mailings, staff our front reception desk, prepare event supplies, or provide other office tasks.
Coastline’s Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program offers volunteers, 55 years and older, and who meet income and criminal history eligibility requirements, the opportunity to assist in a classroom with children enrolled in educational programs, such as elementary schools, preschools, head starts, and other youth-based organizations. Foster Grandparents volunteer one-on-one and in small groups with children,…
Join New England’s largest volunteer coastal monitoring program. Become a Baywatcher and help the Coalition test water in your community each summer. Some Baywatchers also assist with river herring monitoring in spring and stream flow monitoring throughout the year.
Love the outdoors? Help us pick up litter, cut back invasive vines and shrubs, and maintain trails at our reserves in Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, and Wareham. Land stewardship activities are great for groups that want to volunteer. Contact us to arrange a group volunteer stewardship day.
Individuals or groups can serve by sorting donations, organizing a fundraiser, or setting up a drop off location.
There are many volunteer positions available: greeting guests at our reception desk, setting up for events, working with school groups or sharing history as a docent. If you have a special skill or talent – woodworking, photography, writing, music, teaching – let us find a job for you!