Volunteer with Friends of Shelby

Volunteers breathe life into our mission to preserve, protect, and enhance Shelby Park and Bottoms. Volunteers are at the heart of Friends of Shelby: planting trees, picking up trash, maintaining trails, assisting with special events, and helping with various larger projects.

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Upcoming Volunteer OPPORTUNITIES

Invasive Plant Removal
TUE February 24th (1-3:30 PM)
FRI February 27th (1-3:30 PM)

National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is February 23-27 this year, so we’re going to celebrate by hosting a few of our beloved invasive plant removal projects! Then to cap it off, we’re celebrating the 12th Annual Weed Wrangle event on 3/7. These efforts improve our local forests and protect native plant and animal species.
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12th Annual Weed Wrangle - Invasive Plant Removal
SAT March 7th (9-11:30 AM)

Join your community members in the 12th annual Weed Wrangle as we spend time in the woods together, chatting and restoring the ecological health of your public lands! At this volunteer opportunity, we will be removing invasive plant species that are choking out our native forests. This special edition of our typical Restore the Forest events is a part of Weed Wrangle, a one-day volunteer initiative to removal invasive plant species. This year, we're hosting this event in collaboration with the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center.
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SHELBY PARK AMBASSADORS

Do you love Shelby Park and Bottoms? Would you like to be more involved in park events, the community, and Friends of Shelby? Join our Park Ambassador program! Park Ambassadors help achieve our mission of preserving, enhancing and protecting the park by increasing our community outreach via tabling, events, and open houses. In this long-term volunteer program, you will learn all there is to know about the park and FOS and share this valuable information with the public!

Interested in joining the team? Send an email to cd@friendsofshelby.org!

Community Group Volunteer Program

Friends of Shelby loves to work with groups. Whether it's your ten-person office or your 100-person church, please reach out and see if we have a project that would suit your goals. Friends of Shelby helps coordinate the project and provides tools, gloves, and work project assignments to match the size and capabilities of any volunteer group. Each volunteer day begins with an orientation including the goals of the park improvement effort, tool training, and general safety rules.

If you are interested in a project for your group, please click the button below and fill out our interest form!
Questions? Email our Community Outreach and Volunteer Leader at cd@friendsofshelby.org.

GROUP VOLUNTEER EVENT INTEREST FORM