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Volunteer Opportunities

Do you enjoy gardening and interacting with children? If so, consider volunteering with the Sauvie Island Center. Volunteers lead small groups of elementary school students through hands-on, farm-based lessons on pollination, healthy soil, plant parts, the food web and planting and harvesting in the Grow Lunch Garden.

We strive to provide quality, experiential learning opportunities for students and are seeking energetic and flexible field trip leaders to help us accomplish this goal.

Each volunteer day is from 8:45 am to 2:00 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays beginning April 11th and running through June 11th. We ask that volunteers be available for at least (3) three field trips each season (spring and/or fall). If you’re interested, download the form below and contact Education Program Manager Jennifer James. Each volunteer will need to pass a background check.

New volunteers should be able to attend a training session, which will be held from 8:45 am to 3 pm on Friday, April 5th. Lunch will be offered at new volunteer training. Please email (Enable Javascript to see the email address) to RSVP for the training and let her know if you have any dietary restrictions.

We’ll host refresher training, for returning volunteers only, on Thursday, April 4th from 9 am to noon.

• Commitment: Field trip leaders are asked to commit to at least 4 field trips during the season.
• Trips: Spring and Fall field trips take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:45 am to 2:00 pm
• Returning Volunteer Training: 9 am to noon on Thursday, April 4th.
• New Volunteer Training: 8:45 am to 3 pm on Friday, April 5th.

Are you able to make this commitment? To apply, download the application and background check form and send them both our way.

• 2012 Volunteer Application Form
• Background Check Form
• Email your completed application to (Enable Javascript to see the email address) by April 1st.

Questions? Call Sauvie Island Center 503-341-8627.