ACRES | Active Projects

Below are projects for ACRES' office and nature preserves that are open for volunteers to take on. We need volunteer leaders who can take on a project alone, or who can gather a group of volunteers skilled and ambitious enough to take on a project. The leader will often need to be responsible for gathering the materials and equipment needed to do the project besides getting enough help to carrying out the work needed. We may have access to some materials. Except for an ACRES staff person showing you the location and giving instructions on the work needed, you will often be doing the project on your own.

Help ACRES out, take a trash bag with you on your hike and pick up trash in parking areas and along road sides at preserves,pick up small branches, etc.

Contact Tina Puitz, our administrative assistant,
if you are interested in any of the tasks below.

ACRES Preserve Benches (Back to top)

Donate materials and build ACRES preserve benches (basic blueprint).

Scan photographs (Back to top)

To be stored in digital format, using the scanner at the office.

Sort and maintain paper files. (Back to top)

Ongoing task. Sort into file cabinet drawers and boxes.

Input information to computer files. (Back to top)

Ongoing task. Keyboarding into office computer system.

Clean office weekly. (Back to top)

Ongoing task. Weekly sweep, mop and empty trash throughout. Clean and restock

restrooms.

Copy old board minutes (Back to top)

on a scanner to computer, to be archived on DVD's.

Distribute ACRES Quarterly magazines. (Back to top)

First weeks of January, April, July and October, deliver copies of the Quarterly to various

businesses in Fort Wayne.

Office grounds clean-up. (Back to top)

General maintenance around the Dustin house.

Contact Ethel McClelland, our volunteer coordinator,
if you are interested in any of the tasks below for preserve work.

Mengerson Nature Preserve – Fort Wayne (Allen County) (Back to top)
Need someone to plan and construct boardwalk sections, materials being donated.

Bender Nature Preserve – Albion (Noble County) (Back to top)
Need someone to plan and construct boardwalk sections, materials being donated.

All Preserves -

Building of sign-in boxes (construction plans available please e-mail Ethel McClelland)