Tasks for Volunteers to Take On – Individuals or Groups
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.
Contact Tina Puitz, our administrative assistant, if you are interested in any of the tasks below.
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.
ACRES Preserve Benches (Back to top) donate materials and build ACRES preserve benches
(basic blueprint).
Contact Ethel McClelland, our volunteer coordinator, if you are interested in any of the tasks below for preserve work.
Fogwell Forest Nature Preserve – near Fort Wayne (Waynedale) (Back to top)
Build a 25-foot boardwalk – Best as a scout or small group project.
Build a 40-foot boardwalk – Best as a scout or small group project.
Munro Nature Preserve – near Geneva (Back to top)
Serve as preserve steward – Weed whack the trail and around the school front, usually needed done four or five times during the summer. Keep branches, etc., picked up off the trail and pick up trash. Report any trees fallen across the trail or any vandalism.
