VOLUNTEER! Make a difference!

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION with SKILLS and INTEREST FORM

MAPA couldn't exist without volunteers.  Contribute your time and talents in almost unlimited ways and be rewarded with meeting new friends and having fun.

Fill out our Volunteer Application with Skills & Interest form to let us know where your passion for parks and education fits best.

IMMEDIATE MAPA VOLUNTEER NEEDS

Or, tell us how you would like to volunteer - we need you!

Please look at the following 'suggestions', then fill out the application form below where you can let us know where you prefer to volunteer.

Help MAPA to
Operate Russian Gulch State Park

MAPA has submitted a proposal to operate Russian Gulch State Park to assist Parks in keeping it open to the public. If Parks accepts MAPA's proposal, we hope to start readying Russian Gulch for the camping season by early 2012.

MAPA's goal is to have the park self-sustaining within two years, however -

Start-up Donation funds are crucial to this endeavor, as well as Volunteers.  Please help.

Volunteers will be useful for helping at the kiosk, maintaining trails, invasive plant removal, fundraising, and more.

Please contact MAPA at mapa@mendoparks.org, or 707.937.4700.

NEW!

Park Trail Maintenance

MAPA and parks, along with the support of the California State Parks Foundation, are currently working on a NEW! Park Trail Maintenance Crew to help keep our trails useable. Our first trail maintenance project will be at Van Damme State Park.

If you are interested in helping keep our trails beautiful, contact MAPA: 707.937.4700, mapa@mendoparks.org.
Ford House Volunteers

Staffing the visitor center counter- meet visitors from all over the world! Learn our area's history.

Gardening – The Fort Bragg  Garden Club has made the Ford House garden its Civic Beautification Project. Join them on Wednesdays at 10am to garden in one of the most gorgeous settings imaginable. Call ahead in case of cancellation due to weather etc. Diane #961-0650 or Jenny # 937-5397

Living History Field Trips – Sign up as a State Park volunteer and help teach our local 2nd and 3rd graders about life in the 1800’s. volunteers in period dress help school children learn to churn butter, wash clothes with a wash board, make biscuits, play old time games, and more!

Progressive Dinner -  Heritage Days of Mendocino County (and other fundraising events) volunteers are needed to help plan, set up,  serve and clean up. Diners start their evening at the Ford House with appetizers, move on to the Mendocino Hotel for soup and entre, and end this special evening at the Kelley House for a desert buffet. Period Dress is encouraged.

Lead Nature/History Walks: Whales; Wildflowers; Pioneer/Logging History.
MacKerricher Volunteers

Assist with natural and cultural heritage programs, school field trips, Whale Festival, seal monitoring, tidepool walks and monitering, Snowy Plover monitering, serve on Docent Council, etc.

Lead Whale Walks/Talks

Pine Grove Farmhouse Visitor Center (at Point Cabrillo)

The museum is located on the upper parking lot, by the public restrooms.

 Help staff the Visitor Center/Museum on the weekends during Spring-Summer season.

Van Damme Visitor Center

 Help staff the Van Damme Visitor Center/Museum weekends during Spring-Summer season.

Hendy Woods Visitor Center

 Help staff the Hendy Woods Visitor Center/Museum weekends during Spring-Summer season.
Promotion Promoting MAPA through various news media
Grant Writers

Help MAPA to write grants to fund our interpretive programs
Graphic & Web Design,
Social Media

Newsletters, Flyers, Poster, Web, Social Media
Fundraising

Ideas for funds to support MAPA and your favorite park

* Special Projects
***Mendocino-Headlands Campaign: Ford House Roof
***Van Damme Campaign: Spring Ranch Barns
***MacKerricher Campaign: Project to be determined.
General Volunteering

Look at our Skills & Interest Form. And/or let us know what interests you. We need you!
mapa@mendoparks.org Office707.937.4700 / Cell 707-272-5397

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION with SKILLS and INTEREST FORM

NOTE: If you use Outlook, Outlook Express, or a computer-based email, then click the top option when you submit the form.
If you you use an online server such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, Earthlink, etc., then click the bottom option to save it to your computer, then send to MAPA as an attachment.

New: MAPA also requests you sign a CODE OF ETHICS for our files.

This information will help MAPA to better serve you as our valuable volunteer.

Thanks!