GOLF SERVICES Trail Ambassadors are pairs of volunteers who are First Aid/CPR certified and hike or bike throughout the Park District year round. Trail Ambassador volunteers are expected to donate a minimum of 40 on-trail hours each year. Optional winter monitoring is available after completion of the first regular season. Convenient online scheduling allows volunteers to choose their date, time and monitor location. In 2015, Trail Ambassador volunteers, age 30 and older, are invited to participate in this fun and rewarding volunteer activity. Applications accepted through February 13, 2015 with training and certification classes held in April.
Volunteer George Blanchfield assists guests as they arrive at Seneca Golf Course.
Cleveland Metroparks eight golf courses offer a variety of volunteer opportunities ranging from merchandising the pro shops with new golf apparel and hard goods, to working with junior golfers participating in league play, or even helping with concession and catering events! Volunteer rangers monitor the pace of play and ensure golfers enjoy their round at Cleveland Metroparks. If you enjoy the game of golf, consider volunteering at a Cleveland Metroparks golf course.
For an application or additional information about this opportunity, contact Cleveland Metroparks Volunteer Services at 440-253-2145 or volinfo@ clevelandmetroparks.com.
OUTDOOR RECREATION The Outdoor Recreation (OR) crew needs volunteers to help year-round with programming. The vast program offerings provide human-powered, natural resource based active outdoor recreation experiences through classes, programs, events, and trips. Assistance is needed with kayaking, mountain biking, backpacking, stand up paddleboarding, land navigation, GPS/ geocaching, powerboat water trail monitoring, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and other great activities. Volunteers are essential in helping OR provide safe, high-quality programs. If you love working with people of all ages and abilities and have a basic knowledge of some of the above skills, contact Outdoor Recreation at or@clevelandmetroparks.com or 216-341-1704 to learn more. This is a great opportunity for you to help others learn while also improving your skills. To participate in a program yourself, visit www.clevelandmetroparks. com/or. Meet new friends and learn new skills while volunteering with Outdoor Recreation!
TRAIL AMBASSADORS Since 2005, Cleveland Metroparks and its visitors have benefited from the service of Trail Ambassador (formerly known as Trail Monitor) volunteers. These volunteers monitor Park District trails, including some of the new Lakefront properties, to interact with visitors, alert management crews to any hazardous situation and be first responders to emergencies on the trails. 2
TRAILS DIVISION The Trails Division continued to develop in 2014 and will be closing out the year with over 80 volunteers. A portion of those volunteers have signed up to be Section Monitors. Section monitor volunteers check soil conditions and manage trail opening/closing when clay mountain bike trails hit their saturation point. In addition, volunteers helped complete the Bedford Singletrack in the spring and have been instrumental in progress with phase II of the Bedford Singletrack set to open this spring. In 2015, we will continue to create more opportunities for volunteers, while continuing to engage our current construction and outreach initiatives. Hope to see you on the trail!
WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP CENTER Volunteer opportunities at the Watershed Stewardship Center (WSC) focus on scientific monitoring, restoration, and education. Green Team volunteers help to restore this once highly-impacted reservation through garlic mustard and other invasive species pulls, and also by planting and maintaining the many attractive and functional native plant beds around the center. Citizen scientists are trained in their area of focus, such as frogs or birds, and in the protocols of monitoring their populations. Current citizen science projects at WSC are FeederWatch, FrogWatch,