Volunteer Project Catalog
City of Sun Prairie
The Sun Prairie Parks Friends, Inc. invite you to help with woodland restoration efforts by removing invasive shrubs at Smith's Crossing Park on Saturday, January 18th from 10am-12pm! Meet in the parking lot of Creekside Elementary School. SPPF will provide loppers and pruning saws, but bring your own if you prefer. Dress warm, wear sturdy footwear, bring gloves and water.
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City of Sun Prairie
Volunteer at Sun Prairie Parks, Recreation and Forestry's Hibernation Hustle Run/Walk on Groundhog Day! Join us for a fun-filled morning in Cannery Square that kicks off with the 77th Annual Groundhog Prognostication. Events are part of the Fourth Annual Frozen Fest: https://cityofsunprairie.com/1472/Frozen-Fest
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City of Sun Prairie
Volunteering at the Museum provides a unique opportunity to be a part of the inner operations of a museum, work with one-of-a-kind artifacts, learn about Sun Prairie, and help people appreciate history. The Museum offers something for everyone! If you like to engage with people, consider serving as a docent or event volunteer to greet visitors and guide them through Museum exhibits or programs. If you enjoy sharing your creative talents, join our Museum Exhibit Team to design and build educational displays. Those that prefer quieter, individual work can help with ongoing inventory and collections care initiatives or be "on call" to help with research requests. We look forward to engaging with your interests and exploring how you might contribute to great things happening at the Museum! Scope out the Volunteer Matters Tutorial Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrsY6zZKalw.
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City of Sun Prairie
Help remove invasive plants in city parks! Training, identification, and tools provided. If interested as an individual or a group - sign up and Cindy, Parks & Forestry Director, will work with you on identifying parks and species and when the best time to remove them is! This could be self-directed, or separate work day events with staff or community partner instruction and assistance. Generally, we need help pulling Garlic Mustard and Dame's Rocket in the spring (April and May) and also removing woody shrubs like buckthorn and honeysuckle in fall and winter months (November - March). UPCOMING GROUP EVENTS: -Saturday, November 16 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at Shonas Highlands Park -Saturday, December 14 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Smith's Park (**note change to Smith's Crossing Park, meet at Creekside Elementary School parking lot adjacent to park)
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City of Sun Prairie
A variety of independent volunteer activities are available throughout the park system. Depending on location, season, and need, volunteers opportunities in various city parks may include trash clean up, general landscaping such as planting, weeding, watering, mulching planting areas, natural area restoration such as invasive plant management and seed collecting, trail maintenance, various citizen science opportunities, etc. Sign up for a park below and/or contact Cindy Burtley, Parks & Forestry Director, at cburtley@cityofsunprairie.com to find out more!
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City of Sun Prairie
The Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department (SPPRF) maintains three ice rinks during the winter season with one at Renstone Park and the other two at Wetmore Park. SPPRF is committed to providing high quality ice rink facilities, but due to the additional manual labor required combined with limited staffing resources, a community-supported volunteer program is critical to the success of these facilities. The “Rink Rangers” Adopt-an-Ice Rink Volunteer Program relies on volunteers to assist the Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department with basic ice rink maintenance such as snow removal, general site cleanup, and other maintenance needs as identified. This is a partnership program with the Sun Prairie Parks Friends, Inc, who provides additional volunteers and resources to assist with ice rink maintenance operations. Because Wisconsin winters are difficult to predict and the successful opening of an ice rink is weather dependent, we anticipate the rink opening on or around December 23, 2024 and the rink closing on or around March 2, 2025. The Sun Prairie Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department staff will schedule two training sessions per site with about a one-week notice of when the training will take place. Training is required for volunteers who wish to assist with flooding/resurfacing operations. We are looking for volunteers to spend anywhere from one to several hours throughout the upcoming winter season. SPPRF is seeking approximately 10-20 volunteers per ice rink to spend anywhere from one to several hours throughout the winter season. The greatest need for Rink Ranger volunteers is during evenings and weekends. Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
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City of Sun Prairie
We are seeking parent/guardians to lead our youth soccer and baseball programs, under the support and guidance of the PRF Department. We are looking for parent volunteers to conduct practices and coach players during games. No experience is necessary. Volunteers help make our youth sports programs successful. Team Assignments: Players will be randomly assigned to teams with volunteer coaches. We will ensure all parent volunteers are with their child. Team sizes will vary based on enrollment. Coach's Meeting: There will be a 45-minute meeting for all coaches prior to the start of a program session. Exact date/time will be listed in your volunteer assignment.
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