Volunteer Project Catalog
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).
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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
Help maintain the pollinator gardens throughout the city as your schedule allows! Self-directed duties may include litter pickup, mulch refresh in spring, cutting stems in spring (after pollinators emerge! ~ 1 week of 50 degree weather), weeding, watering (1/week), maybe splitting and moving plants in spring and fall, etc. Training and tools provided! If you are interested, sign up for the park you would like to work at and Cindy, Parks & Forestry Director, will reach out to you on details!
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