5.c)i) Updated Volunteer Opportunities-Nov. 2017PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE
FUNDING
Location
TASK
LEAD
SKILLS REQUIRED
SOURCE
Keep paths trimmed back and
Evaluate
BMX Bike Track
Volunteering
corners and jumps created
Plant ID, ability pull weeds, add
City Wide
Park and Monument entrances
Volunteering
mulch, use hand tools such as a
shovel, hand saw, lopper
Plant ID, ability pull weeds, add
City Entrance Sign (flowers, seasonal welcoming
City Wide
Volunteering
mulch, use hand tools such as a
accessories)
shovel, hand saw, lopper
Use hand sprayer with salt, ability to
City Hall /Lighted ballfield
Maintain surfaces in Playground Areas
Volunteering
pull weeds, rake, shovel
Look for grants
City Wide
Playground Equipment - repalcement and additional
Grant writing skills -
and donors
groups to
coordinate and
City Wide
Events: To raise money or make Scandia more fun
Coordinator,
profit share
with
Park
Dedication /
City Hall
Add Ice Rink
Coordinator, location evaluation
event
revenues
Park
Dedication /
a person to work with Washington
Partner with Wash. Co.
Frisbee Park
event
Co. and their Parks Commission
revenues
Talk at meetings of 4-H Club, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Scandia Riders Saddle Club, the
coordinator, muti task with setting
City Wide
Volunteering
Entrepreneurs Club, Friends of Scandia Parks and Trails,
up scheduling their time on projects
and the Scandia-Marine Lions Club
Wind in the Pines: WIP
Signs and General Trail Maintenance: Better trail
markers ; develop a species identification website for
the Park
Donations
Volunteering
Seek out a biology or botany major;
develop an intern proposal, GIS and
GPS knowledge
Ball Fields
Gopher removal; re-define infield; redo green grass
inhibitor plastic sections
Parks
Memorial Benches -Bleachers
Donations
Volunteering
publisize the locations and
opportunities - Park Committee
Parks
Invasive species removal
Plant identification - tools -
Knowlwedge of hoe to use the tools
City Wide
GPS Utility marking
summer intern
Knowledge of GPS Data systems,
Utilites to map
Downtown
Light pole arrangements - Ads, Flags, Holiday
Volunteering
City Wide
Grant Writing
Volunteering
Experience in grant writing