5.c)i) Volunteer Opportunities-August 2016PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
TASK
FUNDING
SOURCE
LEAD
SKILLS REQUIRED
OTHER
Tornado Shelter
Already started
BMX Bike Track
Dog Park — (Is there a need?)
Park and Monument entrances
Plant ID, ability pull weeds, add
mulch, use hand tools such as a
shovel, hand saw, lopper
City Entrance Sign (flowers, seasonal
welcoming accessories)
Plant ID, ability pull weeds, add
mulch, use hand tools such as a
shovel, hand saw, lopper
Kids Play Equipment (Not sure of the
reference) (maintenance surface area?)
Use hand sprayer with salt, ability
to pull weeds, rake, shovel
Playground Equipment? (replacement)
search
Gateway Trail
In the works
Trail Heads
Piggy back off of existing bike trails
Food Shelf
29 families in Scandia live below poverty level
Festival Events
To raise money or make Scandia more fun
More Bike and Other Trails
Trails for people to ride their horses
Build Handicap Ramps
For the newly disabled
Care Packages for Homeless
Welcome Committee for New Residents
Thanks and Welcome by City
Councilmember
Expand the Ice Rink
Frisbee Park
Talk at meetings of 4-H Club, Boy Scouts,
Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Scandia Riders
Saddle Club, the Entrepreneurs Club, Friends
of Scandia Parks and Trails, and the Scandia-
Marine Lions Club
Dan Lee
Mural on the General Store
Graffiti on Rail Road Bridge on Co. 4
Wind in the Pines -Signs and General Trail
Maintenance
Seek out a biology or
botany major; develop an
intern proposal
Better direction into the park; Redo to trail markers — some are sap covered, others
are off the trail, others are grown into the trees; develop a species identification
website for the park
Scandia Lighted Ball Field Trap the gophers; trim the infield; update the signs on the outfield fence; redo the
green fence bases under the cyclone fences; concession stand maintenance/painting;
weeding and clean-up of the play area
Memorial Benches for Parks Donations
8.22.2016