8. Volunteer opportunites approved by Council at 12 19 18 meetingScandia Parks and Recreation
Volunteer Opportunities
Initiative
Areas of Focus
Skills Required
Painting and staining
public buildings - shelters
Knowledge of paints, stains and
application techniques, use of ladders
Park and Monument entrances
Maintenance and upkeep
Plant ID, pull weeds, add mulch, use hand
tools (shovel, hand saw, lopper)
City Hall Entrance / City Entrance
Seasonal flowers, decor, welcoming
Plant ID, pull weeds, add mulch, use hand
Signs
tools (shovel, hand saw, lopper)
Light pole arrangements
Advertisements, flags, holidays
balance, ability to climb a ladder, Two
persons required
City Hall / Lighted ballfield
maintain surfaces in playground areas
Use hand sprayer with salt, pull weeds,
rake, shovel
Wind in the Pines (WIP)
Signs and general maintenance; better
knowledge of botany or biology, GIS and
trail markers; develop a species
GPS, computer skills
identification chart for the Park
Ball Fields
Rodent control, redo green grass
knowledge of ballfield maintenance / turf
inhibitor plastic sections
maintenance
GPS Utility Marking
City owned utilities
knowledge of GPS data systems, and
utilities to be mapped