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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

List of orientation sessions, short term jobs, longer term commitments

Jamie Wine, Community Educator

Volunteer With Us!

Fill out the Volunteer Application Form today or contact: Brendan Mackinson, Volunteer Coordinator | 206.382.7007

Updated list of volunteer orientation, short term jobs and longer term commitments

Get acquainted with People For Puget Sound

Volunteer Orientation, a great way to get to know us.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
5:00 pm – 7:00pm

RSVP: Brendan Mackinson

Data Management Ninja Training

Here’s your chance to learn Salesforce and help our team keep track of their stacks of information.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

RSVP: Brendan Mackinson

Join the Join the Shorebird Survey Squad

Christina Donehower, our Restoration Ecologist, is training a crew of 10 bird lovers to conduct monthly waterbird surveys in Titlow Park, Tacoma.

Sunday, July 11, 2010
7:00 am - 9:00 am

To apply: Fill out the volunteer application

Summertime Internships

Policy Intern – Zero Waste Campaign (Fight the Good Fight for Garbage Prevention!)
**POSITION FILLED**
Science Intern – GIS Duwamish Map Tech (Do you have GIS skills and experience with ARCMAP?)
**POSITION FILLED**
Science/Habitat Intern – Program Evaluator (Work with our Restoration Ecologists to analyze our program metrics)
**POSITION FILLED**
Education Intern – Program Evaluator (Assess the quality of our volunteer experience)
**POSITION CLOSED**
Policy Intern – Regional Program Monitor (Details, details we need an eagle-eyed intern)
**POSITION CLOSED**
Policy Intern – Pollution Source Detective (Research the sources of chemicals in the Duwamish River)
**POSITION CLOSED**

Short Term Jobs:

Show a little love to your hometown river.

Help Dhira Brown, our Restoration Ecologist, enhance native shoreline habitat in the Puget Sound ecosystem.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Codiga Park

Saturday, July 10, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Turning Basin 3

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Codiga Park

Saturday, July 24, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Maury Island Marine Park

RSVP: Restoration

Do you live North of Seattle?

Join Keeley O’Connell’s Sound Stewards at a restoration work party in Snohomish County.

Saturday, July 10, 2010
9:00 am – 4:00pm
Union Slough
Annual vegetation & photo monitoring

Saturday, July 17, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Picnic Point

Saturday, July 24, 2010
9:00 am – 4:00pm
Jetty Island

Saturday, July 24, 2010
10:00 am – 2:00pm
Kayak Point

RSVP: Gail

Want to get muddy, work hard and feel good in the South Sound?

TBD

RSVP: Christina

Scheduled Commitments:

Toxics Outreach Posse
Help spread the word to the community about toxic chemical reduction
Join Our Outreach Leadership Team
Develop your communication chops, side by side with people who are serious about the science of Puget Sound.

Habitat Restoration Technician
Our industrious Science & Habitat staff will put you to work

Data Entry Expert
Bring your precision data entry skills to our new database set-up!