April 2008

Volunteer Opportunities List

Community Stewardship of Seattle’s Public Parks & Recreation Facilities
Volunteer Programs, Southwest, South Central, Southeast, and Central East
Janine VanSanden 206-684-4557 janine.vansanden@seattle.gov
Website: www.seattle.gov/parks/getInvolved

“CLEAN & GREEN SEATTLE INITIATIVE”

Join your mayor, friends, and neighbors

Project Clean up and Green up the Interbay neighborhood: to pick litter,

weed planting strips, and spruce up green spaces. Recycle
fluorescent bulbs and batteries. Tools will be provided.
Giveaways will be offered. Learn more about climate protection
City of Seattle Departments
Sponsor
Time Saturday, April 5th, from 9:00 to noon
Meeting place Meet at Quest Church Parking Lot (3233-15th Ave. W)
Contact Christa Dumpys at 206-684-4812 or christa.dumpys@seattle.gov
Clean Seattle Initiative website:http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/issues/cleanseattle.htm This
neighborhood project is part of a series of events in Mayor Greg Nickels’ “Clean Seattle
Campaign” to restore Seattle’s reputation as one of the cleanest cities in the United States.

We urge you to dress for the weather, as these events occur rain or shine.
If it is your first time, please call the contact number for information.
Bring drinking water and snacks if you wish.
Youth participants under the age of 18 need to bring parental permission to
participate

Come Help Out at a Work Party to Spruce up the Grounds at Alki Community
Center 4/4/2008
Join the staff at the community center as they do a little Spring Cleaning. Help out with sweeping,
painting, trimming, picking up garbage, and much more.
Start Time: 10:00-3:00
Location: 5817 SW Stevens St.
Cost: none
Contact: John Hermann 206-684-7430
Sponsored by: Alki Community Center staff
Email: john.hermann@seattle.gov

Alki Community Center is Having a Garage Sale 4/5/2008

The staff at Alki CC urge you to clean out your basement and/or your garage, rent a table ($10), and put
those items up for sale. This should be a lot of fun.
Start Time: 9:00-5:00
Location: 5817 SW Stevens St.
Cost: $10.00 to rent a table
Contact: John Hermann 206-684-7430
Sponsored by: Alki Community Center staff
Email: john.hermann@seattle.gov

Come Participate in a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Camp

Long 4/5/2008
Come visit this secret little outpost of nature in West Seattle. Your assistance is needed to remove
invasive plants and take care of trails.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 5200-35th Ave. SW
Cost: nonw
Contact: Sheila Brown 206-684-7415
Email: sheila.brown@seattle.gov

Get Involved in a Green Seattle Work Party at Lincoln Park 4/5/2008

Come help the Friends of Lincoln Park as they strive to restore this wonderful forest in West Seattle to its
natural state.
Start Time: 9:00-1:00
Location: 8011 Fauntleroy Ave. SW at the Rose St. parking lot by the kiosk
Cost: none
Contact: Sharon Baker 206-935-1769
Sponsored by: Friends of Lincoln Park
Email: sbaker@u.washington.edu

Help Out at a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Leschi Natural

Area 4/5/2008
Give the Friends of Leschi Natural Area a hand as they continue restoring this beautiful greenspace by
removing invasive plants.
Start Time: 9:00-3:00
Location: Meet at 36th Ave. E and East Terrace St.
Cost: none
Contact: Bunny and Fran Woods 206-935-1769
Sponsored by: Friends of Leschi Natural Area
Email: bunnyword@msn.com

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Colman Park 4/5/2008

Come assist the Urban Forestry staff as they continue the restoration of the forest at Colman Park. Typical
activities include removal of invasive plants, trail work, and spreading of mulch.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 1800 Lake Washington Blvd.; call contact for more info
Cost: none
Contact: Jillian Weed 206-423-1608
Sponsored by: Seattle Parks Urban Forestry Unit
Email: jillian.weed@seattle.gov

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party in Seward Park 4/5/2008

Come help EarthCorps as they continue the removal of invasive plants from this beautiful park on the
shores of Lake Washington.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 5902 Lake Washington Blvd.; call contact for more info
Cost: none
Contact: Elizabeth White 206-255-4160
Sponsored by: EarthCorps
Email: elizabeth@earthcorps.org

Join a Work Party at Madrona Woods 4/5/2008

Come help the Friends of Madrona Woods as they continue to recreate Madrona Creek. This creek for
years flowed into the sewer system, but now this dedicated group of volunteers has recreated a creek
channel allowing it to flow into Lake Washington.
Start Time: 9:00-1:00
Location: Meet at the toolbox at Spring and Grand Streets
Cost: none
Contact: Deirdre McCrary 206-325-9035
Sponsored by: Friends of Madrona Creek
Email: deirdre_jaymccrary@msn.com

Come Assist at a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party in a New Location in

the Cheasty Greenspace 4/6/2008
A new group of neighbors has stepped up to the plate. They are scheduling twice monthly work parties in
this large greenspace
Start Time: 1:00-3:00
Location: Meet on Mountainview Dr., just south of the intersection with Alaska St.
Cost: none
Contact: Andrea Dostrovsky 206-295-0552
Sponsored by: Friends of Cheasty Greenspace
Email: adostrovsky@gmail.com

APRIL 11 DEARBORN PARK

Project EarthCorps will be facilitating a work party to further the effort to bring this forest
into a state of healthy stability
Time 10:00-2:00
Closed

APRIL 12 CHEASTY GREENSPACE

Project A new neighborhood group will be hosting a work party to remove invasive
plants. Students from Seattle Pacific University will be attending.
Time 1:00-3:00
Closed
All You Dog Lovers, Come Help Out at a COLA Work Party at Dr. Jose Rizal
Park 4/12/2008
Join Steward Danielle Egus as she continues her ambitious goal of bringing order to the Off Leash area of
Dr. Jose Rizal Park.
Start Time: 9:00-noon
Location: 1008-12th Ave. S.
Cost: none
Contact: Danielle Egus 206-623-2935
Email: danielleegus@yahoo.com

Come Help Out at a Work Party at Hitt's Hill Natural Area 4/12/2008
Come help the Friends of Hitt's Hill as they continue the restoration of this natural area in Rainier Valley.
They need help removing invasive plants and sheet mulching.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 5224-37th Ave. S
Cost: none
Contact: Bonnie Taylor 206-725-4331
Sponsored by: Friends of Hitt's Hill
Email: bjtaylor@drizzle.com
Help Out at a Work Party at Roxhill Wetlands in West Seattle 4/12/2008
Come participate in the restoration of the headwaters of Longfellow Creek in West Seattle.
Start Time: 9:00-1:00
Location: SW Barton St. and 29th Ave. S.
Cost: none
Contact: Scott Blackstock 206-938-2144
Sponsored by: Friends of Roxhill Wetlands
Email: scottie1039@aol.com

Duwamish Greenbelt-Volunteer Forest Restoration Work Party 4/12/2008

Help the restore the West Duwamish Greenbelt, the largest remaining forest in Seattle! The greenbelt is
over 500 acres of forest in West Seattle. We always need volunteers to help pull invasive species, mulch,
and plant native plants and conifers.
Start Time: 10am - 2pm
Location: West Seattle - Please email for directions to site.
Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth McDonald 206-923-0853
Sponsored by: The Nature Consortium
Website: http://www.naturec.org
Email: volunteer@naturec.org

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Colman Park 4/12/2008

Come assist the Urban Forestry staff as they continue the restoration of the forest at Colman Park. Typical
activities include removal of invasive plants, trail work, and spreading of mulch.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 1800 Lake Washington Blvd.; call contact for more info
Cost: none
Contact: Jillian Weed 206-423-1608
Sponsored by: Seattle Parks Urban Forestry Unit
Email: jillian.weed@seattle.gov

Join EarthCorps at a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Cheasty

Greenspace 4/12/2008
EarthCorps is sponsoring this work party to be attended by University of Washington students and Service
for Peace. They will be removing invasive plants.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: Meet on Cheasty Blvd. and look for EarthCorps signs
Cost: none
Contact: Elizabeth White 206-255-4160
Sponsored by: EarthCorps
Email: elizabeth@earthcorps.org

APRIL 14 DR. JOSE RIZAL PARK

Project Lakeside School students, faculty, and staff will be preparing the
slopes for planting later this year.
Time 10:00-2:00
Closed

APRIL 16 INTERLAKEN PARK

Project Earthcorps will be facilitating a work party to remove invasive plants
from the park.
Time 10:00-2:00

Coime Help Out at a Work Party at Bradner Gardens 4/19/2008

If you are into gardening, you will love helping out at this wonderful vegetable and flower garden in south
Seattle.
Start Time: 9:00-noon
Location: 1722 Bradner Place S
Cost: none
Contact: Joyce Moty 206-905-1601
Sponsored by: Friends of Bradner Gardens
Email: jmoty@earthlink.net

Come Help out at a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Longfellow

Creek at Brandon St. 4/19/2008
Give a hand to the Friends of Longfellow Creek at Brandon St. as they continue the restoration of the
riparian corridor along this highly urbanized creek.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: Where Brandon St. meets Longfellow Creek in West Seattle
Cost: none
Contact: Jay Mirro 206-935-6532
Sponsored by: Friends of Longfellow Creek at Brandon St.
Email: jaymirro@hotmail.com

Come Participate in a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Deadhorse

Canyon 4/19/2008
Experience this beautiful ravine in SE Seattle and give the Friends of Deadhorse Canyon a hand as they
continue the restoration of these native plant communities.
Start Time: 8:30-1:00
Location: Meet at the corner of Holyoke Ave. and 68th Ave. S.
Cost: none
Contact: Darrell Dobson 206-772-1452
Sponsored by: Friends of Deadhorse Canyon
Email: aerodancer1@aol.com

Earth Day Work Party & Festival 4/19/2008

Nature Consortium and EarthCorps are joining forces for the 3rd Annual Duwamish Alive Earth Day event
at the West Duwamish Greenbelt. Help us restore the largest contiguous greenbelt in Seattle. Work party
will be followed by an Earth Day Festival
Start Time: 9:30am - 2pm
Location: West Seattle - Please email for directions to site.
Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth McDonald 206-923-0853
Sponsored by: The Nature Consortium
Website: http://www.naturec.org
Email: volunteer@naturec.org

Join a Duwamish Alive Work Party at Roxhill Bog 4/19/2008

This is a wonderful site where volunteers are restoring the headwaters of Longfellow Creek. This year the
site has been added to the Duwamish Alive festival.
Start Time: 9:00-1:00
Location: SW Barton St. and 29th Ave. S.
Cost: none
Contact: Scott Blackstock 206-938-2144
Sponsored by: Friends of Roxhill Bog
Email: scottie1039@aol.com

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Colman Park 4/19/2008

Come assist the Urban Forestry staff as they continue the restoration of the forest at Colman Park. Typical
activities include removal of invasive plants, trail work, and spreading of mulch.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 1800 Lake Washington Blvd.; call contact for more info
Cost: none
Contact: Jillian Weed 206-423-1608
Sponsored by: Seattle Parks Urban Forestry Unit
Email: jillian.weed@seattle.gov

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Me Kwa Mooks in West

Seattle 4/19/2008
Give the Friends of Me Kwa Mooks natural area a hand as they continue the restoration of this natural
area which looks out over Puget Sound.
Start Time: 9:00-noon
Location: 4503 Beach Dr.
Cost: none
Contact: Jeff Sifferman 206-938-2230
Sponsored by: Friends of Me Kwa Mooks
Email: jsifferman@comcast.net

Join a Work Party at Madrona Woods 4/19/2008

Come help the Friends of Madrona Woods as they continue to recreate Madrona Creek. This creek for
years flowed into the sewer system, but now this dedicated group of volunteers has recreated a creek
channel allowing it to flow into Lake Washington.
Start Time: 9:00-1:00
Location: Meet at the toolbox at Spring and Grand Streets
Cost: none
Contact: Deirdre McCrary 206-325-9035
Sponsored by: Friends of Madrona Creek
Email: deirdre_jaymccrary@msn.com
Join a Work Party at Nora's Woods in the Madrona
Neighborhood 4/19/2008
Come help the Friends of Nora's Woods as they rake, sweep, weed, and spread mulch in this lovely park.
Start Time: 9:00-2:00
Location: Meet at 29th and Columbia in the Madrona Neighborhood
Cost: none
Contact: Richard Appleton 206-325-0067
Sponsored by: Friends of Nora's Woods
Email: rapple@sccd.ctc.edu

Join a Work Party at SE Seattle's Lovely Kubota Gardens 4/19/2008

Give yourself a treat and volunteer to help with garden maintenance at this beautitul garden in southeast
Seattle.
Start Time: 8:00-noon
Location: 9817-55th Ave. S
Cost: none
Contact: Jean Hobart 425-271-0371
Sponsored by: Friends of Kubota Gardens

Come Assist at a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party in a New Location in

the Cheasty Greenspace 4/20/2008
A new group of neighbors has stepped up to the plate. They are scheduling twice monthly work parties in
this large greenspace
Start Time: 1:00-3:00
Location: Meet on Mountainview Dr., just south of the intersection with Alaska St.
Cost: none
Contact: Andrea Dostrovsky 206-295-0552
Sponsored by: Friends of Cheasty Greenspace
Email: adostrovsky@gmail.com

APRIL 22 MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER GROUNDS

Project Employees of Planned Parenthood and other non-profits will be
cleaning up the grounds at the community center as their offering
for Earth Day.
Time noon-1:00

Come Participate in a Green Seattle Work Party at Schmitz

Preserve 4/26/2008
Give yourself a treat as you assist in the maintenance of one of the last patches of "old growth" forest in
Seattle.
Start Time: 9:00-noon
Location: 5551 SW Admiral Way
Cost: none
Contact: Ken Shaw 206-937-2718
Sponsored by: Friends of Schmitz Preserve

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Colman Park 4/26/2008

Come assist the Urban Forestry staff as they continue the restoration of the forest at Colman Park. Typical
activities include removal of invasive plants, trail work, and spreading of mulch.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: 1800 Lake Washington Blvd.; call contact for more info
Cost: none
Contact: Jillian Weed 206-423-1608
Sponsored by: Seattle Parks Urban Forestry Unit
Email: jillian.weed@seattle.gov

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Dr. Jose Rizal Park on
Beacon Hill 4/26/2008
Join EarthCorps and the Beacon Hill neighbors as they continue the restoration of this vast park.
Volunteers will be removing invasive plants (ivy and blackberries) in their effort to bring this forest to a
future state of health.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: Meet at 1008-12th Ave. S.
Cost: none
Contact: Elizabeth White 206-255-4160
Sponsored by: EarthCorps
Email: elizabeth@earthcorps.org

Make the High Point Community Center Part of Your Earth Month
Activities 4/26/2008
The staff at High Point Community Center invite you to come take part in a Spring Clean event. Volunteers
will participate at High Point or be shuttled to Camp Long or Longfellow Creek for clean-up tasks.
Start Time: 10:00-noon
Location: 6920-34th Ave. SW
Cost: none
Contact: Brian Judd 206-684-0644
Sponsored by: High Point Community Center staff
Email: brian.judd@seattle.gov

Join a Green Seattle Partnership Work Party at Thistle St. on Longfellow

Creek 4/26/2008
Join Kirsten Rohrbach as she works her magic to transform this open space to a healthy creekside forest.
Volunteers are needed to remove invasive plants and spread mulch.
Start Time: 10:00-2:00
Location: Meet at the P-Patch on Thistle St., just west of Delridge Way
Cost: none
Contact: Kirsten Rohrbach 206-937-7210
Email: karohrbach@seattleschools.org
 HERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE THAT MAY BE HELPFUL:

NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP NETWORK

Deadline for major grants is April 15, 2008. Apply for technical assistance or grants under
$2,500 any time.
Love trees? Live in urban or rural King County? Grants of up to $20,000 and technical assistance are
available for projects that engage young people in activities related to forests. Forests come in all
sizes: from your neighborhood creek, to inner city street trees, to mountain conifer stands.

Projects must take place outside of school hours and help participants gain skills in planting,
conserving or managing trees. Forestry internships for high school students are among the projects
that can be funded by this grant. Activities that involve both youth and adults are encouraged.
Typical grants are in the $6,000 to $12,000 range.

Need more than money? A technical expert from one of our member organizations may volunteer time
on your project. The Network Technical Assistance Team includes: the USDA Forest Service,
Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington State University Extension, King
Conservation District and King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
Grants awarded through the Natural Resource Stewardship Network are funded by the King
Conservation District and King County, with support from the USDA Forest Service under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

To learn more or to download an application and guidelines, visit our website at http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/pi/grant-exchange/NRSN.
contactLinda Vane by voice at (206) 296-8042, TTY 711 or by email at linda.vane@kingcoun

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Washington Native Plant Society - Central Puget Sound Chapter
6310 NE 74th Street, Suite 215E Seattle, WA 98115
npsp_KC@wnps.org

Native Plant Stewardship Program Offers Free Education and Habitat Restoration
Skills

Are you interested in the native plants in your community and taking on the challenge of
restoring Seattle’s forested parklands? The Washington Native Plant Society is now
accepting applications for the 2008 Native Plant Forest Stewardship Program. This
year, as in 2007, WNPS will partner with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Cascade Land
Conservancy and the Green Seattle Partnership.

In an exciting and extensive ten-week training program, you’ll learn and experience first-
hand how to identify native plants; the importance of soils; how to propagate, plant and
care for native plants; the functions and benefits of wetlands and forests; how to remove
invasive plants; tips on educating the public; which native plants work well in urban
settings (and attract wildlife); how to train and lead volunteers, and how to restore and
monitor a variety of habitats. Expert training is through lectures, workshops and field
trips.
The 10-week program is free in exchange for a 100-hour volunteer commitment within
King County—most of which will take place in a Seattle Park. Following the training,
teams of stewards will be assigned 1-acre sites in identified Seattle Parks where they will
fulfill their volunteer commitments through designing and implementing native plant
restoration plans.

Classes will be held on Fridays from 8:30am until 4:30pm at South Seattle Community
College. Classes will begin Friday, April 25, 2007 and will run until June 27th,
including three all-day Saturday field trips.

All applications for this Native Plant Forest Stewardship training are due by 5pm
nd
Tuesday, April 2 to Washington Native Plant Society, 6310 NE 74th Street, Suite
215E, Seattle, WA 98115 or by emailed to npsp_KC@wnps.org