The following list provides a few examples of volunteer activities at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and demonstrates the breadth of volunteer opportunities that our Volunteers In Park (VIP) are involved in:
- Port Oneida Fair
- Tours and visitor services at the Visitor Centers and museums
- Campground Hosts at DH Day and Platte River campgrounds
- Major clean-up efforts to collect trash
- Elimination of exotic weeds
- Planting native plants
- Monitoring endangered species (e.g. Piping Plover)
- All park trails were adopted by VIPs who maintained the trails
- Building and maintaining databases and this web site
- Maintaining architectural drawings and library materials
- Over 10,000 photographic slides were digitized
- Manual labor to stabilize and rehabilitate historic structures and landscapes.
As our world becomes busier and more populated, we are grateful to people who are willing to share their time and talents in work that helps ensure that these public areas entrusted to our care and held in public trust are available for all to experience and enjoy.
If you are interested in finding volunteer opportunities at other National Parks, check out the following links: To view more NPS volunteer opportunities, go to http://data2.itc.nps.gov/vips/opportunities.cfm or www.volunteer.gov/gov