We are currently accepting volunteer applications for the 2024 season! There are many jobs that go into songbird rehabilitation – and it’s not just feeding birds! Here are some of the many important duties volunteers perform at the Bird Center: Ensuring clean and safe enclosures for the birds. Preparing species-specific diets and creating enrichment. Helping…
Keepers may assist with paddling events, River Fest, river cleanups, water cleanups, water testing, community outreach, and more!
Greet visitors, provide information, and collect admissions. Volunteers are needed weekdays from April to October.
Work with staff and other volunteers to help maintain plant collections, demonstration gardens, greenhouse displays, and hiking trails.
Greet visitors, provide information, and monitor visitor safety.
We train volunteers to provide educational tours for children and adults. Tours focus on the conservatory, nature hike, ponding, and other seasonal attractions at Hidden Lake Gardens.
Volunteers are responsible for maintaining food schedules, administering medicine, cleaning water buckets, mucking lots of poop, barn chores, working with animals, and office and admin support.
The Appointment Companion will support PACE Southeast Michigan participants with navigating medical centers for external medical appointments. Volunteer will be responsible for providing an additional safety measure while traveling on PACE Southeast Michigan buses as well as assisting participants to and from their medical appointments while keeping open communication with PACE Southeast Michigan drivers. Training…
There are so many other ways you can make an impact. Consider the behind the scenes work that needs to be completed in order for us be successful in our impact on the community. Data entry, record keeping, transportation to and from vet appointments, event organization, grant application, social media management, etc. There are so…
Sometimes we need help with one-time events or special projects that don’t fit neatly into any of the other volunteer categories. Activities may include: delivering promotional materials for GRAM events and exhibitions around Grand Rapids; stuffing envelopes or prepping materials for new programs or events; and administrative tasks for departments that need help.