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Volunteer: 2026 Volunteer Appreciation Banquet

Congratulations on being invited to the 2026 volunteer banquet and a huge THANK YOU for all the hard work you've done for the WCPD!! Now it is time to celebrate YOU!

Theme: Volunteers in Bloom - Celebration of Flora & Trails 

Please sign up for this opportunity- it counts as your RSVP for the April 23rd Dinner.

There will be a beautiful catered dinner, a chance to win raffle prizes and WCPD Staff recap. Please come and enjoy, share stories and reflect as we go into another great year with all of you!

Organization: Administration

Congratulations on being invited to the 2026 volunteer banquet and a huge THANK YOU for all the hard work you've done for the WCPD!! Now it is time to celebrate YOU!

Theme: Volunteers in Bloom - Celebration of Flora & Trails 

Please sign up for this opportunity- it counts as your RSVP for the April 23rd Dinner.

There will be a beautiful catered dinner, a chance to win raffle prizes and WCPD Staff recap. Please come and enjoy, share stories and reflect as we go into another great year with all of you!

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Apr 23, 2026

Zip Code: 43402-9688

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Community & Communications Assistance (ongoing)

Assist the Communications Department in marketing, graphic design, wayfinding, office work, scrap-booking, archival work and so much more! 

This is an on-going volunteer log, just record any volunteer hours that fit under this criteria here!

Organization: Administration

Assist the Communications Department in marketing, graphic design, wayfinding, office work, scrap-booking, archival work and so much more! 

This is an on-going volunteer log, just record any volunteer hours that fit under this criteria here!

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402-9688

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Park General Assistance (ongoing)

This opportunity is for pop-up needs of the Park District. It may involve in office administrative work, fieldwork, or anything in between. Volunteers communicate with staff members to determine what is needed, when, and where. 

Organization: Administration

This opportunity is for pop-up needs of the Park District. It may involve in office administrative work, fieldwork, or anything in between. Volunteers communicate with staff members to determine what is needed, when, and where. 

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Park Ambassador: Sawyer Quarry

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station to maintain.

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station to maintain.

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43551

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: History of the Parks

This is a place to log hours for the ongoing History of the Parks Committee. 

To join the committee, please email jwalton@wcparks.org to be placed in contact with the committee chair with the Friends of the Parks. 

Volunteering is conducted on the volunteers own time and in their own space, but may include visits to Park district Headquarters for meetings and libraries, or other locations containing primary resource materials. 

Organization: Administration

This is a place to log hours for the ongoing History of the Parks Committee. 

To join the committee, please email jwalton@wcparks.org to be placed in contact with the committee chair with the Friends of the Parks. 

Volunteering is conducted on the volunteers own time and in their own space, but may include visits to Park district Headquarters for meetings and libraries, or other locations containing primary resource materials. 

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Service Project

Are you looking for a service project with the Wood County Park District?

Step 1: Reach out to Park Staff to coordinate your project. office@wcparks.org  (419) 353-1897

Step 2: Create a Galaxy Digital Account and log your project's volunteer hours.

Step 3: Conduct your project and ask about presenting to the Friends of the Parks about possibly support.

Step 4: Follow up and reporting. Be sure to share hours and media-allowed images with park district staff.

Organization: Administration

Are you looking for a service project with the Wood County Park District?

Step 1: Reach out to Park Staff to coordinate your project. office@wcparks.org  (419) 353-1897

Step 2: Create a Galaxy Digital Account and log your project's volunteer hours.

Step 3: Conduct your project and ask about presenting to the Friends of the Parks about possibly support.

Step 4: Follow up and reporting. Be sure to share hours and media-allowed images with park district staff.

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Adopt-a-Trail: Slippery Elm Trail

Help us maintain the most active trail in Wood County! Small sections of the trail are adopted by volunteers to conduct refuse pick-up and to report back with any concerns.  

Your support and involvement are important and appreciated. Please use this listed volunteer opportunity to record all of your hours with the Adopt-a-Trail: Slippery Elm Trail program. This is a good activity for a group. 

 

Before you start, be sure to reach out to Park Police officer Mark Wagner to register and receive all the details. 419-575-7335, mwagner@wcparks.org

Organization: Administration

Help us maintain the most active trail in Wood County! Small sections of the trail are adopted by volunteers to conduct refuse pick-up and to report back with any concerns.  

Your support and involvement are important and appreciated. Please use this listed volunteer opportunity to record all of your hours with the Adopt-a-Trail: Slippery Elm Trail program. This is a good activity for a group. 

 

Before you start, be sure to reach out to Park Police officer Mark Wagner to register and receive all the details. 419-575-7335, mwagner@wcparks.org

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Park Ambassador: Cedar Creeks Preserve

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. 

Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station that park ambassadors maintain.

 

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. 

Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station that park ambassadors maintain.

 

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43619

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Park Ambassador: W.W. Knight Nature Preserve

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. 

Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station that park ambassadors maintain.

 

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Park Ambassadors greet visitors, attend the trails, pick up trash, and report items to park staff. 

Parks with nature centers may have a nature craft station that park ambassadors maintain.

 

Specific training is required for all Park Ambassadors. 

Organization: Administration

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 43402

Allow Groups: No