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SEARCH RESULTS 7 Opportunities Found
Opportunity Description: Mowing Volunteer/Cleaning Volunteer- This position requires the maintenance and operation of a commercial riding mower and a gasoline powered line trimmer. This equipment will be used to mow and trim approximately 19 acres in the Opossum Creek Recreation Area or approximately 17 acres in the Lone Point recreation Area. Cleaning Volunteer- This position could require the cleaning of comfort stations, shower houses, picnic shelters, and litter pickup depending on the campground facilities. This work can be divided into two tours: one for the weekend (Saturday – Sunday) and the other is for weekdays (Monday – Friday). The purpose of this schedule is to divide the workload so that no one has to work more than approximately 20 hours per week.
There may be the opportunity for two volunteer couples to share the cleaning and mowing work. A campsite will be provided to volunteers that include water, sewer and a 50 amp electrical hook up. All campground rules and regulation will apply to volunteers while staying in the campgrounds. The campgrounds will be open from May 1 to September 6, 2011. Please call 217-774-3313 for more information or email pamela.j.doty@usace.army.mil (Updated 08/26/2010)
Opportunity Description: Park Ranger Assistant - A Park Ranger Assistant (PRA) assists with all programs managed at the Illinois Waterway Project Office. These programs include, but not limited to interpretation, recreation management, Natural Resources Management and Administration. Each day will generally start at the Illinois Waterway Project Office. However, reporting station may change with different work assignments. Working hours are very flexible and can range from a few hours each week to full time. (Updated 08/26/2010) 
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Opportunity Description: Visitor Center – Couples needed to volunteers from May 1, 2011 to October 10, 2011. Greet and assist visitors upon their arrival. Advise visitors of brochures, interpretive displays, and programs available to them. Answer phones and messages in a timely manner. Track visitation in notebook and compile monthly data. Operate videos and slide show in theater upon request. Keep brochure rack in lobby properly filled with supplied brochures. Pick up any litter or debris around visitor center, clean display glass, and straighten up lobby furniture during slack time. Plant, water and weed flower beds around visitor center. Couples will work together. A full hook up campsite will be provided. (Updated 08/26/2010) Housing Availability: Available • Housing Description: A full hook campsite will be provided.
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Opportunity Description: Assist Lincoln Home by helping plant and maintain a wide variety of plants including flowers, herbs, heirloom vegetables and more. Duties would include regular gardening activities such as planting, mulching, watering, weeding, and harvesting. There is also the opportunity to help provide visitor services through the form of interpretation (answering questions, distributing literature, presenting programs) both in period clothing and regular clothing. Volunteers have the option of dressing in period clothing (provided) for their duties.
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Opportunity Description: The incumbent volunteer staffs the Information Desk at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center in downtown Springfield, Illinois. The volunteer greets visitors and organized groups, distributes area maps and brochures, answers visitor questions, providing directions to Springfield sites, organizing groups by size, and providing park orientation and information about the cultural, historical, and natural points of interest in the Springfield Metro area.
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Opportunity Description: Volunteers will dress in 1850-1860 period clothing to portray mid-nineteenth century civilians. They will answer visitor questions, greet visitors, and present short, third person living history vignettes and talks in the historic four block neighborhood surrounding the Lincoln Home. Experienced and trained volunteers can present first person vignettes of specific historic individuals. All necessary clothing and required training will be provided.
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Opportunity Description: Campground Host: Host position available at the Crab Orchard Lake Campground. The campground includes 80 campsite sites, public swimming beach, two shower houses with restrooms, and a boat ramp. Crab Orchard Lake Campground Site Host Position Description Fish and Wildlife Service provides the site host with: • RV hook-up station: water, power (electricity) and sewer. • Volunteer uniform items. Host site is located in Crab Orchard Lake Campground. The site host is responsible for the following duties: Visitor Services / Public Contact • Welcome visitors, provide information about the area, inform them of the rules/regulations, and help them register for campsites • Help take reservations for campsites. • The most important job as a Campground Host is to provide an enjoyable camping experience for the public and help campers feel welcome. The Host is the first and sometimes the only contact with campground users. Visitor-Use/Resource Monitoring • Record visitor-use levels and other reports as requested (forms will be provided). • Fee collection and management of fees. Maintenance • Routinely clean restrooms. • Grounds-keeping as requested (weed eating, raking sand at beach). • Collect garbage from cans and place in dumpsters. • Pick-up litter along campsites, roadways, parking areas, beach and boat launch as needed. • Clean fire rings. • Perform other minor maintenance tasks and recreation projects as requested. Management Support / Site Presence • Inform FWS staff and law enforcement of violations, emergency needs, and other circumstances that require attention. The site host is not responsible for enforcement. • Site host is required to live on site and must be present and available to the public at least 8 hours per day, 4 days per week between the hours of sunrise and sunset including weekends. Schedule will be determined by the Volunteer Supervisor. Additional Requirements • Pets must be kept on a leash or otherwise physically restricted and well behaved. You will be responsible for cleaning up after your pets and their behavior. • Host site must be kept clean and neat with a minimal amount of personal possessions outside of the host’s trailer/RV. Storage of personal possessions within or adjacent to FWS facilities (storage building) is generally not permitted, but may be authorized on a limited basis by the Volunteer Supervisor. • Attend volunteer training as requested by the Volunteer Supervisor including: Basic First Aid/CPR, Defensive Driving, Blood borne Pathogens Awareness, Safety, etc. • Have good people skills for dealing with campers and able to handle disputes diplomatically. • Host must be physically able to perform some weed-eating, raking, shoveling, sweeping, lifting and shower/restroom cleaning. • Change in days off or additional time off will be communicated to Volunteer Supervisor. • Length of stay in campground by any campers, including friends and family, is 28 days maximum. Four (4) host couples needed.
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