Listed below are City of Longmont, Parks and Natural Resources Ongoing Volunteer Groups currently accepting new volunteers. To join any of these groups, Create an Account. Then, email post.volunteer@longmontcolorado.gov and list which group(s) you are requesting to join.
Email post.volunteer@longmontcolorado.gov
Become part of an enthusiastic community that shares your passion. Volunteers are critical in all parts of the Parks Open Space Trails Department. Volunteer today!
The Adopt-A-Park Program is an effort to enlist community support through assistance with park and greenway upkeep. Community pride, a sense of ownership and better maintained parks & trails are the results of this program.
Volunteer activities may include some or all of the following depending on the site:
Volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of one calendar year. Once staff adds you to this volunteer group, there will be a contract for you to sign.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Do you have an affinity for our local birds? Do you have advanced skills in identifying birds by sight and call? The City of Longmont wants you in our Breeding Bird Survey Program!
Volunteers work in pairs, spending a minimum of two hours per survey per month at one or more properties, recording the birds they hear. One person in the pair observes and listens calling out what they see and hear and the other person writes down the information.
Requirements
Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one, two hour survey per month and commit to a minimum of one birding season.
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Tim Henson
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Clean-Up Green-Up events occur throughout the month of April and begin with a kickoff event typically held on the first or second Saturday of April. These events help keep our community beautiful and trash free.
Community groups, businesses, schools, neighborhoods, families, and individuals can participate. Volunteers choose a neighborhood, a park, a trail, an open space or a street to clean up (or we can assign an area).
After the kickoff and throughout the rest of the month, volunteers are welcome to contact the City to organize individual or group Clean Up Green Up events.
(Volunteers are also welcome to organize trash clean up events throughout the rest of the year through the Keep Longmont Beautiful volunteer program that covers the months of January through March and May through December. See the Keep Longmont Beautiful description below).
This includes attending the annual kickoff event. After this, you sign up for as few or as many other events throughout the month of April as your schedule allows.
Contact Lore Blattner: lore.blattner@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 651-8955 to become a volunteer.
Keep Longmont Beautiful (KLB) events are trash clean up events occurring throughout Longmont. A KLB event can happen anytime during the year, except the month of April. April events are part of the Clean Up Green Up Program (described above). Businesses, schools, individuals/families, or other organizations are invited to plan and carry out KLB volunteer trash clean up events. Please contact the City to organize your KLB event!
This includes only the events you plan and sign up for -- so as few or as many events as fit into your life.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Photograph Longmonts parks, open spaces, trails, wildlife, and our volunteers working hard to improve these spaces. Words arent necessary when photos can capture the stories of Longmont's wild places. Your images may be used in a variety of ways including on our website, to publicize volunteer events, and in our educational materials.
Requirements:
Volunteers are asked to commit to both scheduled photography assignments as well as photograph on their own time on Longmont's Open Spaces and Natural Areas.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Do you have an affinity for birds of prey? Are you an avid birder or looking to learn more? The City of Longmont wants you in our Raptor Monitoring Program!
You can set your own nest monitoring schedule, but we ask for a minimum of one 30 minute monitoring session per week during nesting season. You must supply your own binoculars or spotting scope.
Volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of one nesting season.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
City of Longmont's Memorial Rose Garden located at the west end of Roosevelt Park. The Memorial Rose Garden Volunteer Program is an effort to enlist community support through assistance with garden upkeep. Volunteers can enhance plant and overall garden bed appearance and improve plant health. Community pride, a sense of ownership, and a better maintained Rose Garden are the results of this program.
Any individual, group or organization can adopt a designated portion of the Memorial Rose Garden and can volunteer during a portion of or all of the season between April and September.
Examples of volunteer activities include some or all of the following:
The minimum time commitment volunteers is usually one growing season, but volunteers are welcome to continue on for as many seasons as they would like. In a season, volunteers typically make monthly visits between April and September, but the exact seasonal work period will depend on plant development and weather variations in a specific growing season.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Enjoy our City’s parks and greenways while collecting important visitation data and connecting with visitors! This is a new volunteer opportunity, and we are seeking volunteers to help join in our pilot stage of the program. April training required for participation. Please call or email post.volunteer@longmontcolorado.gov to get involved.
Contact Taylor Gifford: taylor.gifford@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 774-4864 to become a volunteer.
Become part of an enthusiastic community that shares your passion. Volunteers are critical in all parts of SOLL. Volunteer today!
Want New Job Skills? Become a SOLL Ambassador!
SOLL Ambassadors receive free training to perform home eco-upgrades and conduct sustainability educational outreach.
- Community Empowerment
- Free Training in Home Eco-Improvements
- Free Training in Sustainability Best Practice
- Get Trained in Home Eco-Improvements
- Learn Sustainability Best Practices
- Foster Community Empowerment
Contact Wayne Tomac: wayne.tomac@longmontcolorado.gov, (303) 651-8637 or apply online to become a volunteer.