St. Johns Regional Audubon is excited to be building some partnerships that will expand our outreach into our local community.

While we are always looking for volunteers, we currently have two specific areas we need help with right now:

• We are currently developing an Education Committee and are specifically looking for volunteers who want to work with kids (retired teachers are especially needed!)
• We need volunteers to help at our event tables.

More Details on Educational Volunteer Opportunities…

St. Johns County Parks & Rec partnership
Bird walk leaders for children and families. Most walks are held at Alpine Groves and Vaill Point Parks and take about 1-1/4 hours of your time. It is not necessary to be a birding “expert,” as these are generally an introduction to birding types of events and may include a short activity such as a scavenger hunt or identification game. It can also be helpful to have two leaders working together.

Girl Scouts and Homeschool Groups
Lessons about birds for youth. Ages can vary from kindergarten through high school. These educational activities would generally take between 1 and 2 hours, but volunteers would also need some prep time to assemble materials and review resources. For the educational projects, we plan to have an in-person meeting for those interested in volunteering to review lesson plans, materials, and resources, possibly in January 2025.

If you have a preference in age ranges to work with, please include that in your email response:

• Early childhood through elementary school
• Middle and high school
• Adults
• General public

Tabling Events
We periodically set up an information table at community festivals and events. We are looking for members who enjoy meeting new people and sharing our topics of interest. We usually also have a game or activity for kids. Volunteers are needed for 2 to 6 hours. The ability to transport and help set up the table, display, and canopy tent would be particularly helpful.