Volunteer With Us
Whether you are earning SSL hours for school or just looking to spend some time in our beautiful grounds beside the Potomac, we have a variety of volunteer options to suit you!
Your time is a valuable resource and we appreciate your gift of time towards supporting environment education. Please check out the volunteer opportunities currently available for our guests.
Questions? Reach out at info@fergusonfoundation.org
Volunteer Opportunities
Please review the Volunteer Handbook to understand our volunteer policies and procedures. We look forward to working with you!
In order to make it easier to sign up for individual volunteer opportunities and track service hours, we have partnered with VolunteerMark.
Volunteers can use the website or, if you prefer, you can download the mobile app.
We are so excited that you have chosen to volunteer your valuable time with us. Organizations like ours depend on the kindness of our community. Thank you!
Field Work Fanatics
Sundays 8am-12pm
Join us and get your hands dirty with our farm manager clearing the trails of downed branches and debris, pulling invasive plants and other field work needs as they arise.
This is a reoccurring opportunity.
Open to all, ages 15+, volunteers under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Amphitheater Activists
First Saturday of the Month (May-October), 9am-12pm
Are you passionate about outdoor arts? So are we. Join us the first Saturday of each month and help keep the amphitheater area clear, clean and safe so we can continue to promote arts in the woods programming.
This is a reoccurring opportunity.
Open to all, ages 15+, volunteers under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Amphitheater Strike for Winter
November 5, 9am-12pm
Winter is coming! It’s time for the amphitheater to buckle down for a long winters nap. Help us get everything in order and safely tucked away to survive the coming months.
Open to all, ages 15+, volunteers under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Tea & Letter Stuffing
December 2, 12-4pm
Looking for a quieter volunteer opportunity? Join us in the farmhouse for some casual conversation and hot tea while you help us stuff envelopes for our Year-End fundraising appeal.
Date: Friday, December 2, 2022
Time: 12-4pm
Open to all, ages 15+