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
Sign up using the form below for opportunities that match your interests. A team member will be in touch to coordinate your volunteer service as the date nears.
Students looking to receive volunteer hours to meet their state mandated minimums for graduation should bring the associated paperwork with them for credit.
After signing up, all volunteers must complete the Volunteer Code and Release Waiver and review the Volunteer Handbook to ensure awareness of volunteer policies and procedures. We look forward to working with you!
Sign up Below!
Field Work Fanatics
Sundays 12-4pm
Join us and get your hands dirty with our farm manager clearing the trails of downed branches and debris, pulling invasives 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.
Children’s Garden Club
Thursdays, 9-11am
Do you enjoy pulling weeds, planting seeds, and watching plants grow? Then the garden club is the right place for you!
This is a reoccurring opportunity.
Open to all, ages 15+, volunteers under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Tea & Letter Stuffing
September 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 Back to School fundraising appeal.
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 12-4pm
Open to all, ages 15+
Tea & Thanks
November 22, 12-4pm
We like to spend giving Tuesday, giving Thanks. Join us in the farmhouse for some casual conversation and hot tea while you help us create handwritten thank you notes to our 2022 donors.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Time: 12-4pm
Open to all, ages 15+
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+