Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is looking for people
to do their dirty work – shoveling, that is, and hoeing, digging,
planting and hammering. Since 1984, Outdoor Colorado has been
enlisting individuals, families, children and adults to plant
gardens and mend trails on Colorado’s public lands. The group hosts
10 to 12 projects throughout the year, ranging from constructing a
new access trail around Maroon Lake near Aspen to planting trees
and shrubs along the Sand Creek Greenway in Denver. It runs the
Volunteer Clearinghouse that connects volunteers with opportunities
to help other organizations such, as the Division of Wildlife and
the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative. Outdoor Colorado will offer
workshops Oct. 16-18 to train agencies how to manage their
volunteer programs through the Extending Your Reach program. For
more information, or a copy of their catalog Hands on Colorado:
Volunteer Opportunities, contact Volunteers for Outdoors Colorado,
600 S. Marion Parkway, Denver, CO 80209-2597; 303/715-1010 or
800/925-2220; or visit their Web site: www.voc.org.
*Jennifer
Chergo
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Doing dirty work for free.
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