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5 people are interested
Del Valle Docent Volunteer Educator
ORGANIZATION: Del Valle Visitor Center, East Bay Regional Park District
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5 people are interested
Are you interested in volunteering, nature, education, learning new things, and having fun in the parks? Consider becoming a docent with the East Bay Regional Park District at Del Valle! Contact us with questions at 510 544 3146, email DVvisit @ ebparks.org or you can send us a message on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delvallepark.
Our Docent Volunteer Educators are essential in leading station rotations during our school program field trips at the park. Field trip topics include animal adaptations, open space conservation, water quality, ecosystem services, and more. School programs are M-F from about 9am to 1pm. A Naturalist leads the field trip with docent support.
There are other opportunities such as Visitor Center Host and Naturalist weekend program support. We also offer monthly Docent Enrichment trainings and meetings.
More opportunities with Del Valle Visitor Center, East Bay Regional Park District
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Del Valle Visitor Center, East Bay Regional Park District
Location:
7000 Del Valle Road, Livermore, CA 94550, US
Mission Statement
The East Bay Regional Park District preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education. An environmental ethic guides the District in all of its activities. Del Valle Regional Park is a unique park for East Bay Regional Park District which allows visitors a balance of high use recreation and traditional park experiences (such as camping, recreation, and interpretive programming), while maintaining access to larger wild spaces within the confines of the Bay Area.
Description
Lake Del Valle was created for flood control, drinking water storage and recreation. It is managed in agreement between the State Department of Water Resources and the East Bay Regional Park District to provide access to water recreation, camping, educational programming, and support wildlife /and recreation corridors.
The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco. The system comprises 73 parks spanning across 125,000 acres; 1,250 miles of trails; 55 miles of shoreline. We manage and preserve natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect. The regional parks are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
7000 Del Valle RoadLivermore, CA 94550
DATE POSTED
August 9, 2022
SKILLS
- Math / Science Instruction
- Teaching / Instruction
- Environmental Education
- People Skills
- Public Speaking
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 15
- Orientation or Training
- We ask that docents commit to at least 2 school field trips per month.
- Fingerprinting