The small staff at NEWLT has more vision than time, and we realize that through the energy & enthusiasm of many working together, so much more can be done!  Are you interested in:

 

o   using your skills and talents in a fun way while learning?

o   making new friends with similar interests?

o   being part of a team working to preserve nature, saving    homes for wildlife & beautiful places for people to enjoy?

o   using your free time to make a difference in northeast Wisconsin today and forever?

 

We’d love to have you join our team as we work to preserve land forever in northeast Wisconsin. Please email us at newlt@newlt.org with your name, phone number, and address and let us know your interests. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Here are just some areas where you can help:

 

Stewardship

• Workdays on NEWLT owned preserves
• Invasive species removal
• Posting signs
• Debris clean-up
• Monitor protect properties and follow up paperwork (involves travel)
• Join our Land Stewardship Committee

Volunteers are needed to help maintain the beauty and vitality of the land through the removal invasive species, litter, and rubbish from the preserves. Monitors visit conservancies yearly and report findings to staff. Office visit to pick up and drop off field binder, as well as paperwork will need to be completed after the site visit. Site visits involve travel to all of the beautiful areas we protect and monitoring the land. Training will be provided.

 

 Community Outreach and Education

• Presenting information about  NEWLT to the community (requires public speaking)
• Creating or working on education programs that support our mission
• Taking our display to events and answering the questions about the Land Trust (training will be provided)
• Landowner outreach (requires travel)
• Public relations/marketing- design brochures, create videos
• Coordinating and/or working at events and field trips
• Advertising events and field trips
• Providing photography for events
• Fundraising

 

           Community education is essential to our mission. Volunteers will partake in activities that educate the public about our organization and how we protect land in Northeast Wisconsin. Volunteers will stand next to our display and share information about NEWLT. You will put together educational events and coordinate and participate in field trips. Working at events and field trips may involve traveling, educating the public on the need to protect land and the value of nature. Volunteers can use their marketing and public relation skills to design creative ways to get the word out about the Land Trust and the events we put on. Fundraising is also an area that volunteers can participate in. Coordinating and planning fundraising events are all activities volunteers can become a part of.

 

 Office Administration

• Record keeping
• Thank you letters
• Filing
• Weekly office work
• Requires a dedicated volunteer to provide thier service one or two hours a week

 

The NEWLT is looking for an office administrator, someone who can dedicate one or two hours a week to help us in the office. The office administrator would create thank you letters, file forms, do record keeping, and other office duties.

 

Membership Coordinator

• Dedicated volunteer to provide their service 3-4 times per year
• Help with mailings
• Write letters
• Monitor responses

 

      We are looking for a handful of volunteers to help us 3-5 times a year with membership opportunities. They will help with all aspects of the mailing, from researching addresses to stamping the envelope.

 

Are there other ways that you think you can contribute than listed here? We'd love to hear it so email us at newlt@newlt.org.