Volunteer with Us
Volunteers, like you, are essential to the Elling Eide Center. Through your investment of time, energy, and dedication to the center’s mission, we can accomplish far more than we could alone.
If you are interested in helping us care for our land, our library, or our visiting scholars, please sign up below.
Preserve and Conservation Support
We are seeking individuals interested in landscaping, property management, environmental preservation, or gardening, to work with our environmental team to help care for the preserve, arboretum, and conservation horticulture program.
Event Support
We are seeking individuals to help with tasks such as parking, greeting visitors, ushering guests, and guiding visitors during events at the Elling Eide Center. Email us to register your interest.
Administrative Support
We are seeking individuals who are detail-oriented, have excellent computer skills, and have experience working in a busy office environment for data entry, special projects, and general staff support. Email us and find out more.
Library/Research Support
We are seeking volunteers who are detail-oriented, have excellent computer skills, and have experience working with a library collection for special projects supporting the librarian and research director. We are especially interested in individuals who have some Chinese language background or a subject area specialization such as Chinese history, literature, art, religion, or culture.
Volunteers Mike, Jetty, and Richard help spread mulch around trees
Team members collect fruit of black sapote, Diospyrus nigra, a relative of American persimmon, native to Mexico, Central America, and Columbia. The fruit flesh resembles dark-chocolate pudding, and was baked into 50-50 sapote-flour brownies and enjoyed at the volunteer day potluck picnic. Excess fruit was distributed at a local farmers’ market.
