Volunteer Opportunities

We have a variety of volunteer opportunities for young adults and adults:

  • Trail Work Parties

    • Quarterly ACFL Trail and Stewardship Work for ages 12-up

  • Trail Ambassadors

  • Fundraising and Event Planning

    • During the summer time for our Summer Party and in November at our Annual Benefit

  • Adult Community Hike Volunteer Assistant 

    • Provides support to our Community Programs Coordinator. If you have a special skill and would like to serve as a guest co-leader of a hike, please add more information about your skill set in the comments at the end of the sign up form below.

  • Community Science Volunteer 

    • Our wetland monitoring project is currently transitioning to a team-based model to allow for better coverage of the ACFLs water resources. Please fill out the volunteer interest form below, and we will contact you when the program reopens to new volunteers!

Interested in volunteering with Friends of the ACFL? Click the button below to fill out a short application and tell us how you’d like to be involved.

Trail Ambassadors

We will begin collecting applications for our 2024 Trail Ambassador season on April 1st! To learn more, please click the link below.

Ongoing Ways to Get Involved

Meet

Attend our monthly Board meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. We are continuing to meet via Zoom; to be added to the meeting, please email Executive Director Katie Earley at katie@friendsoftheacfl.org.

Serve

Any current member is invited to serve on a committee. We currently have active committees for Education and Outreach, Communications and Membership, Finance, Advocacy, and Stewardship. Contact the Board President at board@friendsoftheacfl.org.

Lead

Are you interested in serving on the Board of Directors? Our seven- to nine-member board are elected at large by the membership for two-year terms. Contact board@friendsoftheacfl.org to learn more about open positions.

Party!

Volunteer for the annual benefit event We are always looking for folks to help with planning, publicity, decorating, and set up for the annual auction that provides so much of our education program funding. Visit the Annual Benefit page to learn more and Contact info@friendsoftheacfl.org to help.

Join Together

In February, join other members at our annual meeting for an informative presentation, board elections, an update on Friends of the ACFL business, and socializing. Watch our homepage for details. Watch the most recent meeting here.

Show Up

Attend monthly Forest Advisory Board meetings (cityofanacortes.org). Share your opinions and observations with this appointed body that helps to set ACFL policy for the City. Meetings are the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 at the Anacortes Senior Center (currently meeting via Zoom).

Speak Up

Write or call your City Councilor (cityofanacortes.org) about ACFL issues. Make sure your elected representatives know that you support preservation and protection of the ACFL.

Your ideas are always welcome. If you’d like to get involved or have an idea for a Friends of the ACFL, contact us at info@friendsoftheacfl.org