Trail building | The Continental Divide Trail Alliance needs volunteers for a trail-building project Sept. 15-16. To register, download a registration form at or e-mail volunteer@cdtrail.org. For information, call 303-838-3760.
Pumpkin fair | Volunteers are needed for the 19th annual Pumpkin Festival at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road. The festival is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14. Volunteers are needed for the following duties: pumpkin measuring, children’s activities and games, pumpkin daycare attendants, pumpkin patch or entrance cashiers, soda/water booth attendants and more. Volunteers will receive a free pumpkin, and lunch will be provided. Call Karyn Chaffin at 720-865-3565 or e-mail volcoord@botanicgardens.org.
Elder care | Total Longterm Care, a nonprofit that allows elders to live with dignity in the community for as long as possible, needs volunteers for its End of Life program. Volunteers would go into the home or other place of residence and be a companion for an individual who is experiencing end of life. Volunteers are thoroughly trained and given a great deal of support when they get started. Training will be Oct. 6 and 13. Call Barb Warner at 720-974-6003 or e-mail bwarner@totallongtermcare.org.
Museo de las Americas | The Museo de las Americas is recruiting and training volunteers for art, programs and events. Contact Kristi Martens at 303-571-4401, ext. 28/ or e-mail Kristi@museo.org.
Hike for Youth | Volunteers are needed for the fourth annual Hike for Youth “hike-a-thon,” benefitting five environmentally focused youth agencies in the Denver/Boulder region. The event is Sept. 15 at Golden Gate State Park. Volunteers will lead hikes, greet guests, prepare the after-hike party and maintain the “Kids Corner” play area. Contact Brenda Porter at 303-996-2748 or e-mail brendaporter@cmc.org.
Learning Source | The Learning Source for Adults and Families, a local nonprofit organization working to educate metro Denver adults and families needs volunteer tutors for its fall classes — especially for daytime classes in Aurora. Areas of instruction are reading, math, and English language. No prior teaching experience is required. An evening orientation and follow-up training session for volunteer tutors are scheduled in Lakewood Sept. 18 and Sept. 20. For information on session times and locations, contact Tom Oatts, volunteer recruiter, at 303-922-4683 or e-mail tom@coloradoliteracy.org.
Retirement community | Allied Jewish Apartments in Cherry Creek needs drivers to take seniors once a month to pick up food provisions. Duties include picking the senior up from their apartment, taking them to the designated pick-up spot, assisting in lifting and carrying the food into the car, driving back and carrying the food to the apartment. Background check required. If you’re interested, call Shelley at 720-382-7813.
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation | Volunteers are needed in September and October to help with public tours of a “green- built dream home” in Larkspur. Proceeds from tour tickets will benefit RMCCF. For information, call 303-930-7822 or e-mail steph@rmccf.org.
Railroad museum | The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden needs volunteers for ongoing projects throughout the summer and fall, but especially for “A Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine,” Sept. 15, 16, and 21, 22, 23. Volunteers are also needed to work in the office, on the track crew, in restoration projects in the roundhouse, in the library and as tour guides. Contact volunteer coordinator David Williams at 720-274-5147 or e-mail david@crrn.org.
Urban Navigator | The first annual Urban Navigator, presented by Adventures For Charity, is a high-energy adventure for numerous teams, who will race around the Denver-metro area competing for prizes on Sept. 15. Volunteers are needed to hand out clues, man checkpoints and stamp passports. Volunteers will receive their specific assignment location on race day, then travel to that location on the light rail or bus system (a day pass will be provided). The event benefits Brent’s Place, a home away from home for children with cancer and their families. Visit .
Art museum | The Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver is hosting summer training for prospective volunteers. For information, contact Becky Wareing at 303-298-7554 or e-mail beckyw@mcartdenver.org.
Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative | BCWI needs volunteers to help with forums, to work on StreamTeams to protect local waterways, to write articles and take photographs, to help with general clerical duties and more. For information, visit KeepItCleanPartner . or call 303-413-7365.
Xeriscape garden | Volunteers are needed at the Aurora Water Xeriscape Garden, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway. For information, contact Abby Schreiber via e-mail at aschreib@ci.aurora.co.us or at 303-739-7356.
Trail guides | The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks needs trail guides to visit trailheads and hike trails on OSMP lands six to 10 hours per month, providing visitors with information on area features, seasonal changes and local and natural history. Free classroom and field training is provided in four sessions. For information, visit . or call 720-579-4161.
Trail work | The Colorado Trail Foundation needs volunteers to do trail work and other volunteer tasks. Trail work happens through August and work events are from a single day to a week long. For information, visit .
Trail work | Trails 2000 builds and maintains trails and educates trail users. Volunteers are needed to do trail work. To sign up for details and weekly trail work reminders, sign up for Trail 2000’s EList at .
Wilderness environmental service programs | The Rocky Mountain Field Institute is a nonprofit organization based in Colorado Springs, dedicated to the preservation and restoration of wildlands and key natural areas. RMFI programs are developed around comprehensive, multiyear or long-term projects developed in concert with land management agencies to meet critical preservation and restoration goals. Multiday projects are scheduled Sept. 29-30 at Shelf Road; and Oct. 13-14 at Indian Creek, Utah. Regular workdays are scheduled in the fall at Garden of the Gods. Contact RMFI at 719-471-7736 or e-mail rmfibox@ .
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