Manna Community Food Pantry has continued its curbside service Client Choice Pantry. Each pantry date requires one volunteer for client registration, parking lot assistants, client shoppers, and food counter assistants. Initial Orientation must be complete.

Great for families, Community Science efforts enable us to learn what is on the land and what we are protecting. Whether you have special skills in birding, plant or wildlife identification, carpentry, or want to learn a new skill, you can get involved on your own time, in your way. Volunteer opportunities include: Vernal Pool…

A small group of dedicated volunteers who help maintain the Offield Family Viewlands Working Forest Reserve for community benefit. Year-round tasks include maintaining trails, flower beds, signs, and structures, helping with habitat restoration projects, and more.

Want to help out in the education department or lead a community field trip? Can you help distribute our publications and maps? Or do you have a particular skill you’d like to share? We’d love to hear more.

Occasionally we host work days to build trails, boardwalks, parking areas or similar work. If you are interested, let us know and we will add you to our email list to be notified as these arise.

Be our eyes on the ground and feet on the trail. These volunteers commit to a long-term role to care for a particular nature preserve or working forest reserve. They often visit the property throughout the year, clearing trails and walking off track along remote boundary lines. They clean up trash along roadsides, maintain logo…

These hardworking individuals assist with everything from helping out at events, sending out mailings, walking dogs, fostering sick animals and more!

Our story is a visual one and we rely on our talented volunteer photographers to capture the essence of our natural areas and the people who hike and volunteer at them. Please contact us if you are interested in sharing your photos of Leelanau for us to use!

Our trail stewards walk their assigned natural areas regularly and help to keep trails open by removing trees and communicating with our staff about trail conditions.

Taking a hike with our wonderful, knowledgeable docents is a great way to get to know our natural areas. Annually, they lead over 500 people on hikes in all four seasons.