Darke County Parks
November Volunteer Opportunities 

Thursday, November 1st - Task Force – 8AM – Shawnee Prairie

Meet by the wood pile as our goal for the day is to split and cut wood for various upcoming programs. If you have a chainsaw/ ax please plan on bringing them with you. 

Friday, November 2nd - Cookies?

We are in need of 3-5 dozen cookies for the Grand Opening on Saturday November 3rd. If you are interested in making cookies please contact me today. Drop cookies off at the Center before 5PM on Friday. 

Saturday, November 3rd - 10AM- Grand Opening

Join us for the Grand Opening of Donna May Campbell.  We are in need of a couple volunteers to arrive by 9:30AM to assist with setting up a tent and getting the cookies and drinks ready. Please let me know if you are interested in this opportunity.  

Saturday, November 3rd - Habitat Healing- 1PM-5PM

Bring the entire family and join us at Shawnee Prairie as we spend the afternoon removing bush honeysuckle. Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes. If you have a pair of loppers please feel free to bring them with you! 

Thursday, November 8th – Habitat Healing- 8AM

Join us at Shawnee Prairie as we spend the afternoon removing bush honeysuckle. Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes. If you have a pair of loppers please feel free to bring them with you! 

Saturday, November 10th- Candlelight Dinner- Prep Team

Prep Team will be arriving at 11AM at Shawnee Prairie and work until 4 PM.  Duties of the Prep Team consist of cooking/preparing all foods, maintaining fires, setting the tables, and placing luminaries down the blacktop path.  No need to wear period-attire; just be ready to prepare foods and cook over open fires and assist where needed.  Please let me know if you can help out. 

Saturday, November 10th- Candlelight Dinner- Dinner Team

Dinner Team will be arriving at 4PM dressed in period-attire and ready to take prep team places.  Tasks which will be completed during this time include: warming food bowls, keeping all foods warm (hopefully all cooked already), and place foods on serving plates/ bowls, serve food, clean main dishes, serve dessert and then clean up Log House. All extra food and dirty dishes will be brought up the Nature Center at the end of the night.     

Tuesday, November 13th – Reception Desk Workshop

Not sure if you want to volunteer at the Reception Desk or not?!?! Join us tonight at the Nature Center at 6:30 PM for a Reception Desk Workshop.  We will review desk tasks and duties. Please RSVP by November 6th. 

Thursday, November 15th- Task Force- 8AM

Join us today as we accomplish some clean up details at 130 Winchester. Duties for the day include: Remove small trees at front of lot and combine the brush piles for removal.  If you have any of the following items please bring them with you: Chain Saw, Pruners, hand rake  and other household outside tools. Once we have finished here we will move to Chestnut Street marsh for the remainder of the time to begin some of the willow tree removal around the marsh. 

Thursday November 22nd

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s time to spend time with our families and eat lots of amazing foods. 

Tuesday, November 27th 9:30 AM- Nature Center Decorating

Join us today as we begin to decorate the Nature Center for the Holidays. Please let me know if you are able to make it. 

Wednesday, November 28th 9:30 AM- Log House Decorating

 Dress warm and join us in the Log House as we being to decorate the house for the Holidays. If you have any pioneer decorations please feel free to bring them along. 

Friday, November 30th- Luminary Hike Prep- 10AM

Join us today as we gather and fill the luminaries with sand for the Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland hike on Saturday.