Get Involved!
The Friends of Fort Williams Park welcomes your unique skill set—your time and talents can help make our shared goals a reality! Join our volunteers, including people of all ages and walks of life, as they provide the passion and the ‘elbow grease’ necessary to bring our projects to fruition. Volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization; their importance cannot be overstated, nor can they be thanked enough! Below are a variety of ways YOU can get involved.
Volunteer Workdays
Be a part of transforming and preserving our Park! Since October, 2010, over 1,500 volunteers have labored to suppress invasive exotic plants and helped to ensure the establishment of native plantings in Fort Williams Park.
Jump in with your garden tools, gloves, and grubby clothes to clear invasive plants, weed, plant or mulch. A trained horticultural ‘captain’ will help oversee your work. S/he will be able to focus efforts and answer questions. Just show up at the appointed time and you can participate in this most hands-on of efforts!
Corporate Workdays
We have had the good fortune to partner with various businesses which have sought a meaningful outdoor venue for their employee community service and team-building activities. The Park offers the most gorgeous of venues in which to engage mind and body, foster team building, while giving back to the community through a corporate workday experience.
Please note: to ensure that your volunteer activities in the Park are effective, fun, and safe, we must limit the size of any group to 25 people. We welcome your organization to learn, work and play here! For more information, contact Andrea Southworth.
Committees Work
We welcome you to contribute your expertise by serving on our committees:
Education: Our Park is a treasure trove of learning opportunities! The Friends is in the process of developing educational initiatives around the Ecology Project. Our goal is to foster lifelong learning about stewardship of the environment and how we can all have a positive impact on it. Our Education Committee is actively seeking new members—no teaching experience required.
Marketing & Public Relations: Would you like to help the Friends promote its work? Do you have skills in marketing, photography, graphic design, social media, or public relations? We would love to put your talents to work on the Marketing Committee.
Garden Tour: Each year, the Friends puts on the Cape Elizabeth Garden Tour. This fabulous celebration of all things garden takes months to plan and requires over 100 volunteers on the day of the Tour. Planning begins in the fall previous to this early summer event. Get involved by contacting our office.
Volunteer: Help us coordinate the efforts of so many wonderful people who help make the work of the Friends possible.
If you are involved in any of these or just want more information, please complete our Volunteer Form here, and we’ll reach out. THANK YOU!