Volunteer

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is looking for volunteers to help us clean up trash and other debris at the Carson Ridge Disc Golf Course on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to noon. Register today using the link here to spend a sunny day volunteering with your community.

Join Keep Tahoe Blue as we kickoff the 2024 volunteer season! Learn more about our programs and 2024 volunteer opportunities in an open house setting while grabbing a bite to eat, sipping on a drink, and enjoying music.

Celebrate Earth Day with a good, old fashioned community cleanup. Warming spring weather can expose trash left behind as winter snow starts to melt, leaving South Lake Tahoe scattered with litter. This debris is an eyesore and can harm not only wildlife, but also Lake Tahoe’s clarity.

Partnership Carson City is looking for volunteers to teach English as a Second Language to adults. Can you speak, read, and write in English? Then you can teach English to one to three students.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be KNVC General Manager Steve Funk. He will tell the story of Carson's community radio station from its humble beginnings in 2017 to today's diverse programmings that includes talk shows, news programs, serial dramas, and music genres that run the gamut from Rock, Pop, Blues and Jazz to Celtic, Retro, and Psychedelic.

The Retired Investigators Guild and the University of Nevada, Reno jointly presented a posthumous bachelor of science degree in nursing in Markisha Hibbler’s name to her mother, Tinker Davis, at a dinner hosted on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 in Reno.

Over the past three years we have hosted large effort clean-ups in the Sand Canyon area to address the active ongoing dumping that occurs in the canyon area.

This area sees large amounts of trash year after year. We are partnering with Muscle Powered, the Desert Pigs (Carson and Dayton chapter) this year as part of their Trash Mob to tackle Sand Canyon once again!

Here at Kids & Horses in Douglas County's Carson Valley, our volunteers are a valuable member of the Kids & Horses family. They give so much of their time, energy, and love to our horses and clients, and we could not be more grateful. Each of them have their unique stories of how they came to the ranch and what experiences have made an imprint on their hearts.

Please take a moment to read about another one of our amazing volunteers, and if these stories inspire you,

The Carson City Historical Society is asking the public for volunteers to help give tours of the famous Foreman-Roberts House in Carson City on Sunday afternoons.

Here at Kids & Horses in Douglas County's Carson Valley, our volunteers are a valuable member of the Kids & Horses family. They give so much of their time, energy, and love to our horses and clients, and we could not be more grateful. Each of them have their unique stories of how they came to the ranch and what experiences have made an imprint on their hearts.

Join the League to Save Lake Tahoe, Keep Tahoe Blue for a free 'Eyes on the Lake' training session! This training is open to the public, all ages welcome.

Join the League to Save Lake Tahoe for a free 'Eyes on the Lake training' session happening July 29. This training is open to the public, all ages welcome.

Join the League to Save Lake Tahoe's "Tahoe Blue Crew" this Wednesday, July 19, 5 p.m. and help create a litter-free Tahoe.

Looking for ways to give back this summer? We are starting a four-part volunteer series that will be held in our parks and open spaces. Participate in our 'Give Back Summer' series starting on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Carson City Health and Human Services is hosting a Volunteer Fair July 14, 11 am- 2 pm at Mills Park Pavilion. If you are looking to make a difference in our community, come explore volunteer opportunities, meet great people, and find a meaningful way to spend your extra time.

Lakeview property owners and Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space teamed up on Saturday, May 6 for a volunteer clean-up day at the Lakeview entrance on Hobart and old Highway 395.

A tradition since 1988, Carson High Safe Grad was started by the community following a series of alcohol-related graduation night incidents and deaths. Safe Grad is an all-night graduation party held at the Carson City Community Center celebrating students completing their education while also preventing the use of alcohol and drugs, including drunk driving.

Once inside the Community Center, graduates enjoy free, fun and safe entertainment, music, and food. The next morning, there is an optional (fee based) round trip to California Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Kids & Horses is excited to be hosting our 10th annual fundraiser golf tournament at the beautiful Incline Village Championship Course on June 5th. Enjoy a beautiful day at the lake with your friends, and golf for a great cause! This is our largest fundraiser event of the year, and all proceeds go directly towards keeping our programs and facilities open for our community.

The unofficial sled hill at Spooner Summit overlooking Lake Tahoe is an annual hotspot for winter-time litter pollution. Shattered plastic sleds can hurt wildlife and lake clarity.

Join us and kickoff the volunteer season! Come learn more about our programs and 2023 volunteer opportunities in an open house setting at Valhalla Tahoe (1 Valhalla Rd, South Lake Tahoe, from 5-8pm.

Partnership Carson City is looking for volunteers to teach English as a Second Language. Can you speak, read, and write in English? Then you can teach English to one to three students. You can help your student use the textbook, stopping to explain or help with pronunciation.

All the snow has made for some exciting times since last week, but our team really stepped it up to care for the horses. One of our 2023 goals is to continue providing the best of care for our equine partners, despite the rising cost of food and care needs. This is why with the new year, we’ve launched the Healthy Horse campaign, and our 2023 Kids & Horses calendar.

UPDATE: The Wood Duck Box installation hosted by Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space will be postponed, due to inclement weather, until February 3rd, 2023. We will re-promote the event in January 2023.
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Join Ducks Unlimited and Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space to help install duck boxes along the Carson river. CCPROS is installing boxes to monitor duck populations along the river corridor.

This is a great education opportunity. Come learn about how ducks utilize the boxes and how to properly install the duck boxes.

Do you love meeting new people? AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Volunteers will be providing free tax preparation services at the Carson City Senior Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from February 1st through April 12th in 2023.

We need a Receptionist and two Screeners (“Client Facilitators”). The Receptionist checks people in with tax appointments.

Join Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space for pollinator planting along Buzzy's Ranch Trail this Wednesday October, 19th 2022 from 8 AM-10 AM. Volunteers will meet at Carson River Park, located at 5013 Carson River Road and walk along Buzzy's Ranch Trail to the planting site.

Can you help one-on-one with flashcards and pronunciation? Students in citizenship classes will be studying and memorizing the 100 civics test questions, practicing writing and reading short English sentences, and practicing vocabulary.

Mike Wiencek, Brewery Arts Center Director of Operations, will speak via Zoom at Monday's Democratic luncheon. "Mikey," as he is universally known, has worked at the Brewery Arts Center since 2015, initially as a volunteer, and has played a key role in helping the BAC grow into the community arts hub that it is today.

A proud Marine Corps veteran, he has been involved in broadcast media and the arts for more than 25 years.

The Pine Nut Mountains Trail Association in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management Sierra Front Field Office, Nevada Offroad Association and Tread Lightly! held a trail stewardship and trash clean-up day at the Johnson Lane Off Highway Vehicle staging area in Minden on Saturday Oct. 9, 2021.

Carson High Safe Grad is in need of volunteers, committee members and new board members for next year. Over the past few years our volunteers, committee members and board members have retired or are looking to retire as they no longer have students in the school district.

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Inc., also known as RSVP, is collecting food and clothing donations for local veterans now through Sept. 8, 2021.

Donations can be dropped off at the RSVP Office located on 2621 Northgate Lane, Suite 6, Carson City, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.