Very Important People

2004 VIP Project highlights:

■ Installed Plant Labels

■ Made thousands of visitor contacts

■ Provided information and brochures

■ Assisted in bookstore sales & inventory

■ Performed routine cleaning & carpentry

■ Shared in creating educational partnerships

■ Completed Hazardous Materials inventory

■ Assisted with construction of parking shade

■ Created outdoor classroom & activity area

■ Led 424 tours for visitors & school groups

■ Digitized part of the photographic collection

Casa Grande VIP
Positions

■ Tour Guide

■ Interpretive Aide

■ Maintenance Aide

■ Administrative Aide

■ Natural Resource
Management Aide

■ Cultural Resource
Management Aide

Volunteering is an American tradition that has made an immeasurable contribution to communities, organizations, and individuals throughout the country. Today’s volunteers are active, dynamic, creative individuals who possess the skills, desire, patience, and time to accomplish a wide variety of tasks.

Volunteers-In-Parks are Very Important People (VIPs)! In Fiscal Year 2003, 122,000 volunteers donated 4.5 million hours to your national parks. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument volunteers contributed to these numbers with 18 volunteers donating 5,865.7 hours. In Fiscal Year 2004, the Casa Grande Ruins VIP program had 16 volunteers and 28 young men and adults from the Boy Scouts of America donate 6001.5 hours. Volunteers accomplished numerous projects in interpretation, maintenance, cultural resource management, natural resource management, and administration.

The popular season for volunteers is November through April. Individuals may volunteer a few hours a month or up to several days per week. A limited number of RV spaces are available to those who make long term commitments. Volunteers are accepted from the public without regard to race, creed, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

Nationwide Volunteering Opportunities

To join the team, email: Denise_M_Shultz@nps.gov