Volunteering

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San Juan
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P.O. Box 429
Friday Harbor, WA
98250

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(360)378-2240
(360) 378-2902

FAX:
(360)378-2615
(360) 378-2996

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The accelerating need to preserve our natural and historical resources, and provide efficient visitor services, is placing an increasing strain on National Park Service funds and personnel. Only through the efforts of committed volunteers can the park fully serve the public.

Who We Want

We are looking for people who are friendly, personable and enjoy serving and enhancing the enjoyment of others while they are in the park. It takes patience and flexibility to work the wide range of people who visit the park each year. Visitors vary in age, background and come from all over the world. Volunteers work on the average of two to forty hours a week in two- to eight-hour shifts. Volunteers may receive academic credit by applying to have the park send evaluations to their schools.

Christopher Burkholder and Wendy Johannes are volunteers from Canada.

Volunteer Opportunities

Park Host- Those owning trailers or motor homes commit to working a minimum 32 hours a week for at least a month, performing any or all of the jobs listed below. The park provides trailer pads with full hook-ups and reimburses ferry fares to the island.

Visitor Service/Information Specialist - Usually the initial contact with visitors, this staff member is often the only contact the visitor has with the National Park Service. Duties include answering questions, giving directions and handling sales of books, postcards, pins and related materials.

Living History Reenactor -This will put acting talents to work. Reenactors wear reproduction 1860s military uniforms and costumes and reenact camp life situations at English Camp and American Camp. They perform with others who relish the pageantry associated with historical uniforms and settings and enjoy telling the stories related to the joint occupation.

History/Natural History Interpreter - Here's a job with a challenge, catering to the more interested visitor whose questions occasionally require some research to answer. Interpreters also develop and lead guided walks. Experience as a historian or naturalist is not required to lead these walks.
Volunteers need only be willing to learn and able to communicate the facts through stories that make history and the natural world come alive.

Trail/Site Maintenance Worker - With more than 1,750 acres of historic landscape, including six historic buildings, numerous historic remains, miles of beach front and several trails, we cannot begin to list all the needs in this area.

For information about our Park Host program, click here:
For a Volunteer application, click here:

Send VIP application to:

Volunteer Coordinator
San Juan Island NHP
P.O. Box 429
Friday Harbor, WA 98250

or call:

(360) 378-2902
FAX: (360) 378-2996
mike_vouri@nps.gov