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Washington Butterfly Association Volunteering |
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Moss' Elfin - Reecer Creek Canyon |
We have a great organization with an interesting story to tell and important contributions to be made. And you are the great source of energy to do it. As you know the energy we run on is volunteer energy, the cleanest and most renewable and most fun energy there is. Here are some areas where we would like some help. The effort does not have to be great but we really would like to make a start. EDUCATION Would you contact teachers you know or provide us with teacher contacts you may have so we can talk about what would be of value to them? Would you help develop a kit or a unit on butterflies that might be used by teachers - or maybe by a nature day camp or other teaching environment where children could learn about butterflies? OUTREACH Would you be willing to help develop a basic presentation on butterflies that could be presented to a wide variety of audiences? Would you be willing to give such a presentation to audiences of different kinds? Could you invite a friend to attend one of our member meetings? NEWSLETTER Would you be willing to write an article on a butterfly topic of interest to you? It might be a recap of a great speaker we had at a meeting so those who could not attend could be caught up on what they missed. A good field trip could be another topic. A trip you have made with butterfly observations, a good book review or just a good experience you have had might all be fun for us. HOSPITALITY Fun and friendliness at the meetings are basic to our approach. Would you be willing to help with organizing for refreshments at the meetings and extending a friendly greeting to new people at our meetings? CONSERVATION Could you research a conservation issue related to lepidoptera that we could follow up on? LEADERSHIP Would you be willing to be on our Board? In any of these areas, you do not have to be an expert. We have wonderful experts very willing to share their expertise. What we need are people who help get things started and keep them moving. It is fun to be someone who makes a contribution and gets something started. We all know that the way things happen is not often by execution of top down policy but by the energy of individuals who just do it and get others to feel their energy and do it with them. The ideas and subjects we note above are just suggestions from the Board that we felt were important and in some cases overdue for action. But it is just as good if you have a different suggestion for an action item. We would love to hear from you. Please contact any member of the Board. Contact information is on the back page of every issue of G'Num. |
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