GET INVOLVED
How Can I Help?
There's a place for you at GTI, whatever your time, skills, or passions look like. Individuals, groups, and businesses all partner with us throughout the year.
Individual & Skill-Based
Spend an afternoon one-on-one with a team member, or share a professional skill like photography, marketing, bookkeeping, on a project basis.
WAYS TO VOLUNTEER
Find The Fit That’s Right For You
From a single afternoon to an ongoing commitment,
here are the ways people show up for GTI.
Group & Corporate
Bring your friends, club, class, or coworkers for a hands-on project or team-building day at one of our facilities.
Community Events
Help run a fundraiser, open house, or community event, from setup to cleanup.
Program-Based
Tend our garden, support Art Able Connections, or lead a music activity during day program hours.
Feeling Creative?
Assist Guest Artists
Provide hands-on assistance to guest artists in a variety of art forms; various times.
Prepare Arts & Crafts
Create crafts that can be completed on or off site; various times.
Lead an Art Activity
Share your talents by leading an art activity; various times.
Create Party & Holiday Décor
Design and prepare themed decorations for parties and dances; on or off site.
Party Prep!
We host a lot of theme-based parties & community dances!
Join a Party Planning Committee.
Assist with party preparation and supplies; on or off site.
Chaperone a Community Dance.
Prepare party treats, prizes or healthy snacks; on or off site.
Prepare or provide community dance snacks.
Assist with dance set-up and decorations at the dance site.
Assist with dance tear-down and clean-up.
Friendship Community Gardens
Assist with seedling development during late winter at GTI.
Assist with hydroponic gardens year-round at GTI.
Assist with garden maintenance during the growing season.
Plan and prepare garden social gatherings.
Lead garden story times or gardening activities.
Host garden-to-table cooking lessons.
Provide horticulture guidance to GTI staff.
Friendship Community Park
Provide light general maintenance and landscaping.
Lead or assist with outdoor activities.
Lead or assist with adaptive sports games.
Assist with spring and fall clean-up.
Mancelona Sport Court
Help transform the Mancelona Sports court into a refreshed, welcoming outdoor recreation space.
Power wash and clean the sports court and surrounding areas.
Repaint and refresh the court.
Assist with landscaping and beautification around the court.
Help build or add additional outdoor interactive activity areas.
Assist with general clean-up, organization and maintenance.
Share ideas and talents to help create a more fun, accessible and engaging community recreation space.
OUR VOLUNTEERS
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