Education Committee Member

Organizational Description

Our Mission is 'To act in stewardship for Henteleff Park'. The Park is 50 acres of natural beauty located at 1964 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg. The volunteer run and non-profit Henteleff Park Foundation is dedicated to caring for the Park through restoration and conservation of its lands, plants, and wildlife; partnership with the community; and education about its existing ecology and many layered human and ecological history.

Volunteer Opportunity

The Education Committee of Henteleff Park Foundation helps community members gain knowledge about the park. We use a variety of strategies including social media posts, interpretive walks, developing links with k-12 schools and post‑secondary programs. The committee is seeking a person to help develop interpretive walk topics, identify speakers, advertise the walks, track registrations, and greet the speaker and participants.

• Interest in Henteleff Park
• Ability to identify a variety of interpretive walk topics appropriate for Henteleff Park
• Ability to identify appropriate speakers
• Willingness to learn how to use Eventbrite for registrations
• Ability to use social media to advertise interpretive walks

• Working in a committee
• Gain knowledge about Henteleff Park and related topics
• Meet community members

Age: 31-54, 55+

Time Commitment:
Daytime, Evening, Weekend

The committee's work takes place from May to September, with at least one walk per month. The work is shared with another committee member. Committee meetings take place as needed from April to September.

Location of volunteer opportunity:
Winnipeg - St. Vital

Opportunity is available to candidates that:
General Populace

Does opportunity require a criminal record check? No

Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? No

Volunteer Manitoba is located on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that the clean water we drink comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, and that our electricity is produced on treaty territory. Volunteer Manitoba respects the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.