Wilderness Trail Volunteers

 Wilderness Trail volunteers have built shelters, erected the equipment shed, hosted dinner parties, ran fundraising and publicity events, pulled off fine feasts of smoked pork and all the fixings in Ocala’s forest, wrote thank you letters, sewn and hung new curtains in the cabins and Lodge, cleaned and furnished the new bath houses, tended the Property’s flower beds, made minor plumbing/electrical repairs, picked up and dropped off hiking groups, helped address post cards and envelopes, handled spring cleaning at the Lodge and Property, and so much more. 

 The plain and simple truth is as follows: Wilderness Trail would cease and desist without the loving kindness and faithful activity of volunteers.  So, THANK YOU! First and foremost to all who have given their time and energy and gifts in the past, and YES PLEASE! to anyone considering giving to God thru WT in the coming days. 

 Below are several areas in which Wilderness Trail would love your helping hands as a volunteer:

 The Wilderness Trail Office in Waynesville:

Special Dates!

Thursday afternoon, October 27 – stickers, stamps, and sending the fall newsletter

November 21, 22 and the week after Thanksgiving – data entry, labels, and post card mailing for NEW WT contacts from Youth Specialties publicity event

November 9, 23, December 7, 14, 21 – WT Merchandise mailing dates; help package and mail pre-Christmas orders (Also January 11 and 25 prior to winter events)

Any ‘Ole Time

Packaging seasonal note cards
Placing color stickers on promotional DVDs
Data entry after each event
Help managin Gmail contact lists
Cutting “Friend of WT” stickers from 2005 for creative reuse

 The Spring Work Days

 April 13-15, 2012

A weekend of spring cleaning at the Property

First week of June

Kitchen and lodge cleaning retreat

 During Events

Help driving hikers, dropping water, running kitchen and retreats

Work on the Property (needs enumerated below)

Any ‘Ole Time

Custom projects from your area of passion (contact Dan Baker!)

At the Wilderness Trail Property 

The Property always needs loving attention.  Some regular maintenance needs include:

Checking gutters – pine needles affect new buildings, deciduous leaves at the Lodge
Check all 18 toilets, 20 showers, and 24 sinks for tight plumbing fits and no leaks
Landscaping, weedeating, weeding gardens, pulling rocks off yards
Clearing new growth behind the cross at the Outdoor Chapel
Clearing low-hanging branches from driveways and shelters, especially dead pines
Mower maintenance
Odd jobs galore!