A FEW OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE:     Campground, Golf Course and Train Hosting: These volunteers live onsite from 2-6 months and help with the overall day-to-day operations on our parks, golf courses and train.   Community Volunteer: Many parks and sites need volunteers on a daily, weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly basis. This includes golf, conservation or train volunteers! These volunteers get an opportunity to be involved for whatever time they have to give.    Corporate, University, Scout and other Group Volunteers: Find a tailor-made project for your organization to make a difference in Georgia State Parks. Utilize the time and experience to build your team, increase morale while providing a valuable service to Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites.   School/University Community Service: If you have been asked to perform community service for school/university or other credit.  Please apply using the Community Volunteer registration and indicate this is for credit with your school. Court-Ordered Community Service: If you are trying to serve Court-Ordered Community Service or reducing points for a traffic violation.  Call the park closest to you and ask if they can have you assist their maintenance staff for court-ordered community service.  You can find the list of park phone numbers and locations here: www.gastateparks.org/parks/

Thank you for your interest in the Volunteer Program sponsored by the Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The beauty of this state, and the diversity of its cultural and natural resources has, over the years, attracted visitors in untold millions to the state’s parks and historic sites to learn, to stretch, to relax, to explore, to appreciate…and to find themselves by losing themselves in a world of grandeur and wonder.  Through this Volunteer Program we expect to be able to extend these benefits to many more Georgians and their guests, and to enrich their visits with more and better services and facilities.

The Volunteer Program is a fun and educational opportunity for you to get involved.  By enriching the lives of others, you enrich your own.  It will be an experience you will remember for years to come.  A task somewhere is waiting to be done; a child somewhere is waiting to learn; a trail somewhere is waiting to be built.

Georgia’s parks and historic sites offer varied opportunities for volunteers to enrich their lives while enriching the lives of others.  We hope this is a program that you cannot resist.

We now have an annual membership of $15 to be listed as a volunteer with Georgia Parks, this membership covers cost of processing your applicaiton, the excess liability insurance and the criminal background check.  To see the Volunteer Packet and Guidelines for Georgia State Parks, click here.