Volunteer for the Adopt-A-Park Program

Volunteers

AAP/AAT works to unite and support anyone interested in improving Morganton’s neighborhood open spaces and trails. Volunteers include individuals, Senior Citizens, Neighborhood Associations, Youth Groups, Schools, Scouts, Church Groups, Businesses & Hiking and Biking Enthusiasts 

Parks & Trails to Adopt

You can adopt the entire park, trail or a particular area in a park, including: Catawba River Soccer Complex / Community Gardens, Catawba River and Freedom Trail Greenway, Freedom Park, Bethel Park, Shuey Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Martha’s Park, Drexel Heritage Park, Catawba Meadows Park, and Carbon City Park. 

What You Can Do

Volunteers can pick up litter, rake leaves, remove graffiti, report park hazards, sweep courts and pathways, pull weeds, care for ecosystems, plant native plants and trees and report homeless encampments, illegal dumping, storm damage, injured or dead animals and other hazards or help with major park restorations.

Recognition

In appreciation for your service, you will receive an official Certificate of Adoption, and Adopt-A-Park or Adopt-A-Trail T-shirt, an adoption plaque with the adopter's name on it, which will be posted at the adopter's site after 50 volunteer reported hours.