2023 Spring Open Streets!
The 2023 Spring Open Streets event is just around the corner! On Sunday, June 4th, we will turn an entire mile of street into a nonmotorized space of exploration, community, music, and fun!
What to expect: We need volunteers to assist with our info tent, counting attendees, walking the route, and assisting with light duty traffic control. Shifts are generally 2 ½ hours long.
2023 - 2025 Strategic Plan
The City of Fort Collins (FC)is a wonderful place to live, thanks in large part to the residents who live here and are active and involved in their community. Part of an engaged City is a community that selflessly gives back making the world a better place for those around them. Using their time, talents, treasures, hearts and hands to help others, these people are the backbone of a community. They are volunteers.
The City of Fort Collins Volunteer Program is designed to creatively engage people and their unique talents. When talent and passion are working together, the results are amazing. With that aim, the City promotes volunteer involvement to improve services and create community.
To view current goals and areas The City of Fort Collins Volunteer Program hopes to improve check out our strategic plan!
Volunteer Resources#
Teen Volunteers
Make friends, have fun, build job skills, and learn about meaningful service.
Volunteer Opportunities#
Volunteer Services manages over 30 departments. Each has its own unique purpose, goals, interest groups, time commitments, and skill sets.
Here are some ongoing volunteer opportunities:
Xeriscape Garden Club Volunteers Needed!
Join the Xeriscape Garden Club this summer to get your daily dose of vitamin D while volunteering in the Xeriscape Demonstration Gardens at City Hall. Learn about plant ID, transplanting, seed collection and gardening for wildlife this summer while making new friends. No experience is necessary but this position does require bending, kneeling and working outside. Tools and gloves are provided. Kids may participate alongside their adult chaperone.
9-12 PM, Thursday mornings weekly or biweekly, May-October
Open Streets Volunteers Needed!
FCMoves is looking for volunteers to assist with safety along the route and to help at our event information tents throughout the day. 2 ½ hour shifts are available throughout the day and are great options for families or groups. Lunch will be provided. or volunteers to join the 2023 Open Streets Volunteer Team! Open Streets events help the community reimagine how our roadway space is used by creating temporary car-free spaces for people to enjoy while walking, bicycling, rolling, or scooting.
Pick it Up FOCO
Help do your part by picking up trash in your community. Join the community to stop single-use plastics in their tracks before they impact wildlife and our waterways. This volunteer opportunity can be accomplished independently, follow the steps linked below and start volunteering now!
Volunteer Impact#
FC Volunteers are huge contributors to the functions of the City. According to pre-pandemic statistics the City has seen volunteers donate nearly 150,000 hours of time, which is equivalent to an economic impact of $3.9 million! This is the direct result of the passion and hard work of nearly 11,000 volunteers across all our departments, however, departments with some of the largest contribution to our city wide volunteer statistics include Recreation, Parks, and Police Services. The volunteer effort from all departments and our amazing volunteers make our program what it is, the 6th best volunteer program nationwide for midsized cities with a volunteerism rate of 38%!
- See the results of the Engagement Survey
- Check out the 2020 Volunteer Stats
- Check out the 2019 Volunteer Stats
FC Volunteer Services Guiding Principles:
- Enhance services by supplementing the efforts of paid city staff with volunteer engagement
- Offer volunteers opportunities to learn and grow
- Collect data to show the program’s commitment to cost effectiveness
- Volunteers are able to see firsthand how the City government operates and function by being involved in world-class programs
- Volunteers share their unique areas of expertise
- Volunteers promote understanding and awareness of City government issues and programs
- Provide a positive experience and environment for both volunteers and paid staff
- Volunteers are recognized for the value they add to their community
Meet the Volunteer Services Team#
If you have a group of interested or potential volunteers and would like to hear about the Volunteer Services Program, please request a presentation by our team. We can share the history, purpose, and strategic goals of volunteerism and community engagement in the Fort Collins Community.
