Neighborhood Farm Initiative

Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer with NFI

NFI offers volunteer opportunities for both individuals and groups both on and off-site at our urban farm site in NE DC. The work is general organic farm maintenance, including digging, weeding, sifting compost, planting and more.

Our workdays not only help us maintain our farm, but also provide community members an informal opportunity to learn about the basics of organic gardening.

For Individuals:

We host regular volunteer workdays on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings from March-October. Register as an Urban Grower online and sign- up for our weekly newsletter for more information and regular updates on volunteer opportunties

Do you have questions about volunteering? Contact us at volunteer@neighborhoodfarminitiative.org

Other Ways to Get Involved:

Want to help NFI but in other ways other than gardening or do you want to take on a leadership role with NFI? Here are other ways you can help out:

• Help with office administration/data entry
• Get outdoors and lead a volunter workgroup (must have garden experience)
• Help recruit more Urban Growers
• Help with media/Social Media/Blogging
• Pick-up and drop off harvests
• Help with fundraising
• Host or co-host a fundraising party

Contact volunteer@neighborhoodfarminitiative.org with your interests and experience.

Large Groups:

We can also host groups of up to 25 people with advance notice at the Fort Totten Garden, and can tailor your volunteer experience to suit your group's needs.

• For large groups that want to volunteer outside of our regular volunteer workdays on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings, there is a nominal fee of $10 per volunteer member.
• Why do we ask volunteers to pay a small fee in this case?
  NFI is a small organization and it takes a lot of effort and realignment of resources in order to accommodate a large group outside of our regularly scheduled volunteer workdays. We really appreciate everyone who volunteers their hard work with NFI and know that the work we do is appreciated by many, so thank you!

Please complete our Group Volunteer Form or email info@neighborhoodfarminitiative.org if you're coordinating a group.

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Get Involved in Other Ways!!

Don't have the time? Consider donating!

NFI has a great volunteer base, but we still need to make sure that we have the funds to cover the costs for the tools, equipment, and gardening materials that we need to continue to offer the programs that make NFI such a successful organization.

Help us with a monetary donation or check off one of the items on our donation wishlist.