Neighborhood Farm Initiative

Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities

Want to get your hands dirty? Volunteer at our urban farm!

NFI offers volunteer opportunities for both individuals and groups 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. For more information and regular updates, join our mailing list.

For Groups:

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

• PLEASE NOTE:
  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!

Email Kristin Georger, Volunteer Coordinator, at kristin@neighborhoodfarminitiative.org if you're coordinating a group.

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Get Involved in Other Ways!!

We can use your expertise . . .

Along with helping making our farm run, our volunteers help out with every aspect of our nonprofit's operation, from fundraising to web design to data entry to blogging. If you're interested in helping out with other tasks, email kristin@neighborhoodfarminitiative.org and let us know!

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.