In 2023, we took on the task of recycling as much oyster shell from the Urbanna Oyster Festival as possible and it was a feat!! We recycled over 250 BUSHELS!! We are looking for volunteers to help sustain the this goal for 2024 at the historic Urbanna Oyster Festival (over 50,00 guests!) and work to […]
We have an amazing growing oyster restoration program and we need your help sustaining it! We partner with local restaurants across the watershed to recycle their oyster shells. We are looking for a volunteer or two to help FOR staff with our weekly Thursday oyster shell pick up from Port Oysteria. The volunteer would meet […]
If you like being outside, working independently and making a difference, one (or both) of these volunteer roles could be perfect for you! We have two very vital tasks that have a HUGE impact on our education and restoration programs and making them possible. Having a volunteer take over these roles would help on our […]
Join local environment nonprofits Friends of the Rappahannock and Piedmont Environmental Council from 7-8pm on the second Thursday of each month for a free lecture at Culpeper County Library (meeting room 271, South Gate Shopping Center, Culpeper, VA 22701) Check out when FOR will be presenting!! Reserve your spot and find info on ALL the […]
Enjoy chatting with community members? Do you have some FOR or river knowledge (or want to gain some:)? Do you want to help advocate for our waterways?! Join us this fall at one of our FOR outreach tables! We have SO many community events coming up across the watershed. Having volunteers help at these tabling […]
This fall we will be implementing the Tomorrow's Trees program for community members to collect tree seeds, practice their tree ID, get outside and help grow our nursery and restoration programing for a healthy river!! This will be a WATERSHED WIDE program with coordinated events, individual and leadership opportunities. We will have seed drop off […]
Eating Pizza = Funding for Big Fall Cleanup = A Clean & Healthy Community and River... seems like a win, win, win!! Grab a slice or a whole pie at Benny Vitali's from 11am-11pm on Oct 9th and 20% of your purchase will go towards FOR and our Big Fall Cleanup on Oct 12th. Pair […]
Our Annual Big Fall Cleanup is back on Oct 12th! Kick off fall the right way by joining community members and organizations in helping keep our river and community clean and healthy! FOR and RBoard will provide litter grabbers, bags and gloves for all volunteers. **Volunteers younger than 16 must have a guardian present. Volunteers […]
Join us for a halloween-y themes paddle night at Crows Nest Research Center on Oct 13th! Join Friends of the Rappahannock on Accokeek Creek from our partner location at Crow's Nest Research Center in Stafford. This evening paddle will be a costume dress-up event with a "judged" costume event. Winner gets a gift card for […]
Join us in planting trees to help keep our river and watershed clean and healthy!! This is a great opportunity to get outside, learn something new, make an impact and get your hands dirty. Oct 14 l 57 Hope Hills Rd Castleton, VA 22716, USA l 10am - 2pm Please close toed shoes and clothes […]
The Rappahanncok River Symposium hosts partners across the Rappahannock River watershed to collaborate and share research, successes, program highlights, new projects, management tools, and more with others dedicated to clean water and environmentalism. To host this event, we need volunteers' help! This is a great opportunity to be part of an important collaboration of Rappahannock […]
One of our favorite community education programs is coming up on Oct 19th - Shiver by the River. To make it happen, we need some lovely volunteers! You by no means need to be an environmental educator or expert to help make this crowd favorite event happen. You just need to come with a good […]
Join us for our 3rd Shiver by the River! Come out to our Nature Preserve, after the sun sets, to learn about the nocturnal natives that live by the Rappahannock and have a spooky good time! Our eerie educators have put together information tables, with activities and crafts to help demystify some of the creatures […]
Join us in planting trees to help keep our river and watershed clean and healthy!! This is a great mid-week break, chance to get outside, learn something new and get your hands dirty. Oct 23 l Roundhill Farm l 232 Round Hill Rd, Boston, VA 22713 l 10am - 1pm Please close toed shoes and […]
Join us in planting 400 trees along Rush River to help us keep our river and watershed clean and healthy. This is a great way to start off your weekend, a chance to get outside, learn something new and get your hands dirty!! Oct 26 l Rappahannock County Park l 7 Park Ln, Washington, VA […]
Join us in planting trees to help keep our river and watershed clean and healthy!! This is a great mid-week break, chance to get outside, learn something new and get your hands dirty. Oct 29 l 6782 Olinger Rd, Marshall, VA 20115 l 10am - 2pm Please close toed shoes and clothes you don’t mind […]
Friends of the Rappahannock needs oyster restoration volunteers for the Urbanna Oyster Festival! In 2023, we took on the task of recycling as much oyster shell from the Urbanna Oyster Festival as possible and it was a feat!! We recycled over 250 BUSHELS!! We are looking for volunteers to help sustain this goal for 2024 […]
Join us at our first ever open house of our tree nursery on Nov 2nd! Nov 2nd from 11am-2pm @ the George Washington Carver Agriculture Research Center (9432 N James Madison Hwy, Rapidan, VA 22733) It will be a great fall event to bring your friends, family and yourself to experience something new and learn […]
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