Megan Eidel, Trails Management, has announced that volunteers will be able to work at OJT every Wednesday morning from 8:30 to 11:30 am starting July 1. Up to 5 volunteers will be allowed to work each Wednesday. Volunteers, including Master Gardeners, must email Megan to sign up for work meidel@scgov.net Other work guidelines are available at ojtfriends.com. Click on – […]
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Leadership Team Member Steve Katzman constructed a “Volunteer Wall of Fame” display board and installed it in the Visitor Center. The display board will recognize OJT volunteers that achieve seven designated levels of volunteer service starting at over 25 hours going up to over 500 hours. At this time, we have 21 volunteers eligible to
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Sarasota County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources continues to have all volunteer operations suspended at Osprey Junction Trailhead Park. Therefore, we revised our 2020 goals so the majority of them can be worked on by volunteers at home. Fourteen volunteers are currently working on the following goals Develop a Plan for Gardening Activities & Learning
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2019 was a very busy but exciting year for us. We officially became a Chapter of Friends of Sarasota County Parks in December 2018 so 2019 was our first full year of operating as Friends of Osprey Junction Trailhead, an all-volunteer organization. In 2019 there were 68 volunteers that gave 3,396 hours of their time
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OJT volunteers working on our latest landscape improvement project. The front entry area of the Visitor Center which includes some container plants. Master Gardener Elena Foster is the lead person on this project.
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OJT volunteer Mark Malkasian is working with County Parks to select furnishings for the Great Room and Meeting Room so visitors can have a place to rest, information can be displayed and meetings/classes can be conducted. Furnishings are funded by us and donated to County Parks.
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We just started work on creating a small area near the front entry to the Visitor Center that will show how plants in containers can enhance a landscape where it is difficult to put plants in the ground. The area will have several sizes of beautiful clay pots with native plants. Elena Foster is in
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We are almost done with the rain garden. This is a 2300 sq. ft garden project containing 105 plants located in a swale in front of the Visitor Center. The garden is designed to show visitors to the park how water can be conserved and also provide a rich habitat for wildlife. Elena Foster, a
We finished installing the plants and bird bath in the bird garden. It is in an area near the backyard of the Visitor Center. This garden will show visitors to the park how a small area of native Florida plants can have a beneficial impact on the local bird population and be a beautiful enhancement
OJT volunteers Dave Zimmerman and Steve Katzman installed the new artwork hanging system in the great room and meeting room of the Visitor Center. A grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County paid for the system. It will be used by OJT volunteer and art curator Pam Callender to display artwork during our Volunteer Art
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