Volunteer in Boone

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Combine your vacation with volunteering at a local organization that's working towards keeping the Boone area clean, safe, healthy, and accessible for all. Here are places where volunteers are always appreciated.

How to Help with Hurricane Helene Recovery

Samaritan's Purse is scheduling volunteers to assist in rebuilding homes
Volunteer or donate to Baptists on Mission, assisting with essential home repairs in West NC.
Document Landslides using your smartphone in Pisgah National Forest.
Donate or volunteer your skills at the Stateline Resource Station in Zionville.
Clean up the rivers by volunteering with the New River Conservancy. Find upcoming clean-ups here.
Clean the "Trash Trout" at Winklers Creek with Mountain True and 828 Real Estate on July 8th. Sign up here.
Participate in Trashy Tuesdays every first and third Tuesday of the month with RiverGirl Fishing to help clean up the rivers. Call (828) 263-7364 to sign up. You can also donate to RiverGirl's GoFundMe to help replace destroyed equipment.

Donate to Local Recovery Organizations:

More Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer at Boonerang Music & Arts Festival happening June 19 - 22, 2025! Sign up here
Learn about Boone's native plants and volunteer with the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. The next Volunteer Day is June 28th from 9 am to Noon.
Help make App State Football Games zero waste with Sustain App.
- Email karstromlr@appstate.edu to sign up to volunteer after an upcoming home game
- The 2025 App State football season includes home games on September 6, October 4, and 18, and November 6, 22, and 29.

Trashy Tuesdays at RiverGirl Fishing Company
- Volunteer to pick up trash while floating along the New River on the first AND third Tuesday of the month at 9 am, during the summer. The volunteer who collects the most trash wins a FREE fly fishing lesson. The volunteer who brings back the coolest piece of trash wins a free T-shirt.
- Contact (828) 263-7364 or rivergirl2424@gmail.com to sign up

Volunteer with the Watauga Riverkeeper
- Participate in volunteer workdays removing invasive species near local waterways, water sampling, or live staking along riverbanks.
- Sign up to be added to the volunteer roster or reach out to hannah@mountaintrue.org to find out about upcoming opportunities

Dirty Thursdays at Rocky Knob Mountain Bike Park
- Get your hands in the dirt with the Boone Area Cyclists, who host weekly trail maintenance volunteer days at 5:30 pm on Thursdays in Spring and Summer. There are also opportunities to help out with several events throughout the year.
- Contact booneareacyclists@gmail.com for more information

F.A.R.M. Cafe
- F.A.R.M. Cafe relies on daily volunteers to carry out its mission to "Feed All Regardless of Means." A hot meal prepared with locally grown ingredients can be exchanged for just an hour of volunteer work.
- Apply to volunteer with the cafe here

Volunteer with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture on Wednesdays and help distribute local food. Learn more and sign up at their website.

Help maintain the Daniel Boone Native Gardens
- Contact the gardens to find out more about volunteering at admin@danielboonenativegardens.org

Blue Ridge Parkway regularly schedules volunteers to work in the Highlands District, where Boone and many iconic sights are found on the parkway. Reach out to the volunteer coordinator on the Blue Ridge Parkway's Volunteer page.