Take Action
Check out any of the ongoing opportunities listed below, or for volunteering events across the community, check out the regularly updated Fayetteville Give Pulse, a hub for volunteers and the organizations who need them.
Ongoing Opportunities
- Choose Active Transportation and improve your physical, mental, and financial well-being
- Join the thriving Fayetteville Bicycling Community
- Get a Bike Rack at your business or property
- Become a Trail Trekker to improve safety and encourage use of the trail system
- Join one of the fun-filled recreation programs provided by Parks & Rec (opportunities exist for all ages)
- Perfect your dog-walking skills (and meet your daily step goal) by volunteering at the animal shelter
- Register for a Garden Plot in a city sponsored Community Garden
- Get your hands dirty with Invasive-Species Removal and native habitat restoration efforts
- Become a Trail Trekker to improve safety and encourage use of the trail system
- Commit to keeping your favorite section of trail or park in pristine condition through the Adopt-a-Park and Adopt-a-Trail programs
- Green your own home through Naturalistic Landscaping
- Grow your family to include chickens, ducks, bees, or even goats thanks to the City's Urban Agriculture Ordinance
- Offer your expertise and ideas to the City by joining one of our Boards, Committees, & Commissions
- Join a Fayetteville Forward Action Group to help Fayetteville grow economically, environmentally, and socially
- Check out the job openings the City currently has - we are almost always hiring!
- Apply for an internship with the City to help shape Fayetteville into a beautiful, livable, resilient, community
There are many departments across City government that regularly rely on volunteers. These range from help removing invasive species from parks and waterways to coaching youth soccer to assisting people on the City's trails. You can browse the full range of volunteer opportunities here.
City Internships
If you're interested in becoming even more involved in the projects and programs offered by the City, you may be a good fit for an internship in the Sustainability Department. Find out more about internships by contacting the Sustainability Department at 479.575.8268 or by email. Previous Sustainability Department interns have gone on to great careers at the Chamber of Commerce, Washington County, and many City Departments. We are always looking for motivated, curious, hard-working individuals to join the Sustainability team.