Community Outreach Volunteers for Summer Stalls

WAI Wānaka is a community organisation working to accelerate local action for our fresh water. Their vision is to maintain healthy ecosystems and community wellbeing for future generations.

The WAI Wānaka team work with local individuals, catchment groups, landowners, councils, businesses, community groups and schools to improve ecosystem health, reverse biodiversity loss and keep our waterways healthy.

The upcoming summer campaign is designed to engage boat owners and lake users specifically via online resources which WAI Wānaka have created, providing practical tips to allow everyone to reduce their environmental footprint on the lake. WAI Wānaka also have a summer survey, that will help shape the future of local waterways, and each entry goes into the draw of one of two summer prize packs.

The WAI Wānaka Outreach Stalls over summer are designed to engage with the community and encourage participation to get on board with their online resources and to complete the survey. These will help WAI Wānaka understand how the lake is used over this busy summer period and help identify community education gaps.

As a member of the Outreach Stall crew, you will:

• Join a WAI member (or two) at a lakeside location.
• Receive a briefing about WAI's initiatives
• Help with the set up and break down of the Summer on the Lake outreach stall.
• Engage with boat owners and other lakes users to share some key environmental messages and show them the online resources.
• Encourage and support lake users to participate in their summer survey.

Being part of WAI Wānaka’s summer campaign, you will:

• Gain hands-on experience in environmental education while helping protect local waterways. connect with the community and build skills in outreach,
• Contribute to shaping future freshwater initiatives.
• Enjoy meaningful impact, new networks, and the chance to be part of a movement safeguarding Wānaka’s ecosystems for generations.

Requirements

• An interest in the health of local waterways and motivation to learn how you can make a difference.
• Ability to follow basic instructions and possibly use an iPad for help with survey participation.
• Comfortable talking to the public on WAI's initiatives (briefings will be given).
• No specific physical requirements, but volunteers should wear appropriate shoes for uneven terrain and be happy to help with the set up and break down of stalls, and load this into a car.

Time commitment

The Outreach Stalls will be at the following locations for 4 hours and one or two volunteers are needed to join a staff member or two.

• Sunday 21st December @ Eely Point, 1pm - 5pm
• Saturday 3rd January @ the Outlet, 1pm - 5pm
• Friday 9th January @ The Hawea Boat Ramp & Swimming Embayment, 12pm – 4pm

Volunteers will be required to be there for 4-5 hours, with some breaks included. Can be flexible to workaround schedules during this busy period!

Getting started

The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.

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