What Summer Members Will Do
Delaware State Parks AmeriCorps Summer Program members provide direct service during the highest park use period, increasing the parks'
ability to provide services. Members serve April - August or June - August as:
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Environmental Educator
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Looking for a volunteer opportunity that can have a lasting impact? Want to help share a love for the natural world? In this position you will have the opportunity to ignite a lifelong appreciation of the outdoors and expand peoples understanding of the environment surrounding them. Teach and educate visitors about the many natural, historical and cultural wonders in our parks by leading programs, tours, summer camps, and outreach activities.
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Historical Educator |
Bring the past to LIFE! March to the beat as a Civil War gunner, gaze out to sea in a WWII Coastal Defense Battery, walk in the buildings where decisions were made that helped form our state, or demonstrate life-saving skills for wrecked ships as a living history interpreter. You will assist in conducting first- or third-person living history educational interpretation programs at:
Fort Delaware: Civil War 1864
Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen: WWII
Indian River Life-Saving Station: 1900’s Life-Saving
First State Heritage Park at Dover: State History
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Like to work outdoors? Enjoy working hard and seeing firsthand the results of that work? This position helps to build and maintain miles of trails utilizing the best and most up-to-date trail design practices allowing visitors to experience firsthand the beauty and wonder of our natural environment.
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| Natural Areas Management |
Love the environment? Want to help keep it that way? This position will work in the Natural Areas program, promoting the wise management and conservation of wildlife and plant species within Delaware State Parks.
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| Professional and Creative Services |
Members help run statewide programs from the Division’s Central Offices. In the Director’s Office, members help manage the AmeriCorps program. Work in our Creative Services Section in Marketing, Public Relations, or special events. Assist the Chief of environmental Education, help with grant reviews (including GIS/GPS). Learn State of Delaware fiscal policy and procedures in Accounting. Perform real design work in our Architectural Design group or in the Planning Office. Maintain exhibits and collections in our Folklife and Curation sections.
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Historical Researcher |
Help research our past...so we can plan our future! In this position, you will work with our professional staff under the direct supervision of our Division Historian. Perform groundbreaking historical research on the more than 400 historical buildings and sites in Delaware State Parks, including Civil War-era Fort Delaware, World War II-era Fort Miles, and The First State Heritage Park at Dover, among others. Utilize the best practices in historical research, have special access to archives, and see your research bear fruit in the interpretive and historical programming in the parks!
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