Support Those Who Support You
with an Organizational Membership

JOIN US!
Become a Supporting Member

Annual
Membership Fee: $100.

Membership period:
Jan 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2012

Membership form
submit this membership form and fee to:

PICE
197 Montour Rd
Elysburg, PA 17824

2012 Member Organizations:

Brandywine Conservancy

Destination Schuylkill River

Friends of the Wissahickon

Green Valleys Association

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Since 2010, Pennsylvania Master Naturalist volunteers have contributed $33,000 worth of conservation work and cost-savings to community and conservation organizations in southeastern Pennsylvania.

By becoming an organizational member, your organization can support these Master Naturalist volunteers by contributing to the long-term sustainability of the Master Naturalist program.

The Master Naturalist program manages volunteer recruitment, training and retention activites, allowing community and conservation organizations to focus on their important conservation work with the quality volunteer leadership they need.

Learn more about the Benefits of Membership.

Certified Pennsylvania Master Naturalists:

• possess a strong foundation of natural history knowledge gained through a 55-hour intensive training course, covering the following topics:
• geology, ecology, regional wildlife, aquatic and upland communities, urban ecology, and development and implementation of interpretative programs.
• are committed to a minimum of 30 hours of volunteer service in the first year of participation and 20 hours of service in each subsequent year.
• are dedicated to advancing their content knowledge in natural history by pursuing advanced training.
• Volunteers must obtain 8 hours of continuing education during the initial year of participation, and 12 hours in each subsequent year.
• are already being managed and cultivated by the PA Master Naturalist program, allowing your organization to focus on your conservation work.
• The Program is responsible for volunteer recruitment and enrollment is extremely selective. Program staff work to identify individuals with a demonstrated commitment to volunteer service to become certified Master Naturalists.
• PICE handles volunteer retention efforts, through events, recognition and awards, and community-building activities among Master Naturalist volunteers and our regional partners.
• possess a certification that demonstrates a commitment to volunteer service.  Utilizing volunteers to achieve conservation goals requires a significant investment of an organization’s staff-time and resources.  Master Naturalists offer organizations a more secure return on that investment.

As a member, we will provide you with several opportunities to meet and recruit Master Naturalist volunteers to your stewardship and outreach projects and to increase your organizations visibility and outreach among this population of citizen conservationists.  These opportunities include:

Special access to a network of dedicated and trained volunteers
Member organizations will be invited to an annual Volunteer Fair and other special events where they will be able to meet and recruit regional Master Naturalist volunteers.

Direct marketing of your natural history education programs to our regional network of volunteers
Natural History education programs of member organizations will be pre-approved for advanced training credit-hours and marketed to our regional network of volunteers. MORE DETAILS

In 2012, we expect to have approximately 600 hours of advanced training needs.

Increased visibility
Member organizations will be highlighted on the PA Master Naturalist webpage with links to their webpages.

Member organization projects and events will be featured in our monthly PA Master Naturalist e-newsletter.

Receive the Pennsylvania Master Naturalist program monthly e-newsletter
The newsletter will include program updates, featured volunteers, highlight projects and member organizations, invitations to events, and more.