Category: Volunteers

Chapter Volunteer Activity

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Thank you, Landfill Pollinator Garden Volunteers

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Williamson County Pollinator Garden

— by Marilyn Perz
The Pollinator Garden workday was well attended last Saturday by nine volunteers from the Good Water Master Naturalist Chapter, Tonkawa NPSOT Chapter and our Williamson County NPSOT Chapter.  Thank you to all of YOU!

Williamson County Pollinator Garden

The weather was great for working out there and we were not even blown away by the strong Prairie winds that can whip through there at times. A pile of weeds and brush was generated, and we all felt a sense of accomplishment as that pile grew.  As with most gardens, the work is never really done.

Williamson County Pollinator Garden

Even though we do not plan to have another official workday there, you are always welcome to continue with the cleanup on your own.  A bit of a perk will come in 2-3 weeks when the berm will become “Bluebonnet Hill” and maybe while you take your yearly Bluebonnet picture, grab a few weeds too!

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Board Opening for NLCP-Wilco Coordinator

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— by Randy Pensabene

We are looking for someone special who enjoys organizing events and would like to support our Native Landscaping Certification Program (NLCP) classes. It is a great way to help our chapter promote native plants with the public.

NLCP needs a lead person to work with the instructors and coordinate our landscaping classes. Below is a summary of the NLCP-Wilco Coordinator’s duties. You are not required to attend the classes but you may audit any or all of them for free!

  • Acts as the contact point for NLCP-Williamson County classes
  • Obtains assistance and delegates duties where appropriate
  • Schedules classroom for spring and fall classes
  • Schedules instructors, walk leaders & classroom assistants
  • Coordinates plant sample collection
  • Arranges for copies of class materials
  • Provides name badges
  • Mails class documentation to state NLCP Coordinator after each class
  • Fills out class Expense Report and provides to the treasurer for reimbursements

If this is a good fit for your skill set, please contact Gary Bowers or Randy Pensabene (or let us know by email to [email protected]).

  • – Randy Pensabene, President, NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter
  • – Gary Bowers, NLCP-Wilco Coordinator, Past-President, NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter

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Speakers Bureau needs YOU

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— by Kathy Henderson
Part of our chapter’s stated mission is to educate our community about our wonderful Texas native plants.   One of the best ways we have of accomplishing this is through our Speakers Bureau.

In an effort to expand our offerings and to enable more members to participate we are enlarging our committee and invite you to volunteer with us if you have computer skills you would love to share and/or writing skills for providing text for new PowerPoint programs.

After our meeting last week a few people did just that and we are excited about that.  We are hoping for more such volunteers, so please give a call to Kathy Henderson at 512 868 1183  or send an email to [email protected].

We are also looking for folks who will take one of our PowerPoints to other groups and present the information.   When we get our library developed we will have a nice variety of topics from which to choose. (Another way you can be involved with our effort to educate the community is to suggest one of our programs to other groups you belong to or know about.)

We already have a few presentations ready to go.  The more hands we have working on this, the more our chapter has to offer and the more fun all of us will have.   Please join us!

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