Volunteer Opportunities for the 2023 Camping Season

This job requires the daily operation of the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center, which is open 7 days a week from the first weekend in May to Labor Day. Volunteers are required to open and close the visitor center, answer visitor questions, provide any assistance, answer phone calls, keep an accurate record of visitation, perform clerical duties, sell bookstore and gift shop items, maintain a clean work area, restock brochures and literature, ensure restrooms are tidy, clean windows and sweep sidewalk as needed, assist with the set-up and take down of the auditorium, and update outside information board. This work schedule will be split up between three volunteer positions. Each volunteer position can be a single person or a couple who is volunteering together. A predetermined full hook-up campsite is provided in exchange for 20 hours/week of volunteer work. To reach enough weekly hours, volunteers can pick up litter in the campground at which they are staying in.

This job requires the maintenance and operation of a riding lawn mower with zero turning radius and front mounted mowing deck and a gasoline powered line trimmer (weed eater). This equipment will be used to mow and trim approximately 19 - 23 acres in the associated campground. This work should be completed weekly by noon on Friday to avoid high traffic and noise in the campground during the stay of our visitors. Opossum Creek Campground and Lone Point Campground have one volunteer position that is responsible for all the mowing and trimming. Coon Creek Campground and Forrest W. Bo Wood Campground have three volunteer positions who are responsible for all the mowing and trimming. Volunteer mowers having a few extra duties that include litter pick up and fire pit cleaning on an as needed basis. Each volunteer position can be a single person or a couple who is volunteering together. A predetermined full hook-up campsite is provided in exchange for 20 hours/week of volunteer work.

This job requires the weekly operation of the Lake Shelbyville Dam West Recreation Area Fee Booth, which is open 3-4 days a week from the first weekend in May to the weekend after labor day. Volunteers are required to open and close the fee booth, answer visitor questions, provide any assistance, stop visitors as they enter and remind them of the rules of the beach and lake, and keep an accurate record of visitation. We expect this volunteer/couple to be helpful, polite, and welcoming to our visitors. This work schedule is very flexible, but Friday - Sunday is required. No fees will be collected at this booth due to the installment of new few machines at the boat ramp and beach. A predetermined full hook-up campsite is provided in exchange for 20 hours/week of volunteer work. To reach enough weekly hours, volunteers can pick up litter in the campground at which they are staying in. 

This job requires the cleaning of flush comfort stations, comfort stations with showers, and shower/laundry building. This work is to be accomplished daily. The daily cleaning responsibility is split among two volunteer positions in Coon Creek Campground and Lithia Springs Campground with a five day on/five day off schedule. The daily cleaning schedule is the responsibility of one volunteer position in Lone Point Campground and Opossum Creek Campground. Volunteer cleaners having a few extra duties that include litter pick up and fire pit cleaning on an as needed basis. Each volunteer position can be a single person or a couple who is volunteering together. A predetermined full hook-up campsite is provided in exchange for 20 hours/week of volunteer work.