Friends of Stevens Creek Trail

The Friends of Stevens Creek Trail promotes community pride and involvement in the completion, enhancement and enjoyment of the Stevens Creek and Permanente Creek trails and wildlife corridors.

 
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Volunteer with the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail

We are always looking for Volunteers to help with our projects!

The Stevens Creek Trail would not exist and progress as it does without dedicated volunteers. Our staff and existing volunteers will work with you to match your interests, skills, and availability to our projects. Whether you want to contribute to campaigning, creative activities, networking, or bring your own ideas; the more the merrier.

As a volunteer you can practice skills, explore your interests, meet new people, and accomplish goals. Check out Volunteer Of The Year to meet some of the incredible volunteers at FoSCT.

Please contact our Executive Director to register your interest or if you have any specific questions about volunteering. When we have an active volunteer need for a specific event, we have a quick form for you use to easily register. See below form for more details about how you can get involved.

Volunteering Activities

There are a variety of opportunities available for you to use your love of the outdoors to help the Trail. Our major events are the Trailblazer Race and Stevens Creek Trail Cleanup, but scroll down and click the to find out about all our volunteering opportunities!

About the Board

The Friends' Board is volunteers only. We routinely invite a some volunteers to attend our Board meetings and aspiring Board members may also be invited to attend. Our goal is to have members from each of the cities along Stevens Creek representing the diversity of our community.

How to Join

Once there is a match between the interests of the candidates and what we are looking for, we ask for a formal application. The next stage involves meeting(s) with an interview panel.

What it Involves

A Board member generally puts in 5 to 10 hours per month for us in addition to attending the monthly Board meetings. Our Board usually has a Student Board member as well.

We're Recruiting

At this time we look to increase the diversity on our Board and also to bring on a new Student Board member.

The Friends is looking to expand our capacity and expertise in fundraising and communications. We are in the process of recruiting members who share our vision and want to help further our mission by joining one of these new committees.

The Fundraising Committee is looking for individuals with experience in:

  • Fundraising from Corporations
  • Fundraising from Individuals
  • Organizing Fundraising events
  • Applying for grants

Click here to view the Committee’s initial charter.

If you would like to be considered for a position on the fundraising committee, please click here to apply.

After completing a project to improve fish passage in Stevens Creek within Deep Cliff Golf Course, we need to do followup annual monitoring to be sure it continues to be stable and perform as designed. We need volunteers to help with this. Please check this volunteer description for more details.

Having trouble identifying a critter? Or a plant? A flower? Why not share your snaps on our Facebook page and make use of members' wisdom!

Are you a plant lover? Find a plant you like along the trail and take a photo of it, then share to let us know why you love it. Tag your post with #StevensCreekTrail or #PermanenteCreekTrail and/or copy us in @FoSCT (Twitter/Instagram) and we'll share with our followers. Check out our Bingo Card and challenge yourself to spot all 24 items!

If you're happy for us to use your photos, let us know - we're always looking for images of the trail and the flora and fauna that can be found along it.

We are also working on fish conservation in the creek - sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date!

You can join us every year to help restore the Stevens Creek Trail corridor to its full health - see Events for more details.

Check our dedicated Trailblazer Race page for more information about our biggest and best-loved annual event, and to sign up to help.

Are you always looking for ways to apply your design skills? You can apply your talents to our ongoing design projects including logos, videos, websites, event materials and more.

Trails aren’t just for hiking! We are always looking to support diverse use of the trail and if you’re a keen cycling enthusiast we’d love to hear from you. We are also seeking corporate sponsorship to support bike to work schemes.

Can you help bring new visitors to the trail? Maybe you enjoy other trails and would like to let people know about them? Hop on social media and remember to tag FoSCT and other trails, so that we can share your experiences and people can find out more!

Feel strongly about preserving and enjoying our outdoor spaces? So do we. You can help us ensure that the funding we need is available and that local government is aware of the benefits of trails and remains committed to funding upgrade projects. Joining our campaign activities can be as simple as sending an email but there are other ways you can get involved - sign up to learn more.

If you and your friends take little ones out into nature we have some activities that we’d love to share, and we’re always open to ideas. Learn about plants and animals by participating in scavenger hunt games - and if you want to help with family-friendly resources, let us know.