Authentic furniture and interpretive displays in Petaluma Adobe make it possible to visualize many aspects of life on Vallejo's sprawling rancho. There are many opportunities to volunteer in all parks. Activities are adapted to the skills and desires of volunteers and include leading tours, maintaining and improving trails, staffing museums and visitor centers, driving golf carts for visitors needing assistance, leading educational walks for students and doing office work. Benefits may include free passes to parks and free camping permits. Photo by Pat Barnes, 4th grade teacher, Healdsburg Elementary School.
Many parks offer docent-led, informative walks of historic or natural interest.
The various park districts are supported by volunteer associations which assist park management with recruitment, training and scheduling of volunteers, with raising funds for special park projects and to raise general awareness and support of the area's parks programs.