They help at recreation centers and playgrounds with the instruction of children and adult programs like arts and crafts, ceramics, aerobics, tumbling, and Gymnastics, and they coach basketball, flag football, softball, drill and cheerleading teams. They are in the office typing, filing, working on the computer, registering patrons, and checking out equipment. They assist with day camps, egg hunts, Halloween carnivals, and Celebrate the Family special events. They also help with the Learn to Swim Program at the permanent or portable pools. Volunteers are outside and inside cleaning up the facility and maintaining the park.
Volunteers adopt parks, making sure they are cleaned and maintained regularly.
They are Golf Marshals at the Torrey Pines and Balboa Municipal Golf Courses. Volunteers assist Park Rangers in passing out information concerning Mission Bay Park or in conducting tours. Volunteers assist Park Rangers as trail crews, habitat restorers, tour guides, and members of the Volunteer Patrol on bikes, horses or foot at the Mission Trails Regional Park, or Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, and Tri-Canyon Parks. For information about other volunteer opportunities, please visit the City of San Diego's Volunteer Program .