Volunteer at the Lloyd Center

A note of thanks to the volunteers who have helped the Lloyd Center and an invitation to any of you who will offer a bit of your time to “give us a hand” in low maintenance projects to enhance the Lloyd Center.

Much of our success at the Center can be attributed to our volunteers who so cheerfully and generously give us their time and energy.  Certainly, the Lloyd Center’s biggest fund-raiser, the Clambake (“Simply, the best!”) couldn’t take place if not for our wonderful and dedicated volunteers! 

Volunteering can be engaging and rewarding, and here at the Center we offer a number of volunteer opportunities, ranging from greeting visitors to event planning to trail work, and can be a one-time occasion or a weekly or monthly commitment.

For more information on how you can help, please contact the Lloyd Center at 508-990-0505.  You may also sign-up to volunteer online by emailing us at volunteers@lloydcenter.org or by mailing a hard copy of the this form (PDF) to:

Volunteer Coordinator
Lloyd Center for the Environment
430 Potomska Road 
Dartmouth, MA 02748

Spend warm, sunny days on the beach of your choice, helping protect the endangered piping plover, a shorebird that nests each year on the State beaches of Horseneck, Gooseberry, Demarest Lloyd, and West Island. These beaches experience high levels of human visitation and recreation, such that disturbance to adult birds on eggs and harm to young hatchlings can occur.

A strong volunteer presence from May to August (especially from June onward, including the Memorial Day and 4th of July holidays) minimizes potential conflicts caused by human use of the beach. Tasks may include maintaining  fenced refuges, educating the public, helping enforce boundaries, and completing field-forms that document events and numbers of birds present during one's “shift”.

If interested, please email Jamie Bogart, Research Associate, at jbogart@lloydcenter.org, or call 508-990-0505 ext.23.