Volunteer Opportunities

Help your community shine by joining our volunteer programs! Whether you're interested in one-time events or ongoing roles, there's something for everyone.

How to Get Started

Apply: Complete our Volunteer Application Form or call 218.299.5078.
Orientation: Review the info sheet, sign your agreement, and get basic tools provided by the Parks & Recreation team.
Feedback: After volunteering, share your experience via our quick Evaluation Form.

Citywide Beautification Opportunities

Parks, river stretches, streets, ponds and flowerbeds.
The City Beautification comprehensive plan helps keep Moorhead clean and beautiful by recruiting community volunteers to adopt areas throughout the city.

Volunteers can participate in the beautification program in one or two ways. Adopt an area for the season, or if time does not allow this, organize a one-time group to serve large or small as families or as individuals. There are always clean-up needs in the city, so we can customize your volunteer experience to what best fits your schedule. If you are interested, please contact the Moorhead Parks and Recreation office at 218.299.5078 for more information.

See the maps below for areas in need of adoption, and please consider adopting your favorite park, stretch of the river trails, a downtown flowerbed, or one of our streets!

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped with the beautification program!

Adopt with Us!

Adopt-the-Red

Volunteer once a month May-October to pick up litter along river corridors.

Adopt-A-Flowerbed

Volunteer at the end of May and throughout the summer/fall by planting flowers and maintaining the area in downtown Moorhead.

Adopt-A-Flowerbed Agreement

Adopt-a-Park

Volunteer biweekly April-October to help maintain our parks through litter pickup and raking leaves.

Adopt-a-Street

Volunteer once a month from April-October to pick up litter along streets. Priority areas have been identified on the Adopt-a-Street Map.

Adopt-a-Pond

Volunteer once in the spring and once in the fall to clean up the shores of stormwater ponds. Call Andrea Crabtree Nayes, Wastewater Utilities Engineer, at 218.299.5387 for more information on how to adopt a pond.

Adopt-A-Pond Maps

Adopt-a-Flowerbed Partners & Bed Numbers (2025)

Bed #	Partner
01, 02	Kathy and Tracy Christianson
03, 04	Ostby & Associates Inc
05	The Title Team
06	First Presbyterian Church of Moorhead
07	Essentia Health Med-Surg
08	Clay County Master Gardeners and Girl Scout Troop 31028
09, 10, 11, 12	Private partner
13, 14, 15	Clay Soil & Water Conservation District
16	Clay County Master Gardeners
17	Available for Adoption. 218-299-5446
18	RDO Equipment Co.
19	MSUM Admissions Team
20	Available for Adoption. 218-299-5446
21, 22, 23, 24	Moorhead Vikingland Kiwanis Club

Recreation Programs

Volunteer Position	Duties
Youth Baseball Coaches	Adult coaches are needed to teach the basic fundamentals of baseball to youth ages 5 through 4th grade. Application Form
Flag Football Coaches	Adult coaches are needed to teach fundamental of flag football to youth in kindergarten through sixth grade. Application Form
Skate Camp Instructors	Instructors are needed to assist camp and club leaders and coach participants on skateboarding basics, manage students, set up stations and provide general instruction. Application Form
Special Event Volunteers	Volunteers are needed to assist with tasks like hands-on kids activities, monitoring games, event registrations, serving refreshments, cleaning tables and event setup and teardown. Volunteers are needed for Frostival events, Celtic Festival, RiverArts, Greater Moorhead Days and more! Application Form
Adaptive Soccer Coaches	Coaches help teach basic soccer skills and teamwork to children with special needs. Experience working with special needs is a plus, but not required. Soccer is one hour each Wednesday evening in June and July. Application Form
FM Challengers Baseball Coaches	Coaches help teach basic baseball skills and teamwork to children with special needs. Experience working with special needs is a plus, but not required. FM Challengers is Monday and Tuesday evenings in June and July. Application Form
Splash Pad Attendant	Have fun in the sun by volunteering at our new splash pad. Welcome families, encourage safe play, share guidelines, and help maintain a clean facility. Application Form

Volunteers help make our programs a success! Groups and individual volunteers are greatly appreciated for their hard work and gift of time and talent in helping to make Moorhead a great place.

Apply to be a Volunteer Coach