Sign-Up: 2009 VoiCeS Courses 

VoiCeS (Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards), CBF's adult education volunteer training program, is gearing up for 2009.

VoiCeS, which began in 2004, creates a deeper understanding of the Bay and the efforts to restore it. This professionally-taught, two-part program, meets each week (for eight weeks) and includes field trips and participant-led community projects. You'll learn about the Bay’s biology, the issues we face, and how you and your community can help its restoration.

“VoiCeS not only connects participants with the Bay, but it also gives members a greater understanding of their own watersheds,” said Margaret Enloe, grassroots coordinator for CBF’s Heart of the Chesapeake Project in Salisbury. The program is divided into two parts: An eight-week course of study, with one 3-hour class each week, and a service requirement of 40 hours over the next nine months on a Bay-related project or projects. At least one Bay field trip is included in the program. Successful graduates receive CBF’s designation as Chesapeake Stewards.  Download the VoiCeS brochure (PDF) here to learn more.

Registration is free (there is a small materials fee), and CBF asks participants to complete both the course work and the volunteer requirement.

Click here for the Maryland VoiCeS application (1page, PDF)

Click here for the Virginia VoiCeS application (1page, PDF)

Course Schedule and Contact Information:

Courses start in late January and go until mid-March on the Western and Eastern Shores. For more information, contact Marcy Damon, Grassroots Restoration Coordinator at MDrestoration@cbf.org or 443/482.2156 in Maryland. In Virginia contact Chris Moore, Science Advocate, at cmoore@cbf.org or 757/622.1964.