Find specific ongoing & upcoming volunteer opportunities below! This list includes Idaho Chapter Sierra Club specific opportunities, as well as opportunities to support partner groups in solidarity. You can also find open volunteer opportunities on our GivePulse pages for the Treasure Valley area here, and the Palouse area here.
Questions? Email idaho.chapter@sierraclub.org for help! Looking to get involved for the first time? Fill out this volunteer interest form to get connected with us!
Statewide/Remote
Volunteer Orientation — Get To Know Us & Get Plugged In!
- Opportunity: Join this volunteer orientation to learn more about our organization, get connected with specific opportunities, and meet other volunteer leaders who engage meaningfully in climate justice volunteer work in their local communities.
- In-person or remote: Remote
- Date/time: Wed, May 27 12 - 1pm MT / 11 - 12 PT
- Location: Virtual
- Sign up here
Text Outreach
- Opportunity: Help us send texts to our subscribing members and supporters for events and action opportunities! This opportunity involves spending ~10-20 min sending text messages out through the app Hustle and responding to people the following few days as they reply, giving them information about the event/action and answering questions.
- In-person or remote: Remote
- Skills needed: Comfortability sending texts, using a phone & new apps
- Training needed: Brief 1-hour training & practice with Sierra Club staff
- Time commitment: 1-2 hours/month
- Email amanda.reed@sierraclub.org to sign up for this opportunity
Outings Leader
- Opportunity: Help lead outdoor events (anything from hikes and camping trips to outdoor painting classes and caving excursions—whatever you love to do!) to get folks outside and engaged with the nature and community all around us.
- In-person or remote: Remote
- Skills needed: Love working with people, skills appropriate to the activity you’re leading (ex. Hiking, camping, etc.)
- Training needed: Sierra Club Outings Leader Training (approx 3 hours online), basic first aid/CPR training
- Time commitment: Varies depending on your capacity. Most leaders lead 1-2 Outings a year, but you're welcome to lead more if it fits with your schedule.
- Email amanda.reed@sierraclub.org to sign up for this opportunity
Ongoing: office phone & email filtering
- Opportunity: Receive emails and voice messages from our office inbox and respond to the most basic ones if you can. At the end of each week, send a basic report to Chapter staff (following a template) of all emails and voice messages.
- In-person or remote: Either
- Skills needed: Basic computer skills and ability to navigate the Idaho Sierra Club website. Knowledge of email etiquette and ability to clearly communicate in written formats.
- Training needed: 1 hour training with Sierra Club staff, then guided practice
- Time commitment: Approx. 3-4 hours/month
- Email amanda.reed@sierraclub.org to sign up for this opportunity
Treasure Valley
Ongoing: data entry & follow-up
- Opportunity: After each Sierra Club community event (approx. 2-4/month), come into our office to input sign-ups into our Sierra Club systems and send follow-up emails to all new sign-ups. This is incredibly helpful for getting new folks engaged in our work promptly!
- Location: Idaho Sierra Club office (downtown Boise)
- Skills needed: Basic computer skills.
- Training needed: 30-minute training with Sierra Club staff, then guided practice
- Time commitment: Approx. 2-3 hours/month
- Email amanda.reed@sierraclub.org to sign up for this opportunity