(WNY News Now) – Mark your calendar for a meaningful morning of community, conservation, and connection with nature at the Audubon Community Nature Center’s Earth Day Volunteer Event on Saturday, April 19.
Jamestown, N.Y. – First held in 1970 to demonstrate support for environmental protection, April 22nd’s Earth Day now includes a wide range of events that involves a billion people in more than 193 countries.
You are invited to celebrate Earth Day 2025 locally by joining Audubon Community Nature Center staff and other volunteers Saturday morning, April 19, to work on projects to maintain and improve the Nature Center building and grounds.
This family-friendly event has something for all ages and abilities.
After registering between 9 and 9:15 a.m, you can select your group to take on different projects, like sprucing up the gardens, cleaning, grounds work, and more.
Work parties tackle their jobs between 9:30 a.m. and noon. After all your labor, you can stick around and celebrate your accomplishments with lunch.
Participants are encouraged to wear clothes that can get dirty, dress for the weather – the event happens rain or shine – and bring work gloves if you have them.
Walk-ins are welcome, but registration ahead of time helps with the planning: Call (716) 569-2345 during business hours or go to AudubonCNC.org/events. The program is free, but you will need to click through check-out to complete your registration.
If there are other volunteer projects you would like to tackle – like caring for Audubon’s many animals, teaming with the education staff, helping with clerical tasks, gardening or lending a hand at events – you can contact Volunteer Coordinator Sharon Tefft at (716) 569-2345 or STefft@AudubonCNC.org.
Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, N.Y., and Warren, Pa. You can visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, and hike over five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.
The three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays, a collection of live animals including the Hellbender exhibit, the 2024 Nature Photography Contest winners, and the Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 – 4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for non-Nature Center members.
To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org. Check out AudubonCNC.org/about for a quick fly-by visit. Monday, June 30 is the deadline for submitting or voting on entries in the 2025 Nature Photography Contest at GoGoPhotoContest.com/ACNCPhotoContest2025.
Audubon Community Nature Center builds and nurtures connections between people and nature by providing positive outdoor experiences, opportunities to learn about and understand the natural world, and knowledge to act in environmentally responsible ways.
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