You Can Make A Difference

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Friends of the Water Trails runs heavily on volunteer effort. We depend on dedicated volunteers like you to provide passion, skills, and knowledge that when leveraged together allows us to move our mission forward and make a significant impact. 

The Governance Committee supports the smooth functioning of the board of directors in accordance with the bylaws and requirements of Friends of the Water Trails 501(c)(3) status. This committee also ensures the board operates ethically and always in the best interest of the organization. 

The Grants and Sponsorship Committee works with our staff to identify potential funders and strategize, write, and submit requests for organizational capacity grants, special project grants and potential sponsorship opportunities that allow us to diversify our income sources and tackle new projects. Candidates with enthusiasm, new ideas, and a talent for telling compelling stories preferred. Contacts and experience in fundraising are a plus, but not essential. .

The Strategic Planning Committee looks at the organization as a whole and considers longterm development. The committee considers what Friends of the Water Trails was set up to do, where Friends of the Water Trails is now, determines where we want to get to, and maps out how to get there. 

The Water Trails Lawyers team works together to provide legal assistance to the organization, assist chapters with their various legal questions, such as renting equipment or facilities and dealing with contractors and other vendors and also offer advice to chapters and members regarding local ordinances. (Water Trails Lawyers cannot represent members charged with ordinance violations.)  

The Friends of the Water Trails Journal is always looking for quality content. You don’t have to be a professional writer and you don’t have to be a professional to have your work published in the Journal. We’re open to submissions from anyone who has something interesting to say on topics that relate to our mission and are of interest to our readers. All we ask is that you submit original material with no copyright restrictions, and that you present your material in a format we can use. 

The Friends of the Water Trails History/Archives Committee is always looking for quality content. You don’t have to be a professional historian, we’re open to submissions from anyone who has something interesting to contribute on topics that relate to our mission and are of interest to our readers. All we ask is that you submit original material with no copyright restrictions, and that you present your material in a format we can use.