Volunteer opportunities in Baltimore

Meet new people, explore your city, and lend a helping hand to solve local issues as a Blue Water Baltimore volunteer!

Year-round, one-time, and group volunteer opportunities in Baltimore are available to make a difference.

You can help plant and prune trees, clean up trash from our streets and streams, lend a hand at our Herring Run Nursery, or even help out staff at our main office!

Opportunities to Volunteer in Baltimore

Individual Volunteer

View our events calendar to explore upcoming volunteer days and register:

You can help plant and prune trees, clean up trash from our streets and streams, lend a hand at our Herring Run Nursery, or even help out staff at our main office!

  • Plant & prune trees
  • Clean up trash from streams
  • Help out at Herring Run Nursery
  • Advocate for better laws

Group Opportunities

We’d love to work with your school, business, faith group, or neighborhood! Custom opportunities begin at $500 and include:

  • Advocacy writing parties
  • Planting trees & landscaping
  • Stream clean-ups
  • Community education


To explore options, please email Leanna Frick: lfrick@bluewaterbaltimore.org

If your community group, congregation, or student organization is interested in joining an existing event together, please email Amanda Henriquez, volunteer@bluewaterbaltimore.org. While there is no minimum donation required to volunteer, we offer priority scheduling to our sponsor partners who can help fund projects. Group volunteering requests to exceed available opportunities in the spring and fall.

Blue Water Baltimore is committed to accessibility. We encourage all people to participate in our programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation to fully serve as a Blue Water Baltimore volunteer, please contact us at volunteer [at] bluewaterbaltimore.org or call (410) 254-1577 x121.