Volunteer
We need your help!
SummerFest Volunteers 2022
Volunteers are essential to CSHH. We welcome short and longer-term volunteers for a wide variety of roles. Please call 516-801-6792 or email info@thecshh.org for more information. Volunteer opportunities include:
•Attending and reporting on local meetings
• Beach cleanups
• Data entry
• Event planning
• Fishing & wildlife reports
• Grant writing
• Fundraising
• Photography
• Tech support
• Water-quality and environmental observations
Help Monitor Horseshoe Crabs
In the early summer season, particularly during the evenings of new and full moon high tides, horseshoe crabs gather at the shoreline to mate and lay eggs. It is important to monitor their presence and activity since there has been a steady decline in populations in the Long Island Sound. This data will provide insight into the status of their populations and help us better understand how to maintain their presence in our local waters.
Photo: Joanna Greenspon
Volunteer with our Community Oyster Gardening program!
CSHH launched its first season of community oyster gardening in 2022, inviting volunteers to directly participate in restoring their local waters by raising oysters in cages across three locations. The addition of a fourth site at the North Hempstead Beach Park in 2023 made this a harbor-wide program. At several locations around Hempstead Harbor, volunteers meet biweekly from July through September to clean the cages and track the oysters’ growth, learning about the benefits of a healthy shellfish population and engaging with their environment through hands-on community conservation work.
If you’re interested, recruitment for volunteers begins in April, with training starting in June. Read more about the program on our Habitat Restoration page.
