Volunteer Opportunities

As a Master Gardener, volunteer and education hours are critical to your continued certification. MGGD keeps in sync with the current MSU guidelines. Starting with this past year (2005), the Master Gardener year runs from January 1 to December 31. The re-certification requirements for each year will continue to be 15 volunteer hours and 5 education hours. 

MGGD keeps an ongoing list of volunteer opportunities to help you maintain your certification. MGGD does not manage the individual projects, rather it provides the information to you for your action. The list below is only a partial list of projects going on within Wayne County. The MGGD and/or MSU Extension emailings provide a much more comprehensive and up-to-date availability of volunteer opportunities.

MGGD Volunteer Schedule - in .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Reporting Your Hours

For the 2005 MG year, hours must be completed between January 1 and December 31 of 2005 and received by the Extension office by January 15, 2006.  The MSU Master Gardener website has an online reporting tool with a complete "how to" guide - please link to this site at the address below to enter your hours:

MG Volunteer Record Keeping System
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/mastergardener/

There is also a form that can be printed and mailed in if you do not yet have a userid for the above system:

Wayne County MG Volunteer Hours submission form in .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Wayne County MG Volunteer Hours submission form in .xls format (Microsoft Excel)

Education Hours

Don’t forget that your education hours can be met by attending an MGGD meeting. The speakers at these meetings are very informative and provide insight to different aspects of gardening that help further your knowledge and education.