Volunteer with the New Brunswick Community Land Trust
The Professional Pillars
- Treasurer / Bookkeeper: “Help us maintain the integrity of our trust. We are looking for someone comfortable with non-profit accounting to keep our ‘ledger of the land’ accurate and transparent.”
- Charitable Gift Administrator: “Are you detail-oriented? Help us process donations and issue charitable tax receipts, ensuring our supporters are recognized for their generosity.”
- Fundraising Strategist: “We have the vision; help us find the seeds. We need a creative fundraiser to help us secure grants and individual donations to move more land into community trust.”
The Governance Team
- Board of Directors: “We are looking for strategic thinkers to guide the FFCNB. Whether your background is in law, agriculture, or community organizing, help us steer the trust into its next 30 years.”
- Francophone Community Liaisons: “Il est essentiel que la FFCNB reflète le bilinguisme de notre province. Nous cherchons des voix acadiennes et francophones pour assurer que notre ‘patchwork’ de jardins s’étende à toutes les communautés du Nouveau-Brunswick.”
The Wisdom & Grounding
- Community Elders / Mentors: “Experience is our greatest fertilizer. We invite elders with a history in farming, forestry, or community building to serve as advisors, ensuring our ‘modern pivot’ remains rooted in local wisdom.”
- Soil & Land Evaluators: “Folks who can walk a piece of land and help us understand its health and potential for micro-farming.”
- Storytellers/Photographers: “Help us document the growth of our garden communities. We need people to capture the ‘before and after’ of the lands we protect.”
- Legacy Ambassadors: “People who are comfortable talking to older landowners about the benefits of donating land or easements to a trust.”
“It takes a village to tend the land.”
The NBCLT (FFCNB) is more than just a land-holding organization; we are a community-led movement. From the technical precision of bookkeeping to the ancestral wisdom of our elders, every volunteer role is a vital part of our mission to keep New Brunswick’s soil productive and community-owned.