Seasonal & Holidays

Volunteers Needed For Desoween Haunted Trail

Volunteers are need for actors, make-up, traffic, crowd control and more for De Soto National Memorial's 8th annual haunted trail.

Did you ever want to be part of a haunted house, trail, or one of those scary events at one of those large theme parks? Do you have a knack of scaring people but no place to do it? Are you looking for an opportunity to have fun and give back to the community? Well, do we have an opportunity for you!

Desoween —De Soto National Memorial will be holding its eighth haunted trail on Saturday October 29th from7:30-10:00pm, and we need you to help make it spookier than ever. We need volunteers for actors, make-up, traffic, crowd control and work behind the scenes of one of the largest haunted trails in Manatee County. We need all ages to portray Florida’s most ghastly ghosts and nefarious villains. We need you!

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Unique Opportunities — Sign up and start your own odyssey into America’s National Park experience. By volunteering for this and other park events you not only give to the National Parks, but you create your own unique connections with your public lands. All work is counted as volunteer and community service and looks great on college resumes, and applications. Teens in Middle and High School qualify to join the parks Youth Advisory Council, which gives them a voice in shaping the parks future, and earn valuable service. All volunteers under 18 need their parent’s permission, and any under the age of 14 need their parents with them. This event moves 1,500 people through the park in two and a half hours so you will get a lot of exposure.

Sign up Today — DESOWEEN VIII needs people like you to be great so call us at 941-792-0458 or emailDaniel_stephens@nps.gov or Marielle_lumang@nps.gov . Also visit us on our Facebook page by searching forDe Soto National Memorial. Hurry up we are waiting to hear from you!

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