Get Involved

Join us on the Second Saturday of each month for trail work days or adopt an SLP.

Volunteer

On the second Saturday morning of each month (weather dependent), we gather to walk the talk of supporting our SLP‘s.

Our projects, details of which which we announce via email during the week prior, run the gamut from weeding and vegetation removal to augmenting stair tread base rock, fixing railings, improving drainage, or adding DG to a path. No experience necessary — all are welcomed. We work on SLPs all over town, and sometimes we even help out our neighbors in Almonte, Homestead and Tam Valley to improve their public pathways.  

We use email to correspond with our supporters, volunteers and adopters. There are multiple ways to join our efforts: You can adopt an SLP, volunteer for one of our monthly second-Saturday SLP cleanups, or you can simply stay up-to-date on what we are doing by adding your name to our carefully protected email list.

The Friends of Mill Valley’s Steps, Lanes and Paths’ “Adopt-an-SLP” program is designed to engage the community in helping maintain and care for the many unique staircases, neighborhood lanes and natural pathways that make up the City’s much-loved SLPs.

This program is open to all – individuals, neighborhood groups, businesses, hiking and running clubs, Scouts, schools, church groups – you name it. If you have an interest if helping the cause, you are welcomed!

Adopt an SLP

  • Adopters have a simple responsibility – keep their adopted SLP swept, raked, weeded, pruned, or otherwise well cared for. No major maintenance is expected.

    No money is required. No construction needed. No special skills are needed.

    Adopting simply means visiting your adopted SLP once a month or so and doing any light cleanup needed. Should you find a problem requiring additional help (broken railing, missing stair tread, storm erosion, downed tree...) you simply Contact Us and we will take care of it for you. Should you want help with a major cleanup effort, the Friends will strive to provide volunteers to assist you.

  • Simple! Find a staircase, lane or path you are interested in adopting and send the description of it (SLP number if known, location if not) to us at contact@mvslpfriends.org and we will do the rest. We will ensure that it has not already been adopted by someone else, contact you to make sure we have the information we need (name, full contact info, etc.) and that you have all of your questions answered, and then voila! you are good to go.

    Thank you for your support!