cityWILD is always looking for volunteers! It's a great opportunity to work with kids and have some fun in the outdoors.
Volunteers are an important part of our program, and help out with everything from rock climbing instruction to afterschool activities, from camping to web site development, from skiing to marketing.
For more information:
Volunteer Descriptions
Volunteer Application
Meet our Volunteers:
Individuals that volunteer on a regular basis for cityWILD are listed below. Episodic and volunteer groups are not listed.
Lee Mebel
Lee joins our team as a volunteer climbing instructor. He instructs mountaineering with the Colorado Mountain Club and is an avid adventure racer. When not on the mountain he works in human resources for RE/MAX International. Originally from the east coast, Lee has made the front range his home for the last four years. Outside of work and volunteering that's where you'll find him. Lee holds a business and geography degree from the University of Mary Washington.
Jamal Bacchus
Jam is originally from Queens, NY and has been living in Denver since 1997. Some of his hobbies include working out, snowboarding and hiking. Jam really enjoys the mountains and his new found love of snowboarding. Affectionately known at Vin Diesel by the kids, Jam appreciates the opportunity cityWILD provides to urban youth to participate in outdoor activities as it has changed his own life immensely.
Chessa Hallman
Chessa has transitioned from an AmeriCoprs VISTA to a regular cityWILD volunteer. She is affectively known as Momma Chess. Chessa has over 20 years of work experience with youth, family and community. With a background in Dance and the performing arts, she started her work in the non-profit sector in the arts arena providing assistance on fundraising and resource development for local Denver dance companies such as Cleo Parker Robinson and Colorado Contemporary Dance and continued with volunteer recruitment and Artist -in –Residence Program funding for schools and special events. As an educator and substitute, Chessa worked in the Cole-Whittier community teaching at Cole Middle School and Wyatt Edison, and other schools in the northeast Denver neighborhoods. Extending her work with youth and family programming, Chessa has worked at area Denver Parks and Recreation Centers over the past 15 years serving on numerous committees and community groups. Chessa continues to stay involved with schools and community with her 3 children who all attend Denver Public Schools. Sharing a belief that a healthy mind and body is a happy one, Chessa is a Pilates and fitness enthusiast, and has ongoing love for the outdoors and the environment.
Ann-Marie Doerhoff
Ann-Marie grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri. In eighth grade, a week long trail hike in Colorado with her church youth group greatly impacted her life and she wants to pass that experience on to the next generation. cityWILD is the perfect opportunity to help children improve their life skills, improve their classroom performance, learn about the environment, and learn the joys of the outdoors. She believes people can accomplish almost any thing with the proper guidance and someone telling them they can. She went to school at the University of Missouri at Rolla where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. She served in the United States Air Force from 1999 to 2007. During her Air Force Career she was stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base; Kunsan Air Base, Korea; and Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Her hobbies include reading, running, skiing, hiking, cooking, and seeing musicals. She has been married for ten years to her best friend Richard.
Belen Colin
Belen is a great example of what the outdoors can do for children. Once a self conscious, low self esteem 7th grader, today Belen is an active member of her community and she loves working with kids so that they too can grow up to be strong leaders in their communities. Belen learned of cityWILD through the Inner City Outings Program at the Sierra Club, she is happy that cityWILD offers her a chance as a volunteer to help students find the confidence to lead others. Belen has gone backpacking in New Mexico and Colorado. She loves rafting in the summer and has rafted in CO, UT, and ID. She knows how to ski and snowboard and is always very eager to teach kids how to do either. Belen currently attends school in hopes of gaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering someday. She is a native Spanish speaker.
