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Junior Board Application Form

Freshwater Land Trust’s Junior Board supports the work and mission of Freshwater Land Trust (FLT) which is to conserve and care for environmentally significant land throughout Central Alabama, and to connect the Red Rock Trail System® throughout Jefferson County. FLT has protected 12,500 acres of land in 14 counties, and grown the Red Rock Trail System to include 175 miles of trails, parks, and bike lanes.

Junior Board members support FLT's work through service, fundraising, and outreach. Members can be between the ages of 21-40 and can serve as members for up to five years. This application is for the 2027 term.

Name

Date of birth

Preferred email address

Secondary email address (optional)

Cell phone

Work phone (optional)

Place of work

Work title

What is your connection to FLT?

Personal (direct: you know a staff member, another Junior Board member, Board of Directors, or Committee member, or you work for an organization FLT has partnered with, etc.)

Indirect: follower/ subscriber/ supporter

If "personal", please specify

Why do you want to serve on FLT's Junior Board?

What particular skills, interests, and/or leadership experience would you bring to the Junior Board?

Are you interested in helping to plan the Junior Board's fundraising event(s) or service/ social opportunities? Please select either "Fundraising and Development" or "Service and Outreach" if this is of interest. (optional)

Resume: Please upload

Headshot: Please upload

Requirements

Prospective Junior Board members must commit to several conditions of participation in order to be accepted to FLT's Junior Board, and to be considered for membership renewal. Please read each of the following requirements and sign to confirm your acceptance of these terms, should your application be accepted. Note that members who are unable to fulfill these requirements within the year may be ineligible for membership renewal.

Read and check, then sign below

Participate in quarterly Junior Board meetings. These are typically held at 5:30 P.M. on a midweek evening. Dates are determined by the Executive Committee and are announced at the Junior Board Orientation in January/ February.

Complete a minimum of three hours of service work during the year. These hours can be obtained by attending an FLT-hosted or co-hosted service event, serving as a Trail Steward in FLT's Adopt-A-Trail program, or through other opportunities as determined by the Service and Outreach Chair and FLT staff.

Make documented efforts* toward fundraising for an FLT event and/ or the Junior Board's 2027 fundraiser. This includes making sponsorship asks to companies/ businesses in your network and selling tickets (when applicable)

*"documented efforts": reporting asks made/ donations secured to the Fundraising and Development Chair

Submit $125 membership dues by February 29, 2027.

Share content about FLT's work and events to your social network.

Subscribe to FLT's monthly e-newsletter, found at https://freshwaterlandtrust.org/news/newsletters/

Sign below to accept the terms listed above

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