Volunteer of the Month: Tracey Taylor

By: Mal Atkinson, Resource Coordinator

Durham Parks and Recreation has been extremely fortunate to have Tracey Taylor as one of our amazing volunteers. Tracey is a Durham native and grew up playing sports both in school and with DPR. Her parents insisted that she keep her grades up to participate in sports and she claims this incentive helped motivate her to “make it” through school. She is grateful for the sports programs offered in her youth and she said, “It feels good to give back to DPR”.

For the past year, Tracey has been a driving force behind DPR’s pickleball tournaments and ladders. Tracey has worked tirelessly in helping promote pickleball within the Durham community. Not only does Tracey commit her time to volunteering with DPR’s pickleball program, she is an invaluable resource in helping recruit other volunteers to assist with our tournaments and ladders.

She brings her dynamic personality and “can do” attitude to every event and has accumulated an extensive number of hours, planning, promoting and working these events on behalf of DPR.

In addition to being an outstanding volunteer, Tracey is on staff at the Duke Endovascular Surgery Department. She has recently been selected as one of Durham Ambassadors. She is a loving wife, mother, a huge fan of coffee, and considered “mom” to many in the Durham pickleball community.

Thank you, Tracey for Playing More with DPR!

Our programs are ramping up in the coming months and we have plenty of ways you can volunteer with DPR! Whether you help at one of our special events or adopt one of our trails or parks to regularly clean, we have plenty of ways to get involved. 

If you are interested in volunteering with DPR or would like additional information regarding the volunteer opportunities available, please visit our website, email Mal Atkinson at DPRvolunteers@durhamnc.gov or call 919-560-4355.