Winters Heritage House Museum is always seeking dedicated individuals to volunteer their time and help at the museum. Almost all of our work is 100% volunteer based and we could certainly use your help in any of the tasks listed below. Please review this Volunteer Information pamphlet for more information.
Click here for the Volunteer Interest Form.
Information Desk/Office Support Volunteer
- Greet visitors with welcoming attitude
- Provide customer service
- Field telephone calls and understand basic telephone system functions
- Record and track program registrations
- Maintain paper filing system
- Proofread various types of documents
- Enter data into PastPerfect database
- Type documents using Microsoft Word
- Demonstrate basic computer skills
- Photocopy letters, brochures and other documents
- Undertake light-duty housekeeping in preparation for events
- Sort mail for staff and Treasurer
- Demonstrate basic mathematical skills
- Maintain list of office and/or household supplies
Membership Volunteer
- Assist with annual member solicitation mailing
- Update membership records
- Photocopy letters or forms
- Assist with mass mailings
- Enter membership data into computer system
- Prepare and mail membership cards
- Track member benefits and coordinate with program registrations
Tour Volunteer
- Document and handle group tour requests
- Coordinate docent assignments
- Mail confirmation letter, brochures etc.
- Confirm arrangements via follow-up telephone calls
- Distribute tour evaluation forms to participants
- Provide or assign photographic documentation of tours
Public Relations Volunteer
- Coordinate mass or bulk mailings
- Newsletters 2x – 3x a year
- Weekly Press Releases
- Maintain record of publicity
- Design event signs and flyers
- Disseminate promotional flyers within community
Library Volunteer
- Assist patrons with research efforts
- Learn types of resources available and locate information for visitors
- Maintain various filing systems
- Demonstrate basic computer skills
- Enter data into electronic databases
- Assist patrons with Internet resources
- Archive text and images
- Catalogue items in collections
- Integrate library resources into program development
Docent/Tour Guide
- Enthusiastically embrace the role of interpretive tour guide
- Adorn period costume to bring a sense of historical accuracy to programs
- Encourage and welcome interaction from adults and children
- Read and or research compiled historical documentation
- Participate in group tours, annual Bev Ulrich Mural and Architectural Walking Tour for third graders, mural tours, and other heritage events or community outreach
- Offer to participate periodically in practice tours
- Express willingness to train new docents
Interpretive Activity Committee Volunteer
- Pull from MAP I Inventory Sheets
Hearth Cooks
Herb Study Group
Quilters
Technical Support Volunteer
- Data Entry
- Desktop Publishing
- Network Troubleshooting
- Computer Consulting
Annual Craft Show/Special Event Volunteer
- Verify vendor inventory during setup
- Coordinate food donations for Patron Party and craft show snacks
- Coordinate cookie donations for Cookie Walk
- Enter vendor inventory data into sales database
- Serve as a room monitor for vendor displays
Education Volunteer
- Under supervision of Program Manager, support on-site programs for children and adults.
Story Hour Volunteer
- With Program Manager and other education volunteers, plan themes and topics for 12 – 18 months
- Research themes, esp. focus on integrating resources of Seibert Library
- Document monthly lessons, including book selections, research resources, hands-on crafts and handouts using EASD Lesson Plan Form
- Teach or co-teach preschoolers for two sessions monthly for nine months a year
- Set up and clean up 1812 Meeting Room or Children’s Room
- Organize materials in Supply Room
- Enter data into electronic database as part of Digital Toolbox concept
Heritage Camp Volunteer
- With Program Manager and other education volunteers, plan and research themes for one-day summer camps
- Participate as an instructor for various sessions or a demonstrator or a special guest
- Devise supply lists for planned age-appropriate hands-on crafts
- Prepare sample craft projects
- Participate in planning and training sessions prior to camp dates
- Assist Program Manager and other education volunteers with set up and clean up during Heritage Camp
- Interact with campers and campers’ parents
Please contact us with any questions about the positions.
