Volunteer Opportunities with the Society
For volunteer opportunities with the 1950s Museum, click here.
For job descriptions of the Museum and Archive Collection Maintenance Volunteer/Intern positions we are recruiting for because of the IMLS Museums for America Collection Stewardship Grant
for the article and links to those descriptions.We welcome volunteers to work as docents or guides during regular museum hours and host tours by appointment.
We are experiencing an increase in visitors, questions, and donations to the museum and to the archival collection.
Help we need:
- Cataloging the museum collections
- Learning the collections so you can offer reference help
- Clipping news articles or copying from the Internet
- Photocopying articles and documents on acid-free paper
- Labeling articles and documents to be filed in the Park Forest File, etc.
- Photocopying, labeling, and filing are done at the Park Forest Public Library
- People to learn to process and handle the collection
- Archival photograph scanning, labeling, digital copying
- Recording data about and taking photographs of architecture in the village
- Transcribing Veterans' oral histories
- Recording oral histories of village residents, past and present
- Videotaping our programs
- Maintaining the building and grounds
- Assisting with programs and events
- Publicity and distributing museum and program fliers
- Talent in graphic design
- Website maintenance
- Public Speaking for civic, school, and scout groups
- Fundraising experience--special events, bake sales,
- commemorative sales, raffles, auctions, etc.
- Newsletter writing, design, printing
- Meeting notice writing, design, printing
- Emailing newsletters and meeting notices
- to our membership and mailing list
- Social networking--keeping our name out on the Web 2.0 sites
- Geocaching experience to set up sites and maintain them
There are volunteer opportunities to meet your talents and time availability!
Can you offer us any of these or anything else? Contact us.
