Volunteer Opportunities
A good way to support the Orpheum is to volunteer your time. We have many specific and general needs where volunteers can make a difference.
We are currently looking for volunteers for these specific roles:
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Summer Camp Assistants for 2008 Summer Camps
- If you have experience working with children ages 6 to 11, and would like additional experience working as a teacher assistant in a children’s museum, the Orpheum Children’s Science Camp is recruiting volunteers to assist camp teachers. Please contact volunteer coordinator. All volunteers will be oriented to the camp and the museum several weeks prior to camp. Assistants should be at least 15 years old.
We also can use help in these general areas:
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Clerical Support:
- Help with typing, filing, copying, telephoning, word processing, database maintenance.
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Field Trip Docents:
- Docent training will begin February 2008. Training will help prepare volunteers for leading educational school group visits on weekday morinings, Tuesdays through Fridays. This will cover topics such as simple machines, physics with toys, magnet magic, invisible energy, water, kitchen chemistry as well as the history of the Orpheum Museum and techniques for working with school-age children. Please be able to donate time on one day a week for 5 weeks (for training) and one day each week through the fall. If you would like more information or would like to register, contact our volunteer coordinator.
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Orpheum Crew
- If you enjoy working with your hands, no longer have a shop of your own, and would like to work with a group of other volunteers with construction skills, we are forming a new volunteer group to work at the Museum on Mondays. The Orpheum is closed to the public on Mondays and this day is being designated as an opportunity for building and exhibit maintenance. We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers who:
- possess basic construction skills
- enjoy working with their hands
- would like to contribute to the Children's Museum
This is a new volunteer opportunity at the Orpheum that will meet regularly on Mondays beginning in August. Please contact our volunteer coordinator if you are interested in knowing more.
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Special Events:
- Assist with events like our annual Kids Building Fair, Weekend Wizards, Winter Festival or Holiday Walks.
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Exhibit Builders:
- Help with new exhibits--use your woodworking, metalworking, or electrical know-how.
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Committee Members:
- Serve on one of our committees: Building, Fund Raising, Public Relations and Marketing, Exhibits, Finance and Budget, and Development
If you are interested in volunteering, serving on one of the OCSM committees, or becoming more involved by joining our Board of Directors, please send e-mail here, phone the museum at 352-5895, come in and fill out an application form or print out and mail it to the Museum.