Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Summer Volunteers!

It's time to check out your calendar and let us know what you'd like to do around the Farm this summer. Here are some of the ways you can help us preserve and explain our local and state history to the many guests we'll have this year:

1) Event help: We need craft demonstrators, collectors, food handlers, money handlers and guides to help with Father's Day at the Farm on June 20th, Mary Charlotte's Garden Party on July 18th, the Pioneer Dinner and Barn Dance on August 28, Dutch Oven Cook-off and Acoustic Music Festival on September 11, and Cider Squeeze on September 25th.

2) Daily help for tours, camps and drop-in guests. Sign up for one day per week to staff the farm. Under twelve must have an adult, but all ages are welcome. Learn job skills, make friends, build your resume, and get your hands on history! we are open seven days a week from Father's Day to Labor Day and Saturdays in June, September, and October.

3) If you have a pioneer craft, including textiles, woodworking, fine arts, animal husbandry... you can share it with our summer campers. Camps run June 28-July2, July 12-16, July 26-30, and one day camps on July 8, 22, August 5 and 12. Crafters give a short lesson to small groups in the morning and invite kids to come back and spend more time in the afternoon on the skills they want to develop.

If you're not available, but know of someone who might be interested in these opportunities, please share this information.
Thanks for helping us keep history alive!