Familiarize yourself with the content of the house and share that information with visitors. Answer questions, lead tours and welcome guests. Tours can last up to forty-five minutes and should include time for questions. You can choose to portray historical figures in costume. Feel free to make the presentation your own!
Maintain a clean and welcoming museum environment by assisting with sweeping, dusting, tidying and fixing. General handy-person skills will be utilized in a number of specific projects. Grounds maintenance may include planting, weeding, watering, picking up trash and sweeping.
For those interested in a one-time volunteer opportunity, we host monthly career panels, college campus visits, job shadows, resume reviews, mock interviews, networking events, etc. Volunteers join us for these activities to share their passion, answer questions from youth and provide real-life advice on how to pursue different college and career pathways.
Volunteers help out in our infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms.
To increase our capacity to meet growing challenges, Ellis seeks a variety of skills and expertise that may not be currently available internally. We welcome those with professional expertise in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Web Design, Database Management and other fields.
Whether you are part of a neighborhood association, school group, business, or other community organization – we can use your help! Spend a few hours either on a project or by helping out with general park cleanup and maintenance. Our staff will work with you to provide direction and will loan you the necessary supplies,…
Conduct transactions for admissions and store items, re-stock shelves and maintain cash drawer. It could include inventory management for bookstore items. Familiarize yourself with the products offered and with Harriet’s life and times.
Assist the site manager with press releases, neighborhood or targeted publicity, management of our website and social media accounts.
Help deliver the vegetables to those in need. Three of the community gardens are located in Mt. Auburn and our main garden is located behind our building.
Spring/Summer Cleaning of a Playground