Volunteer

Description

The Agricultural History Farm Park is hosting outdoor evening performances for two nights this November. The performances will be vignettes about the farm's history and the families that lived there! The Magruder, Newman, and Bussard families each have their own fascinating stories that we will be sharing through these short re-enactments.

We are looking for 3 types of volunteers:

Registration Table Volunteers
- Help with event set-up and with break-down
- Assist guests with the registration process

Event Assistants
- Lead visitors along candlelit paths as they move through the different vignettes
- Assist with event management

Refreshment Table Monitors
- Assist guests with food and drink
- Restock table and keep it neat and tidy



Click on the Duties and Requirements tab to learn more, and then click on the Schedule tab to pick your evening and volunteer role.

Background check required: No

Minimum age of volunteers: 15

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Student Service Learning

Job Type: Event (1-7 days)

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Job Details

Description

The Agricultural History Farm Park (AHFP) is seeking those with a love of history to share their time and talents in telling the story of Montgomery County's rich agricultural and cultural heritage!

Greeter/Docents will help visitors connect to the history of the Farm by assisting with:

• Greeting visitors.


• Managing farmhouse capacity flow during guided group tours.


• Giving tours to individual weekend visitors; including the farmhouse and outbuildings.


• Interpreting general Montgomery County history, Maryland's African-American history, general farm history and historic farming from the colonial era through the 1940's.


• Setting up, assisting with, and breaking down special events for students, adults and families.


• Inventorying household items periodically

Greeter/Docents should be enthusiastic and willing to learn about local Maryland history and about the families that lived and worked at and around the farm. They should also have a general working knowledge of American History, open to visitor engagement and actively involved with museum house programs.

Docents schedules are:

• Saturdays - 11am to 3pm


• Sundays (occasionally) - Noon to 3pm

This position requires public speaking, long periods of standing, sitting, walking, and working in a variety of weather conditions.

Training and supervision will be provided by the Museum Educator.

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 16

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Student Service Learning, Intern

Job Type: Long-term (6 months+)

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Thinking of going back to school -- in the early 1900s? Want to learn about the history of early education in one room schoolhouses in Montgomery County? Share your love of history and become a tour guide at the historic one-room Kingsley Schoolhouse in Little Bennett Regional Park.

The school is furnished as it was in the 1920s in a beautiful rural setting. Help visitors learn what school was like in the past!

The schoolhouse is open the first Sunday of each month, April through October.

FREE two-part training provided for new volunteers, dates to be shared after placement.

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 16

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Youth, Student Service Learning

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months)

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Step back in time to share your passion for history with visitors of all ages. Bring history to life as an Oakley Cabin tour guide.

Learn about the lives of Oakley Cabin's African American community following the end of the Civil War and Emancipation. Learn about the
Reconstruction Era, how people lived off natural resources, 19th century folk remedies and other living history demonstrations.

FREE training provided.

Click on Job Details and Duties and Requirements to get more information.

Background check required: Yes

Minimum age of volunteers: 16

Volunteer Type: Adult, Senior (55+), Student Service Learning

Job Type: Seasonal (2-6 months), Long-term (6 months+)

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