The Heritage Center auditorium seats as few as 28 and as many as 150–setting up and breaking down for each event can take as much as 2 hours. We also need help installing and de-installing our temporary exhibitions. Volunteers must be able to lift a minimum of 50lbs.
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center enjoys a busy schedule of events: lectures, meetings, exhibit openings, cook-offs, and more. Volunteers are often needed at these events to ensure that they run smoothly. Event volunteers may find themselves collecting tickets, setting out hors d’oeuvres, opening bottles, or greeting visitors.
Help us promote our events through social media, hanging posters and handing out leaflets. If you have a flare for design we could use your graphic skills as well.
Volunteer at an applicant information meeting or walk alongside a family as an advocate during their journey to becoming a homeowner.
Help out with donation receiving and carryout, as a department specialist, cashier, furniture assembly specialist, or in a variety of other roles — individuals and groups are welcome (shifts flexible based on your availability!) – (12+, youth 12 and 13 need to volunteer with a parent, guardian or older sibling)
we’ll add your name to a list of people who may be able to help with these projects. We’ll send out an e-mail when we need help. You accept only if it suits your schedule.
Finish filling the bags and give them out to the clients. 11am – 4pm, once a month on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday. Must be able to lift 30+ pounds.
Transport food from a donation or purchase site to our pantry.
We are looking for a few fluent Spanish-speakers who could translate our intake forms and resource pamphlets from English into Spanish. Translation can be done here in the office, or we could send you the information electronically and you could volunteer at home. There are several Spanish-speakers at ReadyKids who can proof read the final…
Volunteer writers and researchers assist with member publications like the biannual newsletter each Spring and Fall which features short articles about OLLI members and events.