The Brunswick Railroad Museum
currently needs volunteers to work on each of the three main levels of the facility. In the museum store, they need clerks to make cash and charge sales, take admissions, give directions, answer questions pertaining to the C&O Canal facility, answer the telephone, and perform light stock duties. The second floor social history gallery needs docents to lead tours, explain exhibits and relate the social history of the booming railroad town c. 1900. There is an interactive tour question sheet and hands-on activities next to each of the three Victorian rooms and a computerized telegraph setup. On the third floor, "engineers" are needed to run the trains, provide brief railroad history and perform minor maintenance (in case of train wrecks, etc) on the huge, interactive HO scale model railroad layout depicting the B&O RR's Metropolitan Line. Anyone with a love of model railroading will enjoy this job! Training is provided. For more information, contact the museum at (301) 834-7100.
Days End Farm Horse Rescue
needs volunteers for barn chores; training horses; farm inspections;
maintenance/construction; marketing/public relations/fundraising;
data entry/filing; internet research/web site updating; events,
booths and farm days. Volunteer training is mandatory and
is held on the second Saturday of every month at Days End.
The next ones will be June 11 and July 9 from 11:00
am to 1:00 pm. Contact 301-854-5037 or 410-442-1564, www.defhr.org
or defhr@erols.com.
The National Museum of Civil War
Medicine, a not-for-profit museum devoted to telling the
medical story of the Civil War, seeks volunteers for a number
of roles. Volunteers are needed to serve as greeters working
with Museum visitors, to act as docents for on-site educational
tours, to take traveling displays to outreach activities in
the community, and to assist in research projects. All volunteers
will be trained, and must be able to devote at least two days
per month to Museum activities. The Museum is open seven days
a week, and volunteers are especially needed for weekends.
For more information contact Kari Turner or Heidi Wilhelm
at 301-695-1864 or by email at support@civilwarmed.org.
San Mar Children’s Home
is holding the 17th Annual Great Bicycle Tour of the Historic
C&O Canal from July 9th to July 12th. Participants in
this four day, 200 mile, bicycle tour of the C&O Canal
raise pledges in support of the Home; it is the primary fundraiser
for San Mar Children's Home. For more information please
contact Bruce Anderson at (301) 733-9067 x102.
If you are in need of volunteers for
your agency or are interested in volunteer opportunities other
than those listed above, please visit the Volunteer Frederick
website at www.volunteerfrederick.org
or contact Volunteer Frederick at 301-663-5214, email info@volunteerfrederick.org
or call 1-800-VOLUNTEER.
