Volunteer Opportunities with the Society

For volunteer opportunities with the 1950s Museum click here.
 
For job descriptions of the Museum and Archive Collection Maintenance Volunteer/Intern positions we are recruiting for because of the IMLS Museums for America Collection Stewardship Grant  for the article and links to those descriptions.
 
We welcome volunteers to work as docents, or guides during regular museum hours, and also to host tours by appointment.
 
We are experiencing an increase in visitors, questions and donations to the museum, and to the archival collection.
 
Help we need:
 
Cataloging the museum collections
 
 
Learning the collections so you can offeer reference help
 
Clipping news articles or copying from the Internet
 
 
Photocopying articles and documents on acid free paper
 
 
Labeling articles and documents to be filed in the Park Forest File, etc.
 
 
Photocopying, labeling and filing are done at the Park Forest Public Library
 
People to learn to process and handle the collection
 
 
Archival photograph scanning, labeling, digital copying
 
Recording data about and taking photographs of architecture in the village
 
 
Transcribing veterans' oral histories
 
 
Recording oral histories of village residents, past and present
 
 
Videotaping our programs
 
Maintaining the building and grounds
 
 
Assisting with programs and events
 
 
Publicity and distributing museum and program fliers
 
 
Talent in graphic design
 

Website maintenance
 
 
Public Speaking for civic, school and scout groups
 
Fundraising experience--special events, bake sales,
commemorative sales, raffles, auctions, etc.
 
 
Newsletter writing, design, printing
 
Meeting notice writing, design, printing
 
Emailing newsletters and meeting notices
to our membership and mailing list
 
Social networking--keeping our name out on the Web 2.0 sites
 
 
Geocaching experience to set up sites and maintain them
 

There are volunteer opportunities to meet your talents and time availability!
 
Can you offer us any of these, or anything else? Contact us.