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Volunteers Needed at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre

Hi Everyone,

I hope those of you who attended Volunteer Appreciation Night had a good time! I really enjoyed the music of On Q and more importantly I really enjoyed meeting the volunteers that I had not had the opportunity to meet previously. It was a fun evening and I am attaching a few of the pictures from the event to prove it!

As indicated in previous communications, we are having our first Volunteer Orientation & Tour on Tuesday June 3rd at 10:15 am for both new & existing volunteers. We hope you will come to see what's happening at the museum and enjoy some coffee and Timbits while you meet fellow volunteers!

Speaking of volunteering - an updated listing of volunteer opportunities is included below. If you are interested in helping out with any one of these events, please let me know by return e-mail or by calling me and leaving a message on my voice-mail if I'm not there.

Hope you will take note that it's Lobster Picnic time again! We hope you can volunteer for one of the shifts or can help out with set-up and/or clean-up. You might even consider buying tickets and attending one of the sittings yourself - there's good food, Lake Huron vistas and great company!

Talk to you soon!

Pat Kawamoto

Volunteer Coordinator
Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Tel: 519-797-2080
e-mail: pkawamoto@brucecounty.on.ca

The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers. ~Everett Mámor

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#	Event	Date From	Date To	Time	Volunteers Needed
1	Garden work - weeding & primping	May 28, 2008	September 17, 2008	Every Wednesday 10 am to 12 noon	Help us form a Wed morning Garden Group to weed and primp the Museum's gardens!
2	Opening of Children's Exhibit - Wizardry & Wonders	May 31, 2008		Saturday AM - 10:00 am to 1:30 pm Saturday PM - 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm	2 volunteers needed for each shift to assist at either the front door directing people to the exhibit and/or to help children in the exhibit itself. Volunteers must have completed police check to work with children and/or seniors
3	Training/Learning Opportunity School Program - Aboriginal studies	June 2, 2008		9:30 am to 2:30 pm	Does anyone want to shadow Nancy White our program director with a 1 day school program on Aboriginal Studies. Training will prepare you for future volunteer opportunities in school programming
4	Pioneer & Aboriginal School Program Dufferin Public School Owen Sound	June 9, 2008		10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Need to bring your lunch)	2 school program volunteers to work with Nancy White, the Museum's Program Director
5	Pioneer & Aboriginal School Program Keppel Sarawak School Owen Sound	June 10, 2008		10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Need to bring your lunch)	3 school program volunteers to work with Nancy White, the Museum's Program Director
6	SDSS High School End of Year Performance	June 12, 2008		Thursday, 7 pm to 9 pm	1 Volunteer needed to sell water/coffee and help with set-up
7	Pioneer & Aboriginal School Program Elgin Market Public School Kincardine	June 18, 2008		10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Need to bring your lunch)	3 school program volunteers to work with Nancy White, the Museum's Program Director
8	Pioneer & Aboriginal School Program Bruce Peninsula School Lion's Head	June 24, 2008		10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Need to bring your lunch)	2 school program volunteers to work with Nancy White, the Museum's Program Director
9	Best of the Bruce Concert Series on the patio every Saturday night (except Aug 16th)	June 28, 2008	August 30, 2008	Every Saturday night except August 16, 2008 from 7 pm to 10 pm	1 Volunteer with Smartserve required for each Saturday night to sell bar tickets. Bring your spouse or a friend and come enjoy music on the patio while you sell tickets!
10	KidZone Summer Day Camp	July 1, 2008	August 26, 2008	Every Tuesday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm	Student Volunteers required to assist with children To help students complete community hours
11	Lobster Picnic	July 4, 2008		Friday 3 pm to 5 pm Saturday morning 11 am to 1 pm Sat First Sitting 5:00 to 7:00 pm Sat Second Sitting 7:00 to 9:00 pm Sunday morning 11 am to 1 pm	Volunteers needed to help with loading van with supplies for Saturday. Volunteers needed to help unload van and st up supplies for Saturday evening. Volunteers needed to collect entrance tickets, to greet attendees, help with stocking/clean-up at the pavilion, tent, outdoor tables, with desserts, bartend, sell bar tickets and garbage collection Volunteers needed to help with clean up
12	Short survey of visitors to the museum - Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Rainy Days	July 5, 2008	August 30, 2008	Every Tues AM - 11 am to 1 pm Every Tues PM - 1 pm to 3 pm Every Thurs AM - 11 am to 1 pm Every Thurs PM - 1 pm to 3 pm Every Sat AM - 11 am to 1 pm Every Sat PM - 1 pm to 3 pm Rainy Days - On Call	Volunteers needed to survey patrons as they are leaving the museum. Can you spare a few mornings or afternoons to help us gather important customer satisfaction information? If so - let us know which days you are available & we will ensure you receive orientation and training on how to approach patrons. Orientation/Training Dates - Thursday June 26th and Thursday July 3rd.
13	150th Inaugural Reception for Southampton	July 25, 2008		Friday 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm	2 volunteers with Smartserve to sell bar tickets.
14	Drop off of Quarterly Newsletters and flyers to local establishments in your neighbourhood, such as motels, B&B's, Doctors offices in Port Elgin, Southampton, Sauble Beach, Kincardine, Paisley, Wiarton, Walkerton, Lion's Head	Ongoing - Quarterly		1/2 day	Several Volunteers needed with cars (next column)