Perform clerical functions to assist the site manager. This may include database management, data entry, help with mailings, etc. It could also include inventory management for bookstore items.
Assist the site manager with press releases, neighborhood or targeted publicity, management of our website and social media accounts.
Conduct transactions for admissions and store items, re-stock shelves and maintain cash drawer. It could include inventory management for bookstore items. Familiarize yourself with the products offered and with Harriet’s life and times.
Is there a project you think would benefit the house? Let us know what you want to do. Past projects have included assistance with creating volunteer handbooks and developing activities for the Hattie and Eliza Stowe Educational Center.
Assist with special event planning and promotion.
Familiarize yourself with the content of the house and share that information with visitors. Answer questions, lead tours and welcome guests. Tours can last up to forty-five minutes and should include time for questions. You can choose to portray historical figures in costume. Feel free to make the presentation your own!
Conduct research on your choice of topics related to the Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House. Research can be used to develop programs, lectures and tours and can provide additional resources for visitors and volunteers.
Set-up, tear-down, AV equipment needs and refreshments for specific events, lectures or book discussions.
The Welcome Home Collaborative includes the maintenance and / remodeling of properties to be used for Transitional Housing for use in the Transitional Housing aspect of our program. The Welcome Home Collaborative will seek to use volunteers and also to use individuals that are either homeless or working poor to remodel and renovate these buildings.…
– Collecting and sorting through donations. – Help one-on-one with laundry (loading, unloading, folding) – Sign in/welcoming. – Watching children/keeping kids entertained (background check required)