Opportunities From: Volunteer River Counties

Do you want to meet others who share your love of history? Add to your community service hours on your volunteer resume? Can you work at least two three-hour shifts per month during the April - November season?  Become a junior docent at Historic Christ Church & Museum!

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For more information, visit ChristChurch1735.org, email info@ChristChurch1735.org or call (804) 438-6855.

A docent would help staff the museum and act as a tour guide. We need volunteers to docent once a month for a 2 or 3 hour shift. We also need help with our field trips on occasion. 

Do you like to write short catchy blurbs? Want to help a great cause?  TOGA - Tidewater Oyster Gardener's Assoc., needs you! We work to help get oysters in our Bay and tributaries, to filter and clean our local waters.

We need social media writer(s). TOGA has Facebook and Instagram pages and wants to put out 5-6 posts per week. We have a board member in charge of this endeavor who can guide you, yet need someone to help draft (and potentially post) short blurbs for posting on topics such as:

A volunteer TOGA board member provides supervision and guidance. TOGA's event schedule is posted online at www.oystergardener.org serves as the main focus for posts. Let us know if you are interested!

We’re looking for a few dependable volunteers to work with our CERT Logistical volunteer to help us inventory the contents of our disaster response trailers. This is a critical task that ensures our sheltering and response supplies are ready to deploy at a moment’s notice.

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Why It Matters:
When disaster strikes, our trailer needs to be fully stocked and ready to roll. Your help ensures we can respond fast—and effectively—when our community needs us most.

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We're seeking creative, proactive volunteers to join our CERT Marketing Team. You'll collaborate with existing volunteers to help raise awareness about CERT activities and preparedness programs through marketing efforts including social media, video creation, and community outreach materials.

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CERT’s mission is to empower community members with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively in times of disaster. By joining the Marketing Team, you’ll help spread critical preparedness information, recruit new volunteers, and ensure that your community is safer and better informed.

NCHS needs someone familiar with general office duties and procedures to assist the executive secretary and learn the operation of our office. Duties include answering the phone, greeting visitors, accepting payments, downloading and categorizing emails, filing documents (physical and digital), typing reports and letters, data entry and database management, and assisting staff.  Familiarity with Word and Excel needed. 

NCHS needs a person who can organize our genealogical and historical collections. This primarily consists of books, which have been catalogued but need to be checked against our digital list and updated. There are also maps, court records, scrapbooks, loose papers, paper files, and digital files that have not been organized or catalogued. Familiarity with Word and Excel needed.  

The NCHS museum requires a facelift and an inventory. The person who takes on this task will need to check our artifacts against our digital inventory. They will also need to organize the displays and should have some experience in all aspects of creating displays. Familiarity with Word and Excel is needed, as well as the ability to photograph artifacts. This is possibly a task for two people. Experience with Word and Excel is needed. 

NCHS needs someone who can clean up our office computer. We need to move files from our desktop computer and save them on an external drive in an organized fashion, delete duplicate and unnecessary files and programs, and organize the remaining files in suitable folders. Must demonstrate knowledge and experience in practical computer technology and programming.

NCHS has a Facebook account and a WordPress website that require updates. The volunteer should not only have technical experience and artistic abilities, but will need to get involved with our organization to acquire a sense of what we do and what our standards are. There is a possibility of virtual work eventually. 

We have a museum and library, sell books, conduct genealogical research, publish an annual magazine and other publications, have a membership of approximately 450 people nationwide, and host at least four lectures a year in our meeting room. It takes a lot of skills to hold everything together. We can utilize individuals with specialized skills, such as librarians and curators, but a person who is versatile and possesses a range of generalized skills is also necessary. If you can file papers, maintain an email or mailing list, check inventories, check in accessions, take decent photos, write well, are good at organizing, and can see what needs to be done, we have a place for you.