Program Support Volunteers are needed and able to participate in various entry opportunities to support programs while not needing to be the expert at the activities. The textile group welcomes all those interested in supporting their efforts to breathe new life into fiber arts and textile activities! Textile volunteers help us create, maintain, and repair essential items at our historic farm and other MetroParks facilities. There are many tasks that aid us in these efforts that require no previous experience.
Impact
Volunteers enable us to accomplish so much more by lending a hand in simple activities, allowing demonstrators to take a break, or talking with the visitors about the activities while allowing the tasks to be completed.
Tasks
- Volunteers in the textile area will help with simple, but essential, tasks such as:
- Winding yarn from a skein into a ball
- Sorting buttons
- Winding modern thread onto wooden spools
- Cutting simple materials
- Assist in warping the looms for use
- Assisting staff with prep needed for an upcoming program
- If visitors come to the textile area, greet them and welcome them to Carriage Hill
- Share with visitors what is happening in the textile room when able
- Share information about the farm, the historical information on textile skills of the 1800s, and point out highlights of Carriage Hill
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to individual, long-term, and short-term volunteers, ages 16 and up . Learn more about our types of service here.
- GET STARTED: This opportunity requires Volunteer Onboarding (Profile, Volunteer Handbook Signature, and for those 18 and up an eligible background check). Simply click the blue RESPOND button to begin completing the required qualifications, or click here to learn more about becoming a volunteer.
Additional Notes
- Parking & Meeting Instructions: Please park and walk to the visitor center. Knock on the door, and the staff will greet you! Click here for a map of Carriage Hill MetroPark. Volunteers should arrive 15 minutes before the beginning of the opportunity. Staff leads will orient volunteers to the day's agenda and other important information.
- Environment & Physical Demands: This program takes place indoors. Volunteers may participate in some bending, kneeling, reaching, and lifting objects to 10 lbs or more. There will be sharp objects, sewing machines, and other items that require you to be careful and work safely in a small space.
- Dress: Program Support volunteers do not need to wear period apparel. Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear their MetroParks name badge and t-shirt.
Learn more about Programming opportunities with us on the Volunteer Position page! Have questions or need help getting started? Contact Volunteer Services at volunteer.services@metroparks.org or #937-275-7275 or join us at a Volunteer Open House.
