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Borden Building and Fletcher Amphitheater
Borden Building at Fletcher Park
Contact: Joshua Ingersoll
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Special events as needed
City of Raleigh Museum
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Contact: Ainsley Powell
- Collections: Volunteers interested in working with the City of Raleigh (COR) Museum collection of artifacts should choose this pathway. With the aid of the Historic Resources and Meseum (HRM) Program Collection staff, volunteers help research and catalog artifacts in the museum's collections. This pathway requires almost no public interaction or time on your feet.
Contact: Ernest Dollar
- Special Programming: Throughout the year, the COR Museum offers special tours and programs, as well as school group tours. Volunteers interested in working with the public, especially school children K-12, should choose this pathway. Special programming includes thematic walking tours, educational programming, the Raleigh Reads book club, and other tours and group meetings. In general this pathway includes a lot of time on your feet and interaction with the public.
- Special Events: Volunteers interested in helping with special events at the museum should choose this pathway. Though the museum hosts several special events throughout the year, this pathway requires fewer regular hours of commitment. It does require interaction with the public and some time on your feet.
- Research: Volunteers interested in researching Raleigh's history should choose the research pathway. Research topics vary: architectural history, African American history, women's history, political history- research will be used for exhibits, special tours, education programs, events, or media features. This pathway requires little public interaction or work on your feet.
Historic Raleigh Trolley
Contact: Joshua Ingersoll
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- School Field Trips: Almost 10,000 students visit Mordecai Historic Park every year. Many schools select to have a trolley tour as part of their field trip experience. Join us in our mission to educate students about how life has changed over time.
- Special Events: The Haunted Trolley and Santa's trolley are just a couple of the trolley's special tours. You can lend a hand making these trips memorable for trolley patrons.
Latta House and University Site
Contact: Douglas Porter
No current volunteer opportunities at this time.
Moore Square
Contacts: Douglas Porter
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Moore Square Historical Guide - Moore Square’s history dates all the way back to Raleigh’s roots. Help share Raleigh’s story and engage our visitors as a historical tour guide. Tours dates and times are scheduled on a monthly basis. Due to the training necessary to become a tour guide for the Square, we ask that this opportunity be reserved for volunteers able to dedicate at least four hours per month and are at least 18 years of age. Hours for this event are to be determined.
Mordecai Historic Park
Contacts: Joshua Ingersoll and Celeste Purvis
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Docent Program: This program offers training in local and site-specific history. Volunteers then conduct guided tours of the Mordecai House and outbuildings.
- School Field Trips: Almost 10,000 students visit Mordecai Historic Park every year. Join us in our mission to educate students about how life has changed over time.
- Special Events: Several large events are held each year that highlight the history and offerings of Mordecai. Haunted Mordecai and Santa's Trolley are two of our most popular events. Volunteers are needed to assist with a range of activities including special guided tours, crafts, and games.
- Grounds Beautification: There are always projects that need to be done on the grounds and gardens. Volunteers help keep Mordecai looking its best.
Pope House Museum
Contacts: Ernest Dollar and Megan Raby
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Special Programs: Volunteers are trained to lead guided tours of the house on Saturdays. In general, this pathway includes a lot of time on your feet and interaction with the public.
Pullen Park
Contacts: Scott Mott and Deanna Ludwick
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Historic Walking Tour Guide: help deliver the story of Pullen Park, including such unique facts about the former zoo, as well as the details behind Raleigh’s first public swimming pool. Interested candidates should be outgoing, energetic and well spoken. Memorization of a loose script is suggested, but not required. Dates and times will be discussed with the Program Manager, but a consistent weekly commitment is required.
- Special Events: be on the lookout for our volunteer needs for our special events large and small. Our biggest needs for events are centered around Holiday Express (December), Letterland Day (April), Egg Hunts, and Halloween. These large scale events are great ways for groups or individuals to give back and also do some team building at the same time.
- Park Clean Up: Our Parks division hosts regular opportunities to help clean up Pullen Park.
- Unique Programming Opportunities: Do you have a unique business or talent that you feel would entertain the guests at Pullen Park and the John Chavis Memorial Park Carousel? Are you a DJ and want to spin a few records? Have you mastered the art of balloon twisting? Do you have a knack for making giant bubbles? Do you have a passion for art? We are open to all ideas for volunteer opportunities, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with a way you feel you might be able to contribute. We will do our best to bring you on board as part of the team.
Membership
As a member, you will help revitalize and preserve Raleigh’s history. You will also enjoy cross program perks at the City of Raleigh Museum, The Raleigh Trolley, Mordecai Historic Park, Borden, Tucker, Moore Square, Pope House Museum, and Pullen Park.
There are many perks:
- Free admission to select site and museum events
- Free admission for select tours
- Free admission to select lectures
- Free admission to Mordecai Historic Park
- 10% gift shop discount at COR Museum, Moore Square, Mordecai, and Pullen Park
- 10% discount on all site rentals
- The Raleigh Register Program Newsletter
You can join the COR Museum Friends Group or the Mordecai Square Association; perks convey to each.
