It’s all about Pollinating Minds…
Buzz On Over to Volunteer
The Honeybee Discovery Center relies on the generous support of community members to bring our mission to life. From helping us expand our open gallery hours to supporting our outreach efforts and educational activities, volunteers are critical to the success of the Honeybee Discovery Center.
Bee a friend to the bees
The Honeybee Discovery Center is looking for community members with a heart to help the bees. No knowledge of bees or beekeeping is necessary.
Adult or youth, onsite or remote, individual or group, our volunteer program has something for everyone. Contact us today to find out what area of service is the right fit for you!
Service Opportunities
Our Busy Bee Volunteer program provides the ongoing support the museum needs for recurring operational support. Ongoing volunteer program areas include:
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The Collection & Exhibits Volunteer works with the curatorial staff to process incoming donations of artifacts and to care adequately for the artifacts already in our collection or exhibit.
Tasks may include:
• Assist with exhibit installations
• Photographing collection materials
• Count, sort, and prep collection items
• Help to procure, secure, and research exhibit artifacts
• Create information cards for artifacts
• Cataloging incoming material to the museum collection
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The Education Volunteer will support and/or lead educational field trips offered by the Honeybee Discovery Center by providing on-site support during scheduled field trips.
This may include:
• Running a station
• Prepping materials for a classroom visit
• Reading a story to a group of students
• Guiding students in learning activities
• Provides materials and/or resources to students
• Assisting field trip leader and/or teacher as needed to support learning
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The Facility Volunteer helps support the museum facility by sharing woodworking, painting, hauling, and general facility improvement skills.
Tasks may include:
• Building exhibit and gift shop fixtures
• Affixing shelves, painting, and minor repairs.
• Assisting with grounds upkeep and hauling/removing items
• General carpentry tasks as assigned
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The Gallery & Gift Volunteer help support the flow of museum patron visitation during open Exhibit hours.
Tasks may include:
• Collecting museum admission fees
• Sharing general knowledge about the exhibit.
• Ringing up sales for the Gift Shop
• Answering general visitor questions about the Center and the museum facility.
• Assisting with general opening and closing procedures
• Distributing informational brochures and flyers
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Office Support volunteer will perform a variety of tasks that extend the resources of the Honeybee Discovery Center in order to better assist and direct our mission.
Tasks may include:
• Mail merges, data entry, and document writing
• Contacting constituents and light research
• Maintenance of records
• If on-site, general organizing and facility upkeep
• Other duties specifically around coordination of special events, or as assigned
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The Event & Fundraising Volunteer helps support community outreach, relationship building and donor development.
Tasks include:
• Working at an assigned station during a special event
• Staffing community outreach booths at public events.
• Ringing up sales of honey.
• Participating in fundraising event activities.
• Assisting with on-site day-of event logistics including greeting attendees, assisting with food, set-up, and post-event clean up needs.
• Assist with community partner tours that support donor development.
The Honeybee Discovery Center welcomes youth to join our volunteer program. Youth ages 14-17 may volunteer independently; however, parental permission is required to participate. Youth under the age of 14 or those not yet in high school may volunteer if accompanied by a parent or guardian. The parent or guardian must become a volunteer as well.
Please complete the interest form below to access the Youth Volunteer Application.
Service Opportunities for Youth
The Honeybee Discovery Center offers volunteer opportunities for groups as well. Groups can choose to volunteer together or as rotating members depending on the nature of service.
Groups choosing to volunteer corporately and complete a project, will select an act of service that the whole group can get behind and do together as a single event. Examples of group projects might include: Gift Shop space make-over, Volunteer Office refresh, or “street team” or set up/take down support at a one day HDC Special Event.
Groups may also choose to engage in an ongoing project with individual members participating at different times. For example, sponsoring a monthly gallery story time each month for our young museum visitors where group members rotate their service participation.
Service Opportunities for Groups
If you have a special skill, interest, or talent that you would like to share with the Honeybee Discovery Center, please let us know. We are open to thinking outside the bee box for new and innovative ideas from bee-loving community members!
Service Opportunities of Your Design
Getting started as a volunteer is easy! The onboarding process has three simple steps: application, interview, and orientation. Once oriented, volunteers receive training for their specific placement area.
It all starts with letting us know you are interested in helping. Complete the general interest form below. Someone will be in touch with you shortly to get you on your way.