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High School students can be great volunteers - They do take some time 
for training and support but have lots of energy and enthusiasm.  They 
also bring great vitality to institutions. The home-schooled students 
are good to tap for this too.   Home schoolers have the ability often to 
work during the school day.
Lynn Baum
Senior Content Developer
Jan Crocker Museum Associates
www.jc-ma.biz

On 8/15/11 12:18 PM, William Trammell wrote:
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> Kathy:
> Bill Trammell, again. Another thought is to try groups like the Retired
> Teachers Association, especially science and math teachers, and
> organizations like the local American Chemical Society section or other
> technical groups. I'll try to get you the info on a local contact for the
> ACS.
> Bill
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> Kathy:
> When I was with Fort Discovery in Augusta, we had great results with
> missionaries from the Mormon Church. They come in pairs; normally we had 2
> pairs working at a time. They are neat, polite and hard working. Their only
> requirement is that the 2 team members need to work within sight of each
> other. I guess it's sort of intended to protect either party from being
> tempted, entrapped or something of this sort.
> Bill
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> Join the club!  We are a small place, and have about 25 really solid,
> dedicated people, but the challenge is when the students go back to school
> and the adults (!) get jobs.  You are dealing with a funky job market, and
> if someone has the opportunity to work for cash, they will grab it before
> volunteering.  On the flip side, I have done well with students through
> local museum studies programs who are looking for experience, and others who
> just want to do something to keep them busy while unemployed.
> Beryl
>
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>
>> Hey Everyone:
>> My latest struggle is in the area of our volunteer program. We are large
> museum with MANY opportunities for volunteers (too Many?) to be involved,
> yet we have a very hard time recruiting and maintaining our numbers. We have
> a small but very dedicated group of individuals and can't seem to grow much
> beyond that. On top of that we have had a high turnover in the management of
> this program and I am once again hiring for the position. I would really
> like to talk with any of you out there that have experience in this area or
> if you have contacts that you might recommend. Before I hire yet another
> manager I would like to discuss with others how your programs work.
>> Please contact me at the info below!
>>
>> Thanks, Kathy
>>
>> Kathy Fournier
>> Associate Vice President of Education
>> McWane Science Center
>> 200 19th Street North
>> Birmingham, AL 35203
>> 205-714-8254
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