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If you're in a hands-on museum a cool shop apron can be good- you can
hold tools and supplies in it and you don't have to get ones that wrap
around the neck.
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> --- On Thu, 10/20/11, Isabel Van Dyke <[log in to unmask]>
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>> From: Isabel Van Dyke <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: What do your volunteers wear on the museum floor?
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:56 PM
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>> Hello Listserv Experts,
>>
>> I'm in the process of accessing and potentially revamping
>> our volunteer
>> wardrobe, if you will, and I'd love to hear about what
>> other places do to
>> make their volunteers easily identifiable by visitors.
>> Currently, our
>> volunteers wear either a vest or a smock in a sort of dull
>> teal with our
>> logo as a sewn-on badge. (They also have name tags.) Many
>> volunteers do not
>> like these garments at all...and neither do I, truth be
>> told.
>>
>> I'm going to survey the volunteers to hopefully figure out
>> their feelings on
>> the matter (what's really wrong with the vests?), but in
>> the mean time, I
>> turn to you. Personally, I like the look of lab coats, but
>> I recognize their
>> downsides: hot in the summer, fairly expensive to get in
>> bright cheery
>> colors... What has worked well (or poorly) for you? Is
>> there a way for
>> volunteers to be easily spotted but also feel comfortable?
>> (And yes, I know
>> that you can't please all the people all the time,
>> certainly not on a
>> budget.)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Isabel
>> --
>> Isabel Van Dyke
>> Programs & Volunteer Coordinator
>> ScienceWorks
>> Ashland, OR
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