My Nonprofit Reviews

This was my first volunteer experience. I started volunteering in the middle of the pandemic. As a volunteer, I went around regularly during my shifts to clean and sanitize the museum to make sure the guests and ourselves were safe and healthy.
I volunteered mainly on weekends and helped with weekend activities as well as cleaned. Seeing families come in and seeing the smiles and awe in the faces of children adults alike was very rewarding! It was fun to learn something new, myself, and to share this knowledge to others during the activities.
I helped with birthday parties, checking in party guests and showing them to the birthday room.
I helped with some social media stats at the end of each month as well!
Naturally as I volunteered, I got to know the museum staff and everyone is very welcoming, friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful! I really loved that about volunteering!
When I started volunteering at the end of 2020, there was not as much of a variety of volunteer duties as now. Now, as a volunteer and the world feeling like normal again, volunteers can do much more! Tour guides, help assist with birthday parties, storytime, help with weekend activities, such as fossil tables and DIY slime; holiday themed crafts such as parachuting Santa and building a snowman with things one can find in their own home! Crafts as they are, some are also educational!
I began volunteering as I studied Anthropology. One does not need to have any knowledge of history, anthropology, geology, paleontology, and so on to volunteer. I felt even more welcome and learned a lot from others in other disciplines!
I greatly enjoyed my time volunteering!