The American Red Cross in Northern Nevada provides disaster preparedness education to kids and adults through programs called the Pillowcase Project and Prepare With Pedro. In order for these lifesaving programs to be effective, we need help coordinating and managing them. The Youth Preparedness Coordinator works directly with team members in these youth programs to…
Serve as chair person or officer on the Auxiliary Board of Directors.
We need volunteer experts to help us with special learning initiatives. We can not fill all the expertise we need within our small staff so we welcome experts in our community to share their knowledge with children and make the museum a strong learning experience.
Drive our 15 passenger van between the House and local hospitals in the morning or afternoon so that our families can spend time with their child. Volunteers must be willing to drive a 15 passenger van and have a clean driving record.
Are you able to help us with one of the following or know someone who can? We’d love to hear from you: repairs & maintenance (electrical, plumbing, etc.), grant writing, fundraising, PR/marketing/advertising, printing, photography, entertainment services (balloons, floral arrangements, DJ, event production, etc.), personal services (massage, beauty, salon/spa).
LTWC receives support from local individuals and businesses who help by sharing their skills and services with us. These include legal assistance, building design and construction services, printing, photography and videography, IT support, website design, and other professional services.
These volunteers are needed during the spring to help alter and/or create costumes for the Spring Concert. They usually work on projects while their child is in class or they take projects home to complete. Most of these projects involve minor hand sewing.
We need engineers, conductors, stationmasters and greeters to help us run the trains during the summer. Also needed are volunteers to help us expand the current track. And lastly, we need a manager who can help with other track signage, history signage, structure installations, Operation Lifesaver program, station canopy construction, new operational signage, fun signs,…
Currently, we need volunteers to help us preserve and restore a 1950’s pullman and a rotary snow plow.
With 40 acres, 20 buildings and only two maintenance workers, we need help with the simple stuff like changing air filters, repairing sprinklers and other similar ‘to-do’ items you would normally do on the weekend in your own home.