Create a wonderful home cooked meal for our families, right in the House kitchen. We have a fully equipped kitchen, just decide on your menu, purchase the ingredients and then prepare them in our kitchen. Dinner can be scheduled any day of the year. This is a great group activity for up to 10 people.
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.
Do you have a wonderful cookie or brownie recipe that you’d like to share? Come to the House and prepare your special recipe for our families. This activity is great for small groups, of up to 5 and can be scheduled on Sat or Sun & Tue and Thurs between 11:30am-2:30pm. Youth groups must be…
Groups prepare and pack healthy sack lunches that will be taken to local hospitals and medical facilities (by others). You can also help through our lunch bag & caring card decorating program if you want to brighten someone’s day! Or you can also contribute to the Lunch Wish List by collecting and donating items.
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).
If you like the arts and interacting with children and adults: Join us for our annual “Youth Art Month Festival” in March, “Rich in Arts Family Festival” in July, and “The Lake Mansion Jingles with Art and History” for the holidays in December. If you enjoy working more with adults, assistance with a Paint &…
Do you have a talent that we could use? Photographer, Handyman/woman, Carpenter, Electrician, Plumber, Heating/Air professional, Painter, Marketing, Information Technology and more. The Lake Mansion and Arts for All will put your talents to use.
Greet and interact with Museum visitors, distribute parking passes, provide directions and museum information, ring up gift shop sales and museum admissions (handling of money). Lobby Hosts may also be called upon to help the Museum staff with other office duties.
What do CASA volunteers do? They get to know the child by talking with everyone in that child’s life: parents, relatives, foster parents, teachers, attorneys, social workers, counselors and others. They use the information they gather to inform judges about what the child needs and what will be the best permanent home for them. By…
There are about 500,000 people coming into the Visitor Center annually. The information desk is typically staffed by two people during each morning and afternoon shift. During peak visitation periods, the need for friendly faces dispensing information increases.