Volunteer
You do not have to be a member to help.
The chapter runs entirely on volunteer time. Some of the work needs a uniform and a Saturday; a good deal of it needs nothing more than a laptop and an eye for detail. Spouses, family members and interested members of the public are all welcome to take part.
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Where the help is needed
Color guard
A few Saturdays a year
Parades, grave dedications, school visits and civic observances in Continental uniform. Loaner kit is available, so you do not have to buy anything to start.
Grave research
At your own pace, from home
Working through cemetery records, county archives and the national databases to document patriot burials and prepare marker applications.
Youth contests
One or two days each spring
Judging essays and orations, or helping run the contest day. Teachers, lawyers and anyone comfortable assessing an argument are especially welcome.
Event help
As and when it suits you
Setting up the banquet, staffing a table at a history fair, driving equipment, photographing a dedication.
Newsletter and website
An hour or two a month
Writing up events, editing copy, keeping the calendar current, or looking after this website.
Chapter archives
Flexible, in blocks
Sorting, scanning and indexing the chapter's own records so the next generation of officers can find things.
No experience needed
Nobody arrives knowing how to read an eighteenth-century pension file or drill with a musket. Both are taught, patiently, by people who learned the same way.
Fit it around your life
There is no minimum commitment and no attendance requirement. Several of our most useful volunteers have never been to a meeting.
Young people too
Students needing service hours are welcome, and the archive and research work counts. Tell us what your school requires and we will document it.
How to start
01
Tell us what you enjoy
Email the chapter and say what sort of thing you would like to do, or simply that you are not sure yet. There is no form to fill in.
02
Come and look
Visit a meeting or a dedication as a guest before committing to anything. Most volunteers start by watching one.
03
Pick something small
Take one task, once. If it suits you, take another. Nobody is signed up to a rota they cannot get out of.
Tell us what you are good at.
Genealogy, carpentry, photography, teaching, spreadsheets, driving a van — this chapter has found a use for all of them.