Mount Washington Observatory Attention: Valley Volunteer Coordinator Main Street P.O. Box 2310 North Conway, New Hampshire 03860-2310 Phone: 603-356-2137 Fax: 603-356-0307 Thank you for inquiring about the Mount Washington Observatory's volunteer program. Please take a moment to fill out the questionnaire and return it to the Observatory using the address on the top of the application. If you are not currently a member, please take this opportunity to join. Please feel free to email the valley volunteer coordinator with any questions or call (603) 356-2137 x 221. We will contact you regarding reservations once your questionnaire has been received by the volunteer coordinator. We look forward to seeing you soon! Volunteer Information form - Please print out, complete, and mail or fax to the address above. Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: ________________________________________________________________ Work Phone: ________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Please list e-mail or a fax number: ________________________________________ Do you have any particular skills or experiences you would like to offer the Observatory? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Would you prefer to work a regular schedule as a volunteer or work on special projects as they come up (or both)? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Are there particular times of the year/month/week/day you prefer to volunteer? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Please Check activities below you'd be interested in helping the Observatory with: 1. Mount Washington Center Museum Operations ______ Exhibits interpreter/Special Museum Program Host ______ Admissions Assistant (greet visitors/take $) ______ Exhibits repair and maintenance 2. Mailings ______ Monthly Membership Mailings ______ Special event or activity mailings 3. Special Events ______ Seek the Peak (July 27-28, 2007) ______ Annual Meeting (September 7-8, 2007) ______ Spring Fundraiser (April 2008) 4. Facility Maintenance ______ Gardening (plants/shrubs around Mount Washington Center building) ______ Painting ______ Spring Clean-up Day ______ Fall Clean-up Day 5. Gladys Brooks Library ______ Library front desk services ______ Assist with archiving and cataloging 6. Summit Operations ______ Week on summit to cook and support ______ Exhibit Interpreter in Museum/Observatory Tour Guide ______ Admissions Assistant (greet visitors/take $) 7. Administrative Services ______ Proofreading Windswept and other publications ______ Office Reception (answer phone and greet visitors) ______ Membership Support: ____ data entry ____ filing ______ Accounting Support: ____ data entry ____ filing 8. Development ______ Public relations ______ Solicit financial support for special events ______ Solicit financial support for capital fundrasing projects 9. Special Projects ______ Organizing and archiving collection of over 12,000 slides, negatives and images in electronic storage retrieval system ______ Cataloging all library volumes and documents into an electronic database ______ Retail buying/merchandising