Pumpkin Carving Party - Naumkeag

Opportunity Overview:
It’s pumpkin party time! Join The Trustees at Naumkeag through the month of October to carve pumpkins for our Incredible Naumkeag Pumpkin Show. We have hundreds of pumpkins to carve throughout the month, so we need your help! Each Wednesday, beginning the last week of September and running throughout October, we will be having a pumpkin carving party from 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM. Sign up for one day or every Wednesday, carve one pumpkin or many pumpkins. Tools and templates will be provided for on-site carving, just bring your fun spirit and a few friends or the whole family. 
 
This volunteer opportunity is perfect for families, friends, and groups! If you can't carve on the available Wednesdays, but you're passionate about pumpkin carving and you'd like to help, let us know, and we can help support your passion for pumpkins.  
 
Reports to: Engagement Manager

Benefits:

• Helping to create a welcoming, supportive and inclusive community
• Providing families the opportunity to engage outdoors with their children
• Connecting and networking with like-minded staff, visitors and volunteers
• Enjoy the beauty of our gardens
• Access to future volunteer opportunities throughout the year.

Responsibilities (may include but are not limited to the following):

• Carve as many pumpkins as your hands can handle!
• Bring a fun spirit
• Please notify staff 24 hours prior to your volunteer shift if you will not be able to attend, allowing other volunteers the opportunity to carve.
• Sign up for any of the dates available.

Qualifications:

• Fun Attitude
• Nimble hands for carving
• Availability during times offered
• Previous carving experience preferred, but not required

Time Commitment: 
This volunteer opportunity occurs every Wednesday beginning the last week of September through the last week of October. It lasts for 2 hours, from 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM, you can come any time between those hours. You can commit to one day or multiple.

• September 27, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
• October 4, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
• October 11, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 
• October 18, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• October 25, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

Sign up for one day or as many as you like!
 
For more information Contact the Volunteer Services Team at volunteer@thetrustees.org

To explore other volunteer opportunities, visit our volunteer page at http://volunteer.thetrustees.org/
 
More about The Trustees
Founded by landscape architect Charles Eliot in 1891, The Trustees has, for more than 125 years, been a catalyst for important ideas, endeavors, and progress in Massachusetts. As a steward of distinctive and dynamic places of both historic and cultural value, The Trustees is the nation’s first preservation and conservation organization, and its landscapes and landmarks continue to inspire discussion, innovation, and action today as they did in the past. We are a nonprofit, supported by members, friends and donors and our 116 sites are destinations for residents, members, and visitors alike, welcoming millions of guests annually. www.thetrustees.org.
 
Inclusive Spaces for All
We are committed to providing a welcoming environment for all. Together, alongside our partners and volunteers we are creating inclusive spaces of community for people of all backgrounds to enjoy and preserving these open spaces for everyone, forever. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and experience.
 
The Trustees is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, military service, application for military service, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. The Trustees makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Covid-19 Volunteer Safety: The health and safety of Trustees’ volunteers, staff and visitors is our top priority.

• If you are not feeling well, please stay home
• If you have been in contact with someone with Covid-19 or someone displaying symptoms of Covid-19, please stay home
• For our most current Covid-19 updates, please visit our main Trustees site

More about Naumkeag 
This 48-acre architectural masterpiece is, at its heart, a family home. In 1884, Joseph Choate, a prominent New York attorney and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Caroline, hired the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White to design a summer retreat. The result was a 44-room shingle-style home, where several generations of the Choate family lived until daughter Mabel Choate bequeathed it to The Trustees in 1958.