Image for spinner

Opportunity Details

Remote Decoration Making - Fruitlands

Opportunity Overview:
Let’s deck the trails around Fruitlands and add some natural beauty to the wintry woods! We are decorating a handful of trees throughout the trail system for visitors to search for and/or just to happen upon while hiking this winter. Want to get involved from the comfort of your own home? We are looking for volunteers who can make some nature ornaments at home and deliver them to Fruitlands for inclusion in the decorated tree displays.

Follow this link for detailed guidelines for ornament creation. If you would also like to get involved with sorting and setting up these displays on the trails, please see the On-site Tree Decorating volunteer opportunity.

Benefits:
  • Join a creative community effort and create beauty that will delight visitors to Fruitlands
  • Meet new people
  • Directly and positively impact the experience of visitors to Fruitlands while you create from home
  • Great opportunity to involve children and other members of your household
  • Have a reason for a household crafting party during the Thanksgiving holiday period!
  • Access to future volunteer opportunities throughout the year
Responsibilities (may include but are not limited to the following):
  • Communicate effectively with staff
  • Observance of Trustees safety and COVID protocols while on property to drop off supplies
  • Reports to Fruitlands Public Programming and Events Coordinator
  • Make as many ornaments as you like
  • Observance of Trustees safety and COVID protocols 
  • Log volunteer hours
Qualifications:
  • Ability to deliver your finished ornaments to Fruitlands by 4pm on Friday, December 3
  • Access to some basic craft materials and tools at home
  • No artistic background required. . . just a sense of FUN!
Time Commitment:
We’re flexible! Volunteers may arrange a convenient time to drop off their ornaments, preferably on or before by 4pm on Friday, December 3.

If you have questions, please contact the volunteer leader, Kim Gaboriault at kimgab@gmail.com.

For more information email 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.
 
More about Fruitlands
In 1843, Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane turned a swath of Harvard farmland into a Transcendentalist experiment in subsistence farming and Emersonian self-reliance, named Fruitlands, which ultimately disbanded after only seven months. In 1914, Clara Endicott Sears opened the grounds to the public, establishing a museum in the property’s 1820s farmhouse. Now, the 210-acre landscape encompasses five collections first established by Sears: the original Fruitlands Farmhouse; the Shaker Museum, the first such museum in the country; the Native American Museum, celebrating the history of indigenous peoples; the Art Museum, with a variety of rotating exhibits, contemporary art, and showcasing a combined collection of more than 300 Hudson River School landscape paintings and 19th-century vernacular portraits; and the Wayside Visitor Center, a classroom, education, and exhibition space.


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
 
The opportunity date and time you are looking for is no longer available.
Engagement

Age Minimum (with Adult): 10+, Minimum Age:18+

Please wait... Image for spinner

Log in or Register

In order to register for this opportunity you must log in to an existing account or register to create a new account.

Register

Sign up with a team

This link allows you to participate in this opportunity with a team. A team can be a family team, corporate team, or any kind of organized group. When you click on the link you will have the option to:

  • Choose an existing team you're already a member or captain of, or
  • Create a new team to sign up.

Signup Questions

Please respond to the following questions in order to signup for this opportunity:

© 2020 The Trustees of Reservations   --  The Trustees is a 501c3 nonprofit organization  --   Est. 1891

Volunteer Information     |     Volunteer@TheTrustees.org

Common Messages