Become a North Star Volunteer
Join our team and help us restore this historic House as a resource for the community.
NOTE: You can scroll down below the Volunteer Form to see a brief description of what the various jobs entail.
Fill out the following form to let us know what you are interested in. You will be contacted by one of our volunteer coordinators.
Current Volunteer Opportunities:
House Construction / Reconstruction: We have some very skilled craftsmen working on the house. We also need people to help with sanding, painting, cleaning up, getting rooms ready for work.
Maintaining Heritage Garden: The Heritage Garden honors the legacy of Arthur De Wint Foote, who was an avid horticulturalist as well as excellent mining engineer. People needed for pruning, planting, weeding, watering, maintaining hardscape, and maintaining irrigation system.
Landscaping and Grounds: Maintain several acres and restore grounds around the house to be similar to the previous landscaping.
Docent / Tours: Learn basic information about the North Star House and its history, then welcome visitors to the house, answer questions, and offer to show them around if they would like a brief tour.
NSH Events – Planning Committee: Attend monthly meeting to plan events; work on logistics of events between meetings and take responsibility for some aspects of some events.
NSH Events – Day-of-Event Support: Help with setup, during event, and/or cleanup.
Social Media / Marketing: If you love social media and marketing our organization and events, this one’s for you.
Graphic Designer: Experienced graphic designer to produce high-quality flyers, ads, etc. for our organization.
Fundraising – Program Management: If you have experience with fundraising campaigns for nonprofit organizations, please get in touch with us.
IMPORTANT: If you filled out the form and did not hit the SUBMIT button, please scroll back up to the end of the form and SUBMIT it. The form will be replaced by a submission acknowledgement when it has been submitted.