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Admissions/Gift Shop Attendant

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ORGANIZATION: COLUMBUS OHIO FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM INC

  • 43 people are interested

Join our team at the Central Ohio Fire Museum and Learning Center (COFM). We are looking for volunteers, especially on Saturdays, but we have many opportunities available. Volunteers help to greet our guests, collect museum admissions, and assist in our gift shop.

Supervised by staff, volunteer responsibilities will include:

  • Greeting guests to the museum.
  • Operating register for admission and gift shop purchases.
  • If you want to learn how to give tours of the artifacts and displays, we will teach you!
  • Have a FUN!


Qualifications

  • Friendly and outgoing.
  • Ability to interact with guests of all ages from all around the world.
  • Volunteers need to be available to work at least one shift a month. Shifts run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Specific shifts can be arranged if needed.
  • Be comfortable handling sales transactions - training will be provided.

More opportunities with COLUMBUS OHIO FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM INC

No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.

About COLUMBUS OHIO FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM INC

Location:

260 N 4TH ST, COLUMBUS, OH 43215, US

Mission Statement

To preserve and teach the history of American fire fighting, while providing year-round fire prevention education to children and citizens of Ohio and beyond.

Description

Step back in time and become a part of history! Our museum is located in the heart of Downtown Columbus, in a beautifully restored 1908 Columbus Engine House. We offer guided historical tours and provide age-appropriate fire safety education by one of our fire safety educators. If you're interested in volunteering, you can learn to guide our visitors through the historical tour of the museum or work in our gift shop, where you'll collect admission and run the register. Our hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. Volunteers can choose which days they'd like to work, and are welcome to volunteer on as many days as they like. Join our team today!

CAUSE AREAS

Arts & Culture
Children & Youth
Emergency & Safety
Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Emergency & Safety

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

260 North Fourth StreetColumbus, OH 43215

(39.968178,-82.99698)
 

SKILLS

  • Customer Service
  • People Skills
  • General Education
  • Public Speaking

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 16
  • At least one (1) six hour shift per month.

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