RED LAKE REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTRE
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Volunteering

Volunteering

Become a volunteer at the Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre today. Take part in meaningful activities that shape our community. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge, contribute to exhibitions, research, artifact preservation, cataloguing, construction, programming, and so much more!

Here are some examples of some projects you could be involved with:

Exhibitions
  • Permanent Display
Secure/sew items in the pullout drawers in order to provide a safe display environment for objects
Provide tours
 
  • Northern Nature Trading Experience
Restock the rocks, minerals, shells
Set up display boxes of butterflies (pinning)
Assist with the Northern Nature Trading Experience (depending on relevant specialty)
 
Special Events
  • Present a lecture
  • Welcome visitors
  • Help in the set-up and dismantling of an event
  • Teaching workshops according to special talent/knowledge (i.e. gardening)
Marketing
  • Distribute marketing materials
  • Spread the message about projects – verbally and online
  • Prepare new stock for sale in gift shop
  • Recruit new volunteers
Collections
  • Sort the newspapers in chronological order, providing conservation-friendly storage for the items
  • Inventory of framed objects in storage.  Photograph items, as needed.
  • Inventory of collections and numbering of storage shelves
  • Working with Centre staff, create a storage area for oversized artifacts
Other
  • Sort our reference books and create a spreadsheet indicating title, author and location.
  • Organize the workshop area. Evaluate the tools to determine their importance, use, and effectiveness.
  • Using the Heritage Centre’s equipment, set up a photography area in the back room
  • Design and create new hanging signage
  • Create a storage area for the folding tables
Download a Volunteer Application
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For more information contact Lisa Hughes at 807 727 3006 or by email at lisa.hughes@redlake.ca
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre
51A Highway 105 P.O. Box 64
Red Lake, ON, Canada
P0V 2M0
807-727-3006
heritage@redlake.ca
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The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre is a charitable organization, funded by the Municipality of Red Lake, the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and through fundraising activities. Reg # 87315 2714 RR001.

  • Home
  • Heritage Online
    • Puzzles
    • Podcast
    • Online Programming >
      • Bannock
      • Comics: Narratives in Transition
      • Dream Catchers
      • Eco Printing
      • Flower Pounding
      • Fur Trade
      • Mushrooms
      • Pysanky
      • Suncatchers
      • Wild Teas
      • Woodland Art
  • Exhibitions and Events
    • Red Lake Speaker Series
    • Current Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits >
      • SouthPaw Photography
      • EZHI NAMANG: HOW WE SEE IT
      • Red Lake on the Move
      • Fish Stories
      • Red Lake Art Show 2016
      • Red Lake Art Show 2017
      • Red Lake Art Show 2018
      • Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
      • Fire People >
        • Fire 14-1
        • Fire 14-2
  • History
    • Red Lake History
    • Aviation History
    • Immigration
    • Residential Schools
    • Heritage Centre History
    • Red Lake District Souvenir Record
  • Gift Shop
    • Accessories >
      • Jewellery
      • Key Holders
      • Purses, Wallets & Bags
    • Local Artists >
      • Rhonda Beckman
      • Valerie Blab
      • Kaila Erb
      • Lauren Furman
      • Patrick Hunter
      • Aaron LeBlanc
      • Amy Newport
      • Hidehiro Otake
      • Mark Nadjiwan
      • Sara Ramer-Dean
      • Rebecca Saikkonen
      • Wendy Yutzy
    • Books & DVDs
    • Cards
    • Clothing >
      • Scarves & Hats
      • T-Shirts
      • Long Sleeves
      • Socks
    • Home & Kitchen >
      • Glassware
      • Home Décor
      • Kitchen
      • Mugs
    • Glass Ornaments
    • Magnets
    • Miscellaneous
    • Norval Morrisseau Designs
  • Support
    • Volunteering
    • Memberships
    • Donor Wall
  • About Us
    • Strategic Plan
    • Annual Report
    • Services
    • Our Mission
    • Collections Policy
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Staff & Board
  • Mailing List
  • Mining Map
  • Donate Now