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Happy Summer, Volunteers!
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May 24, 2007
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A special e-newsletter for our
volunteers
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Salutations!
Greetings, Volunteers!� I hope this last full
week of May finds you happy, healthy, and enjoying the beautiful mountain
weather we've been having.� I've done some work in my garden (and gotten
my first obligatory sunburn...), so that must mean summer is approaching
rapidly.
There's a flurry of activity at The Health Adventure.�
Classes for the year are winding down as schools finish testing and final
requirements, but excitement is building about this year's summer�science
camps.� We're also in the process of installing a new member card system
with a bar-code scanner...welcome to the modern world!� Our exhibits staff
is hard at work putting up our new traveling exhibit, "The Magic
School Bus Kicks Up a Storm."� From the pieces I've seen, it's going
to be an amazing exhibit.� The exhibit opens to the public this Saturday,
May 26.
I hope to see many of you over the summer, either as
guests exploring the new exhibit or as volunteers helping with activities,
camps, and other programs.
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Welcome New Volunteers!
The Health Adventure is happy to welcome new
volunteers to our facility family!
Crystal
Roberts joins us as a summer camp volunteer from the Buncombe
Community School.� Crystal has great hands-on experience with kids...she
has 16 cousins under the age of 7!� She's also worked in daycare
facilities and is excited to start volunteering.� Welcome, Crystal!
Laura Whisenant also joins us as a new summer
camp volunteer.� Laura is a student at TC Roberson, and she also
volunteers at the Asheville Humane Society.� She loves science and working
with kids, and she's looking forward to a chance to combine the two.�
Welcome, Laura!
Bryan Morris is a new summer
camp volunteer working in our Young Adventurers program.� Brian is the son
of our Finance Director, Mitzi, and he's excited to get involved with our
camp programs!
We're also very happy to welcome back
Holly Schryer, All� Fuller,
Rebekah Grella, Emma Hanna,
Joanna Leslie, and Dominique Duncan.�
These dedicated volunteers are returning to summer camp this year, and
we're so glad to have them back!
Do you know someone who may be
interested in volunteering?� Spaces are still available in our Young
Adventurers camps for volunteers age 14 and up.� ONE space remains in our
Discover Science summer camps for volunteers age 16 and up.� We also have
space available in our "Magic School Bus" exhibit program
leading activities with our guests.� Information about our volunteer and
internship programs is available on our website by following the link
below.
Summer
Volunteer and Internship Positions
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Current Volunteer Opportunities
See something below that you like?� Signing up for
volunteer opportunities is easy!� Just give me a call (254-6373 x322) or
an email (jessical@thehealthadventure.org)
and I'll take care of it!
"The Magic
School Bus Kicks Up a Storm"
Dates: anytime from May
26-September 28
Time: museum open hours
Is
Ms. Frizzle your personal hero?� Do you dream of taking a magical journey
to exciting places on a bright yellow school bus?� Do you dig thunder and
storms?� Then this is the opportunity for you!� Join us as an Activity
Leader in the "Magic School Bus" exhibit.� We need volunteers to
lead hands-on activities with our guests on the museum floor.� Do
experiments about air...make your own dew and frost...explore the three
components of weather....learn how people adapt to differences in weather
and the role heat, global wind patterns, and the water cycle play in
weather.� Guests will even have the chance to mix up their own weather!
Weather Family Day
Date: July 21
Time: 10:30-4:30
Volunteers needed: 2
Celebrate the wonders of weather!� Whether we weather the
weather well or whether the weather weathers us, weather is all around
us!� Join us for a special full-day celebration of the wonders of
weather.� We'll have activity stations set up throughout the museum, all
about exploring weather and the science behind it.� Help our guests
explore the wonderful world around us!� Shorter shifts are also
available.
Red Riot Party
Date:
August 18
Time: various shifts beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Volunteers needed: 12-16
Get ready for the
party that's a riot!� Get out your red feather boas, your red pajamas,
your red noses, and your ability to giggle hysterically and prepare
yourself for the Red Riot Party!� Part of our Humor is Healthy campaign,
this event celebrates the value of a good ol' belly laugh.� With
entertainers ranging from storytellers to wacky bands, the event promises
to be fun for the whole community.�
We need volunteers to
setup for the event, check tickets and greet guests as they arrive, serve
drinks (must be 21+), replenish refreshments, interact with guests, help
sell silly items from the Explore Store, facilitate our green room, and
staff booths for the entertainers.� If humor's your thing (or you just
like the color red), then this is the event for you!
Physics Phestival
Date: September 29
Time: 10:30-4:00
Volunteers Needed: 2
It's time once again to have phun with physics!� This
phun-philled day shows guests just how much phun physics can be.� Help us
lead physics activities on the museum floor as our guests explore the
world of physics.
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Summer Volunteer Opportunities
During the summer of 2004, The Health Adventure
started a new summer volunteer program.� Each summer, youth, college
students, and adults from across the community join us as volunteers and
interns.� They work directly with our campers, supervising during free
periods, helping in the camp classrooms, and serving as critical
assistants to our camp teachers.
Spaces are still available in
both Young Adventurers' camps, June 11-15 and June 18-22, for rising 1st
and 2nd graders.� Our camp programs emphasize an interactive approach to
learning and exploration.� We welcome applications from volunteers age 14
and up for Young Adventurers camps.
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Young Adventurers in Space
explores what it's like to be an astronaut, eat space food, and walk on the
moon.� Campers will explore the galaxy, build a planet, experiment with
gravity, invent an animal that could survive on Jupiter, discover a new
constellation and tell its story.
Young Adventurers' Animal
Antics�helps campers become animal investigators!� From mammals to bugs,
from fish to fowl, they'll discover how animals live and the surprising
things they do.� With animal scavenger hunts, a chance to practice bird
calls, and close encounters with the animal kingdom, this camp promises to
be fun for all!
We also have ONE spot remaining in our morning
July 9-13 Discover Science ToyLab camp for any volunteer age 16 and up.�
This camp explores the science of toys...what makes things tick?� How do
you make your own?� Campers will fly a boomerang, grow a crystal, design a
boat, make 3-D glasses, play a clown bagpipe, and more.
Volunteers must submit an application form (available by emailing JessicaL@thehealthadventure.org
or visiting the website below), have a successful in-person interview with
museum staff, commit to one full Monday-Friday week of camp, and attend a
mandatory orientation session.� Volunteer positions are open to current
and new volunteers.
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