Opportunities From: Volunteer McKinney

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Do you enjoy setting up and serving at parties? We have Tea and Tours for groups here at Chestnut Square. We serve lunch in our historic homes and a tour of the historic homes follows the lunch. If you like to serve and work with people in the community, come join us.

We are looking for volunteers that can be on their feet for a few hours cleaning dishes and serving our guests. Must have comfortable close toed shoes.

Tea & Tours can be scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, or Saturdays between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, depending on the event.

If you have a passion for hospitality and historic homes, we’d love to have you on our team!

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Help clean the historic homes at Chestnut Square Historic Village takes you back in time to a period long ago. Help us take care of the homes that were built in McKinney decades ago.

Cleaning needed dust furniture, sweep floors and rugs, sweep porches, clean windows and windowsills inside and outside the historic homes.

This volunteer opportunity is open on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday anytime between 9 am and 2 pm.

Come help us take care of some of the oldest standing homes in McKinney!

A background check is required. We support the cost.

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Are you looking to make a difference in your community? We need volunteers for regular maintenance of our grounds and buildings. Regular maintenance of our grounds include removing branches, weeding, raking and sweeping. General cleaning of the interior of the buildings usually involves dusting, mopping and sweeping sidewalks. Other maintenance includes repairing doors and taking out trash.

There is plenty to do for individuals or groups who are looking to volunteer on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis. No experience necessary.

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Do you love history? Do you wish to keep it alive? Do you like storytelling? Come join us and tell about the oldest house in McKinney, share the history of Collin County and McKinney through our weekly and scheduled guided tours.

Volunteer to be a Docent (tour guide) to lead tours of the Historic Home Museums on Thursdays and/or Saturdays at 11:00 am. Learn the stories of the families that lived in the historic homes and pass on their history to visitor's that come to take a tour. No experience is required. Docents receive full training, including a docent manual with the history of the families that lived in the homes, tours with experienced docents and mock tours with the Chestnut Square Tour Manager.

Requirements:

Village Tours are on Thursday and Saturday from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm and Friday from 12:45pm-2:45pm.

Background check required and we support the cost.

Observe at least two group tours with an experienced docent

Conduct a mock tour with the Chestnut Square Museum Director before you begin leading tours on your own.

Preferred skills:

Well-spoken, speak clearly and animated

Opportunity to work private tours

Opportunity to be a docent for School Tours

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