Are you looking for an exciting and interesting way to make a difference? Consider volunteering at Oatlands! Meet new people, and learn new skills while contributing to the care and upkeep of a historical nonprofit. 

Get Started!

• Read the Volunteer Handbook
• Contact us to let us know you are interested.
• Attend a Volunteer Training Session
• Sign up to work!
• Please feel free to contact us with any questions!

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities:

Multi-Talented Handy-Persons:

• Are you an experienced electrician who can help with minor repairs?
• For those with woodworking experience, would you like to sand and reseal picnic tables? Or garden benches?

Landscape & Gardening Help:

• Weed the various flower beds, deadhead spent blooms, and trim back wily plants reaching into public paths.
• Claim an area of your very own to mow each week. Must be at least 18 years old, and have experience with ride-on mowers, zero turns, or driving a tractor with a Befco attachment.
• Weed-whacking. Keep Oatlands looking tidy by weed-whacking around trees in the oak grove, or around our historical interpretation signs.
• Harvest seeds from the garden and package them up for the gift shop.

Being a Volunteer has far-reaching benefits:

• Give tangible help to an organization that needs it
• Increase Social Skills
• Make new contacts
• Learn new skills
• Even mental and physical benefits are associated with volunteering!

Volunteer Events