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Volunteer Ops at Ashland

Have some time on your hands in 2010?  Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate which is located 120 Sycamore Rd. in Lexington, will offer volunteer orientation and training sessions in February and March.  Interested participants can select from a flexible orientation schedule of Monday afternoon sessions.  Additional one-on-one training is also available throughout the year. 

This National Historic Landmark provides an important community service, and helps preserve the legacy and estate of a great American statesman.  Volunteers can meet and work with interesting and diverse people from across the country and around the world, as well as make new lifelong friends and have fun!  Opportunities include giving guided tours, greeting visitors and selling tickets and merchandise in the Museum Store, or assisting teachers with school groups, assisting with curatorial research, helping with special programs and events, and much more.  Ashland volunteers are an active group and many participate in social and educational programs offered throughout the year.   

2010 Ashland Volunteer Orientation & Training Schedule

Monday, February 15   1:00 pm – 3:30pm

Monday, February 22   1:00pm –  3:30pm

Monday, March 1        1:00pm –  3:30pm

Monday, March 8        1:00pm –  3:30pm 

There is no cost to participate in the volunteer program. Training sessions begin in the Keeper’s Cottage on the estate grounds.  To participate, contact Jessica Hartman, Director of Tour Operations
859-266-8581, Ext. 18    jhartman@henryclay.org

 

Our country is prosperous and powerful; but could it have been quite all it has been, and is, and is to be, without Henry Clay?   Abraham Lincoln, 1852