The various offices of the Kennedy Center receive assistance from volunteers during regular business hours. Volunteers are responsible for receptionist and clerical needs in the Friends office, assisting with membership services, special events, subscription services, and assigned and special projects as they arise. Friendscript is an official publication of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, written, edited, and composed monthly by Friends volunteers in partnership with salaried staff. Friendscript helps keep the Center informed on internal activities, featuring articles about volunteer areas, special events, and individual members of the Kennedy Center family. This area does not qualify as a regular shift assignment.
All tours are free of charge, although donations are encouraged.
Guided tours extend to our visitors an opportunity to explore the Center's theaters, the Presidential boxes, the reception lounges, and the many gifts given to the Center by the nations of the world to honor the memory of President Kennedy. Friends volunteers in the Gift Shops are celebrated for their superb customer service and friendliness. This is not a seated position. Members consult and advise the Friends program on matters involving and affecting volunteers of the area they represent. The VAC Chairperson is an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center Community and Friends Board, which comprises community leaders from the greater Washington area, as well as the Chairman, President, and other senior administrative officers of the Kennedy Center.