Their input is essential. After all, it is the kids' Discovery Room. Once the museum has opened, she indicated that youth volunteers would be spending a great deal of their time in the Discovery Room. Liggett has plans to add to the current list of five youth volunteers, who generally spend at least one day a week at the museum, after the facility has opened to the public. That application process, she indicated, will include a statement of interest from aspiring volunteers plus a check of their school grades.
Grades come first.
One student who has spent the last year as a youth volunteer is Jessica Rohr, daughter of Allen and Maria Rohr, Hays. Jessica, a seventh-grader at Felten Middle School, plans to be in the Discovery Room during the grand opening Saturday and Sunday demonstrating items to opening weekend tourists. Jessica admits that the pace has accelerated in the past few weeks with grand opening approaching. It's changed a lot. Besides Jessica, other youth volunteers include Brett Alstatt, Becca Farr, Siri Hein and Laura Henning.