The student workers are members of Landmark Volunteers, a Sheffield-based non profit summer service Organization that sends high school students to work at different sites around the country. Besides Ventfort Hall, Landmark Volunteers will provide student workers at Tanglewood, Gould Farm in Monterey and Schenob Brook Wetland Preserve in Sheffield this summer. This is the first time a Landmark Volunteers crew has worked at Ventfort Hall, Sprague said. During their two-week stint, the entire crew is staying at Sprague's home on Undermountain Road. The youngsters volunteering at Ventfort Hall come from South Carolina, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Maine and Pennsylvania.
Prospective volunteers apply through their schools, and list six sites on their applications.
They must also write an essay. Many of them are history buffs like Golodny. Last summer I went to Plimoth Plantation with Landmark. I wanted to do it again. I saw this one in the brochure.