Volunteers work as educators, as exhibit room facilitators, in reception and in planning events. Training sessions take place each year in March and April. The Discovery Center is an environmental interpretation and education facility located on Great Bay. Education programs at the Center are facilitated by UNH Marine Docents and interns under the direction of the staff. The education program at Sandy Point includes field trips by school and other groups, teacher curriculum workshops, informal interpretive programs for the general public, research projects, bird walks and archaeological digs.
Volunteers also act as exhibit room facilitators and in reception.
Sandy Point Discovery Center has a training session each season - spring, summer and fall. Wells Reserve Located in Wells, Maine, the Reserve is located on the shore of the Gulf of Maine. There are barrier beach systems formed adjacent to tidal inlets at the Webhannet, Little, and Mousam rivers. The shoreline protects the Reserve's marshes. Volunteer opportunities include teaching in their education program and participating in their beach monitoring project taking monthly beach profiles to help determine the annual erosion cycles of sandy beaches.