Creek Keepers are a vital part of the local effort to clean up the Neuse River. The library seeks volunteers to provide library services to hospitals by circulating books and magazines to patients. Its Friends of the Library group helps with fund-raising and programs, and area artists volunteer to exhibit work in the library's Artist of the Month display. If you enjoy books and literature, you may find this organization worth exploring. The historical society relies on volunteers for most of its vital functions.
Volunteers make up the society's membership, education, marketing and program committees.
They serve as tour guides, fund-raiser staff and help produce the Historical Society Journal . They coordinate special projects and help maintain historical buildings and grounds. Volunteers are in great demand during the city's Spring Homes and Gardens Tour and the New Bern at Night Ghost Walk. If you enjoy history and its preservation, you will find a niche here. Like the historical society, the preservation foundation counts on volunteers and uses their skills to operate its organization.