Personable volunteers staff the sales counter, help with inventory, and warmly welcome visitors. The Park Avenue Entrance is the starting point for most public visits to the Oregon History Center. The information desk is staffed by volunteers who welcome and inform, providing the first introduction to the Center. Minimum schedule twice a month for three hours. Special Events OHS events range from exhibit openings and fundraisers to the annual Wintering-In Harvest Festival and Holiday Cheer and Author's Party.
Volunteers provide a number of services from children's activities to acting as information hosts.
Administration Volunteers support OHS general operations which includes the directors' offices, finance, development, membership, public information, and volunteer services. Volunteers who are skilled and enjoy word processing, data entry, filing, preparing mailings, conducting surveys, writing and assisting in the administrative process are needed to support the employed staff. Volunteers do proofreading, computer and word processing input, indexing, and manuscript and photograph research. This program engages in a variety of activities to promote the understanding of the traditional arts and cultural heritage of people in the state. Volunteers assist with festival presentations, exhibit preparation, archival maintenance, clerical duties, and audiotape transcription.