Have you tried the local high schools?  You might target some of the juniors
and seniors who are looking for extra things to put on their college
applications... who knows, maybe they would start thinking about a career in
Museums.

Jennessa Reed


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From: "Issaquah Historical Society Info" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:36 PM
Subject: docent recruitment


> Hi, all,
>
> We are in need of new docents (not a unique challenge, I'm sure) and I'm
> soliciting suggestions.
>
> Here's what we do to recruit:
> We regularly ask for docents at our membership meetings and run ads in the
> newspaper. We also did a mailing to retirement communities letting them
know
> about our various services and encouraging folks to docent. When we can,
we
> participate in community volunteer fairs, etc. We have docent training
> sessions and docent appreciation lunches and teas, to which we encourage
> folks to bring friends or relatives (I don't think anyone has done this
> yet). But we only seem to recruit about 8 new docents a year, which is not
> enough to keep up with our increase in open hours.
>
> What are we doing wrong? What could we be doing that we are not? And - for
> bonus points - how can we keep all our retired docents from taking long
> vacations at the same time???
>
> Looking forward to your wisdom,
> Erica
>
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
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> www.issaquahhistory.org
>
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