Applications are now being accepted for Fall 2008. Selection will begin in August for application.
Fall 2008 application deadline: September 15,2008.
Youth volunteers during the school year participate in a ten-week, service-learning program that combines training sessions and hands-on volunteer experience. You?ll volunteer once a week for 4-5 hours. During this time, you learn public speaking, customer service, and job skills, and then put your new knowledge to work by presenting interactive science demonstrations to OMSI visitors and developing your own original demonstration! Participants earn up to 50 hours of volunteer service and are encouraged to continue volunteering after the program ends.
The Rising Stars school year program is offered both on the weekend and during the school week. The Rising Stars weekend option is offered on Sundays. Participants can choose from one of two shifts: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students attending alternative schools or being home schooled can participate in the Rising Stars weekday option on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information about the Rising Stars school-year program,
click here.
Summer 2008: Program is full, please check out the upcoming school-year sessions.
OMSI's summer youth volunteer program is available in two six-week sessions, starting in mid-June or late July. You'll alternate between a classroom setting and direct experience on the museum floor, delivering exciting, hands-on science demonstrations for OMSI visitors. You'll even have the opportunity to develop your own science activity or demonstration. Teens gain customer service training, workplace skills, and up to 90 hours of volunteer service upon completion of the program.
