Your help in one of the areas listed below would be greatly appreciated! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact belgradehistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
Collections – Help is needed to accession, organize, and file our paper based collections, including photographs, postcards, documents, and scrapbooks. Members of this committee will also greet visitors to our Belgrade History Room at the Center for All Seasons.
Facilities – Work on a committee that strives to provide the Belgrade Historical Society with a permanent home.
Fund raising projects – Join with others to plan activities that will raise funds to support the historical society.
Grant writing – Put your writing skills to work and provide significant support for the historical society by preparing grant applications.
History – Help preserve our heritage on one of these committees:
Old house committee – Join with others to photograph and document old houses in Belgrade. Old house owners enjoy working with us to trace their house’s past.
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Oral history committee – Interview and record conversations with our senior residents who enjoy telling fascinating stories from times gone by.
Research – Work on committees to gather and organize information about early Belgrade families, boys & girls camps, businesses, and lodging establishments.
Membership – Participate in our membership mailings.
Programs – Work with a committee to arrange for a series of informative and interesting speakers.
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Publicity – Send out press releases to newspapers and arrange for posters to advertise our programs and other events.
Website – Help prepare and update the content that appears on our website. Someone to take pictures at our events and programs would be helpful.