Museum Hours
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
year round

Volunteer

Why Should I Volunteer?

Volunteering for the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre offers to be a learning and rewarding experience. As a non profit organization, the day to day operation of the Centre often depends on volunteers to assist in various ways.

The CFDC offers a great reward program for our volunteers.

After 20 volunteer hours

Receive a 10% discount on programs and gift shop

After 100 volunteer hours
  • Volunteer will be awarded lifetime membership
  • Unlimited free admission
  • 10% discount on Gift Shop items
  • 25% discount on Tour Programs
  • Membership Newsletter
  • Your name added to our list of supporters
After 500 volunteer hours
  • Volunteer will be awarded a commemorative plaque.
After 1000 volunteer hours

Volunteer will be awarded a commemorative fossil replica.

 

Volunteer Opportunities
Support Services/Operational Services
  • Museum Guides - guiding visitors through the museum
  • Clerks - taking bookings, telephone enquiries, computing and DTP work
  • Gallery & Disply Maintenance
Research, Collections, Programs and Conservation  
  • Field Workers & Dig-site - assisting staff with current excavations
    including searching and field jacketing
  • Laboratory Workers - cleaning and preparing specimens (fossils)
  • Conservation Assistant
  • Cataloguer
Education Programs
  • Education Program Guide
  • Summer Day Camp Assistant
Revenue/Fundraising Development
  • Fundraising Assistant
  • Special Events Coordinator Assistant
Marketing/Communications 
  • Exhibitions Support Staff - staffing our booth at exhibitions throughout Manitoba
  • Communications Assistant
  • Marketing Survey Researcher
Gift Shop 
  • Gift Shop Sales Assistant
  • Counter Personal – handling cash for admissions
  • Inventory Control Assistant – assisting with inventory count and pricing
  • Cleaning and inventory display
Interdepartmental
  • Materials Preparation Assistant

 

TRAINING and GUIDANCE WILL BE GIVEN

If you wish to volunteer in any of the above capacities, please fill out the application form and send it to us OR complete the details below:

Name:

Street Address

Town/City

Postal Code

Telephone:

Email:

Gender:

Occupation:

Interests:

Special Skills Knowledge, Experience:

What area of work interests you?

What time and which days could you be available to join us?

The Centre is open to the public seven days a week between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Our staff can be contacted at the CFDC from 8:30 am to close.

Lower level in the Morden Rec Centre
111-B Gilmour St.
Morden, MB, Canada R6M 1N9

Phone: (204) 822-3406
Fax: (204) 272-3303          

Email: info@discoverfossils.com