October 6 and 7 will be the 10th Anniversary of Open House New York. There will be many new sites. I will be a site volunteer for the 10th time. There are less than 20 of us who have volunteered every year.
For a variety of reasons, volunteer recruitment started late (today in fact) this year. The volunteer meetings will be Sept 18 and 22 but you must register in advance.
One year, I volunteered at the Chrysler Building so I thought you would enjoy this picture. You can read about other places I've volunteered in my prior year posts. Some of the prior year links may not work.
To learn more about Open House New York start here. Become a supporter, enter the raffle, go to the kick off party!
To find out more about volunteering (if there are spots left) and to register as a volunteer start here.
Volunteers get a button that will get you to the head of the line when you are not working your shift.
UPDATE - tour guide's holiday this year. Although one of my passions is giving Central Park tours, this year I will be handling checkin and volunteer duties for fellow Guides Association tour guide Bob Gelber. (I've been on a Battery Park City tour with him. He is a great guide.)
This is the first year in a while that I will be near a computer to sign up for special events when registration begins on Sept 27th. I will post my Sunday plans then.
If you want to do more of OHNY with me on Saturday afternoon, you will have to sign up for the Central Park tour when registration opens and I will see you there. The starting point will be made known only to those who register. Have a great time!
More about the Chrysler Building:
I will not be able to attend this event but if any of you new volunteers are interested, RSVP through the link and tell them I (Susan Katz) sent you!
OHNY Volunteer Potluck
Tuesday, September 4th
14th Street Park
6:00-7:30pm
OHNY invites you to a special Volunteer Potluck at 14th Street Park! As the 2012 OHNY Weekend is right around the corner, we are bringing past and future OHNY volunteers together for a fun evening of sharing stories about OHNY Weekend while enjoying a communal spread.
We encourage all current volunteers to bring along a friend, or two, or ten who are also interested in supporting OHNY and becoming an OHNY Weekend volunteer. This year OHNY has more sites and programs than ever before and we need as many dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers as we can get!
There will be a special prize for the person that brings the most friends along (and by friends we mean future OHNY volunteers!)
Please bring food to share (fruit or any type of savory or sweet snack will do just fine!) and your own non-alcoholic beverage; plates, napkins and utensils will be provided. OHNY will be bringing the cupcakes!
14th Street Park is located between 14th and 15th Streets, 10th Avenue and the Westside Highway; main entrances are on 15th Street and 10th Avenue or 14th Street and the Westside Highway.
The potluck is weather dependent. We will send an email in the event that we have to cancel.
Please RSVP by replying to this email or by sending an email to ohnyvc@ohny.org. If you have already RSVP'd, we look forward to seeing you there!
Posted by: Sue | 08/30/2012 at 01:52 PM