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Meet new people, do good things!

We would love to have you join our volunteer family!
Please use the button below to sign up to be notified of upcoming volunteer opportunities, and read on to see what is possible
Volunteer interest form

National Volunteer Week photo of summer camp staff having lunch
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS
  • Helping with setup and crafts during seasonal events (Valentines Day, 
  • Overseeing Valentine-making craft materials - February
  • Help setting up summer stage, and tents - May
  • Helping with setup and crafts @ Mayday event - May 20th
  • Lexington Open Studios (greeters) - May
  • Weeding flower garden - June
  • Summer Camp - June through August; email camp staff for more information
  • Lemonade Social (help serving lemonade, greeting guests) - July
  • ArtWalk help with art installation - October
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2019 volunteer awards with repurposed sports award holding a golden screwdriver for construction volunteers
2019 Munrozie Awards: The Golden Screwdriver presented to Don Bailey & Paul O'Connell.


SPECIAL TASKS - One time events
  • Office: Helping to write and send Valentines, Thank You letters, etc.
  • Office: Helping to move or transfer digital files between computers or online drives
  • Photography: Capturing the essence of what we do in photographs (events, classes, etc.)
  • Writing: Interviewing special teachers, students, volunteers, and other members of our community for our  Profiles page
  • HR: Assisting staff with particular questions or concerns on case-by-case basis
  • IT: Assisting staff with particular questions or concerns on case-by-case basis
STRATEGY & PLANNING - join a committee to help oversee what we do​
  • Board of Directors: Setting & overseeing operational and financial goals of the Munroe Center for the Arts
  • Building Committee: Overseeing maintenance plan and troubleshooting building issues of a historic 1905 town building
  • Fundraising Committee: Finding and implementing the best practices to bring in grants and donations
  • Outreach Committee: Planning for community events, marketing, town relations
  • Governance Committee: Working to making sure that the board is a healthy, functional, and sustainable team
  • Capital Project Committee: Overseeing development of the "Master Plan", including the 2023 elevator project
  • Finance Committee: Regularly reviewing MCA finances and the best practices for a healthy operating budget
  • Munroe Center Stage Committee: Identifying performances and working with artists to schedule regular shows

BUILDING & GROUNDS
  • Handyman tasks, around the building or with public art structures (such as those surrounding the center)
  • Planting and weeding at the front of the building

ART MAKING
  • Helping with crafts or supplies during a community event
  • Working with youth during our classes and/or vacation art camps

GREETING & SET-UP
  • Staffing a table during local events to share information about MCA
  • Welcoming and directing visitors during internal events, such as the MCA Open House or Lexington Open Studios
  • ArtWalk art installations (fall)

Community Service suited for High Schoolers
  • Volunteering during vacation camp
  • Helping with art activities at a community art event
  • Greeting during community art event
  • Helping during afternoon classes with young students
  • Planting and weeding at the front of the building, especially during summer
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Volunteer Profile
Don Bailey on ladder fixing windows in gallery
Weatherproofing the windows before the great renovation of 2020.
DON BAILEY
Board of Directors Member
Building Committee Member
Munroe Center for the Arts Handyman Extraordinaire
Historian
Don's many years of service have gifted Munroe not only with much help fixing things around the building,  but also with perspective:  Why, for example, do we have some old copper guttering that transforms into PVC pipe near to the sidewalk?  He will tell you about the time when individuals were going around and stealing copper to sell.  Don is full of stories to share.

Don spent much of his professional career in the transportation industry.  When manufacturing started to move to other countries, Don saw the decline in the need for transportation of materials and goods and set himself up in the building trade with never a dull moment from then onwards.

In the mid-80's he was hired to do some work for one of the school directors at the MCA.  "I always went in by the dance studio and there was never anything there but happy faces.  This was a place they clearly liked to be" he recalled.  It is both this culture of Happy, as well as so many areas in which to lend a helping hand that drew Don to volunteer and ultimately become a Board of Directors member, among other things.

"When we first moved to Lexington" says Don, "our neighbors had five kids and the eldest was an artist who ultimately moved on to be one of the biggest designers in NYC.  It is great to see creative people able to achieve things that they would not be able to otherwise if opportunities didn't exist."  Don has other ties to the arts with one daughter-in-law who performs in music theater, another who is a TV producer in the DC area, and a granddaughter who is a dancer.

When asked about his long-serving volunteer time here, Don talks about the importance of promoting things we value for the next generation.  He also talks about the need for cultivating self-expression and creativity.

"I'd like to believe that the use of smartphones and artificial intelligence has something to do with how we build creative minds.  Look at a painting and think, Have I ever seen anything like that before?  Someone had to think of it first.  And also looking at a painting might inspire you to do something new.  We need to start with young minds.  We need to teach the next generation."

Don talks about appreciating what we have come to learn so that we can pass it along to the next generation.  Certainly his commitment and dedication to MCA over the years is a testament to this, and we are truly grateful.

Stay tuned for a future edition of the MCA monthly newsletter to find out more about Don's look back at the MCA building. . .

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