Volunteer for The Daniels Farmstead
This Place Runs on People Who Care About It
The Daniels Farmstead is run entirely by volunteers – an all-volunteer board, an all-volunteer foundation, and a community of people who show up because they want to. Every market, every festival, every restored corner of this historic farm exists because someone gave their time to it.
Why We Need Volunteers
An All-Volunteer Organization
Our board, our committees, and everyone who makes a season happen are volunteers. When you give your time here, you’re part of the organization.
History Worth Keeping
The Daniels Farmstead is one of the best-intact historic properties in the Blackstone Valley, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s here because people decided it should be.
The Work is Real
A 1750 farmhouse doesn’t preserve itself. Neither does a season of markets and events. Volunteers plan, run, staff, and clean up after them.
A Valley Thing
This is a local place, kept by local people. Volunteering here means putting your hands on something in your own community, and meeting your neighbors while you do it.
Immediate Need: Volunteer Programming Coordinator
At the Farmstead, “programming” means the content of an event – everything people come to see, learn, and do once they’re here.
The Volunteer Programming Coordinator develops the concept for what an event should feel like, then sources and organizes the people who deliver it. You’ll join the Foundation’s programming sub-committee and work alongside our board and fellow volunteers.
It’s part planning ahead of the season, part coordinating on the day.
What You'd Do
- Shape the Experience: Develop programming for each themed event – what happens, what it feels like, and how it ties to the Farmstead’s mission.
- Bring in the People: Recruit and coordinate performers, historical interpreters, experts, demonstrators, educational partners, and community organizations.
- Build Relationships: Connect with local schools, museums, historical societies, artist, and civic groups across the Valley.
- Run the Day: Organize the programming schedule – who’s on when, where they set up, how the day flows.
Who We're Looking For
- You have roots here: Community ties in the Blackstone Valley, or a fondness for it and its culture.
- You’re a connector: Either you already know the people in this scope of work, or you’re comfortable doing the research and making the ask.
- You’re organized: Confirmations, schedules, follow-ups. You keep track of moving pieces.
- You communicate well: You’ll be reaching out on the Farmstead’s behalf, and working with the broader team.
You do not need a history background or event-planning experience. Genuine enthusiasm and follow-through matter more than either.