​Volunteers

We need you! Volunteers are a big part of the Access Arts family. Our volunteers do everything from helping with special art events to taking care of the grounds, from serving on the Board of Directors to seeing that critical housekeeping chores are done, from handling secretarial jobs to assisting with marketing research and promotion. Join our team of amazing volunteers! If you are looking to schedule a volunteer event with us, send us an email! If you are just wanting to come for a couple of spare hours you have in your schedule, fill out the form below and check out the list of opportunities we have for you!​

We provide all rakes, trashbags, & various materials to complete the tasks listed, but if you want to bring your own or donate any materials that would help, you are welcome to do so too! Thanks again!

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Walking Schoolbus Volunteers

Beginning in the fall of 2021, we are hosting an aftercare program for Benton Elementary that includes a walking schoolbus component! However, we are in need of volunteers to walk our students from Benton to Access Arts (only one half mile!). We need volunteers who can commit to a set schedule, and TWO adults are needed per shift for adequate supervision of 15 students. You should be able to commit around 40 minutes of your time. Volunteers must be able to pass a background check. Fill out the form below if you are interested!

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
SUMMER

• Cut poison ivy and apply growth inhibitor
• Weed garden beds of clover, grass, and saplings add mulch wherever possible
• Remove morning glory vines from weaving balcony
• Prune trees, make sure sidewalks are clear
• Prune new tall growth of shrubs between houses and along road and any dead branches with clean (with rubbing alcohol) cutters
• Pull weeds out of cracks in driveways at office and pottery building
• Pull dead growth out of columbine by back weaving door (watch out for poison ivy)
• Pull weeds around garden by ceramic studio window
• Catalpa pods raked, poison ivy hazard cut back
• Water beds 

FALL

• Leaf raking!!!!!!!! 
• Sweep front walkway
• Put fallen branches in pile to be burned in wood kiln or trashed
• Pull out Virginia creeper (5 leaves vines) and cut tall peonies down from vincas next to office driveway
• Trim weeds back next to office house on right side
• Pull/cut weeds from smash pile space in front of studio and square garden with catalpa tree
• Sweep out or leaf blow debris from under kiln shelter 
• Catalpa pods raked, poison ivy hazard cut back and treated

WINTER

• Leaf blow or rake cypress leaves into compost behind gas tank
• Pull weeds from under weaving balcony and in bed by street 
• Shovel/salt all sidewalks connected to building

SPRING

• Weeding: pull all grass back to expose border so we can mow up to edge
• Remove all herb seedlings so they don’t overtake the garden (leave main herb bush)
• Cut old dead growth from sage, lemon balm pull all leaf debris out of gardens and make sure each plant is free from weeds sneaking into its space
• Plant new flowers, subdivide replant hostas
• More weeding!!!!
• Cut back dead hostas from last year in buckets around gas kiln