by Rebecca Lasley | May 6th, 2009
Stacy showed up on our doorstep recently, hoping to volunteer at Mendenhall as part of her senior project for Southern Guilford High School. Museum work is one of her interests for the future, so she wanted to gain some practical experience behind the scenes. For the past couple of months she’s been coming in on Saturdays to help out. I’m not surprised she received high marks for her project — after the first round of orientation, she was ready to fly solo on guiding visitors around the site. She did a fine job of it, too, I noticed on my occasional turns at eavesdropping. Several of our visitors took the time to tell me how much they enjoyed her presentation.
Happily for us, Stacy plans to attend college locally this fall and would like to keep volunteering as her schedule allows. We look forward to seeing more of her enthusiasm and friendliness around the site. History is a topic often neglected or poorly communicated in the classroom, so it’s always a pleasure to find students who appreciate that we can learn more from the past than a bunch of meaningless dates.
Welcome, Stacy! Thanks for choosing us!