Volunteers

e are looking for volunteers to assist us with the most important part of our operation - our visitors! Our visitors are from all over the world, and most come to St. Ann's Academy as part of their enjoyment of Victoria's rich history as the provincial capital.

Our site has many types of volunteer jobs:

Docents
Greet visitors as they walk through our interpretive centre. Docent means "volunteer teacher": one who answers questions, and helps to guide visitors on site through our Chapel, parlours and gardens. On quieter days, docents are sometimes asked to help staff with other duties on site.

Wedding Assistants
St. Ann's beautiful historic chapel currently sees over 100 wedding rentals a year. From helping staff prepare the site for receptions, to ringing the bell as the bridal party departs, a wedding volunteer is someone with lots of energy, who enjoys excitement.

Program Volunteer
Would you enjoy assisting with school programs, conferences, festivals, and heritage-oriented events? You can help with the organization and supervision of such activities, and also with special tours and public openings.

Everyone welcome
We welcome volunteers with all kinds of abilities; for example, we have volunteers that work on cataloguing our collections; one who is sewing replicate altar linens; and another who helped to produce this information.

Some typical St. Ann's volunteers

Susan began her involvement with St. Ann's serving refreshments at a class reunion for the graduates of 1950. She is now a regular on Thursday mornings, and enjoys telling the visitors about the school and the Sisters of St. Ann, and her days as a student.

Jackson first became aware of St. Ann's Academy when he was the volunteer set designer for a children's play in our Auditorium. He is now an on-call volunteer for the many busy Saturday weddings that take place in the chapel. He enjoys the people and all the fun of these occasions.

Liz is a part-time student and full-time mom, but enjoys the weekend opportunity to greet the public and work with paid staff on clerical duties. She has made many improvements to our filing system. She hopes her hours at St. Ann's will aid her in her job search once she has graduated.

Phyllis is retired and in her early 80's, but still has a lot to give. She comes in on-call to help with our new school programs for younger grades. She is getting used to the flow of the program, and trained for two days with staff to "learn the ropes" of the program and its activities. She enjoys the children's happy chatter and many questions.

Fill out the form below or visit us at St. Ann's Academy Interpretive Centre, located at 835 Humboldt or call: (250) 953-8829 / 8828 for more information on our volunteer program.

Are you interested in joining our volunteer program? Please complete the following.