2023 Volunteer Opportunities

Preservation Action Committee Members
(Meets the first Monday of the month at 5PM – HPT headquarters, 123 N Prince St., Lancaster, PA 17603)

• Historic resource surveys
• Monitoring – development/demolition plans and ‘at risk’ properties
• Developing design guidelines
• Preservation Summit planning

Countywide Barn tour in conjunction with Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley

• Sponsorship follow-up
• Photos for tour book
• Property research and content writing

Walking tour guides (flexible schedule)

• Guided architectural focused tours in Columbia, Ephrata, and Lancaster City

HPT display for Lancaster Train Station display cases

• Photos for display (property photos)
• Property research and content writing

Event/Marketing

• Helping to promote HPT events and fundraising

Archive Digitization
(Meets Wednesday 2pm-6pm, Thursday 9am-5pm, and Friday 9am-5pm)

• Taking an inventory of the materials of the HPTLC
• Input the information recorded into a Collection Management Software, PastPerfect.
• Move items out of the basement to make room for new acquisitions, and other tasks in order to prepare the HPTLC materials for digitization.
• Ideally, volunteers for the digitization must be able to lift at least 40 pound boxes and have the ability to bring a laptop or computer to input data. 

Board of Directors

• The Trust is currently looking to fill some of our Board of Director positions. Specifically, we are looking for prospective directors who have a background in development, fundraising or lobbying. All other backgrounds are welcome to submit  for consideration.
• All candidates should submit a letter of interest with a resume to director@hptrust.org.

Committee Members

We are also looking for people to join our committees including the Finance Committee and the Events/Marketing Committee

If you are interested in any of these volunteer opportunities or if you have questions please contact Danielle Keperling at director@hptrust.org or 717-330-9772.