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Volunteer: Museum Docent

The Dunes Center is a natural history museum and information center in Guadalupe, CA. We are best known for our artifacts from the 1923 film, The Ten Commandments, and our natural history exhibits. Museum docents greet visitors, guide tours of the center, provide information about local attractions, and help with administrative tasks. Training is provided and we are very flexible with your time. We are currently seeking docents to volunteer one or more days Wednesday through Sunday from 10am - 4pm. Please contact our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@dunescenter.org, or give us a call at (805)343-2455 for more information.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

The Dunes Center is a natural history museum and information center in Guadalupe, CA. We are best known for our artifacts from the 1923 film, The Ten Commandments, and our natural history exhibits. Museum docents greet visitors, guide tours of the center, provide information about local attractions, and help with administrative tasks. Training is provided and we are very flexible with your time. We are currently seeking docents to volunteer one or more days Wednesday through Sunday from 10am - 4pm. Please contact our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@dunescenter.org, or give us a call at (805)343-2455 for more information.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Agency Requirement: >16 years old

Zip Code: 93434

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Community Concert Volunteer

The Dunes Center partners up with UC Santa Barbara and provides a season of 4 concerts between January and April. The Dunes Center needs volunteers to assist in concert set up, break down, greeting, and tearing down. Come be a part of musical outreach in the community and give back!

Here are the upcoming concert dates:
January 12, 2019
February 9, 2019
March 9, 2019
April 13, 2019

Choose one, choose two, choose them all! We only ask for a couple hours of your time to run the show.


Most all of them run from 7pm to 8:30pm, which means we would need volunteers for either before, after, or during!

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

The Dunes Center partners up with UC Santa Barbara and provides a season of 4 concerts between January and April. The Dunes Center needs volunteers to assist in concert set up, break down, greeting, and tearing down. Come be a part of musical outreach in the community and give back!

Here are the upcoming concert dates:
January 12, 2019
February 9, 2019
March 9, 2019
April 13, 2019

Choose one, choose two, choose them all! We only ask for a couple hours of your time to run the show.


Most all of them run from 7pm to 8:30pm, which means we would need volunteers for either before, after, or during!

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 93434

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Environmental Education Intern

The Education Intern will be working in the education department of the Dunes Center. Their primary responsibilities will be to assist with the preparation, support and administration of the educational programs hosted by the Dunes Center. They will be responsible for leading sessions of the off-site afterschool and other educational programs that are hosted by the Dunes Center. Interns are also required to spend four to six hours weekly as a museum docent and or at Dunes Center Special Events. Examples include community walks and hikes. In the winter, interns will be teaching archaeology.

This part time service will enable both the Dunes Center to expand their programs and the intern to gain experiences that can be used for college or graduate school admissions, work experience and personal fulfillment.

The internship will last at least two quarters; for the first quarter you will shadow and assist a current education intern while teaching, and for the second quarter you will either teach on your own or have a new intern shadow you.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

The Education Intern will be working in the education department of the Dunes Center. Their primary responsibilities will be to assist with the preparation, support and administration of the educational programs hosted by the Dunes Center. They will be responsible for leading sessions of the off-site afterschool and other educational programs that are hosted by the Dunes Center. Interns are also required to spend four to six hours weekly as a museum docent and or at Dunes Center Special Events. Examples include community walks and hikes. In the winter, interns will be teaching archaeology.

This part time service will enable both the Dunes Center to expand their programs and the intern to gain experiences that can be used for college or graduate school admissions, work experience and personal fulfillment.

The internship will last at least two quarters; for the first quarter you will shadow and assist a current education intern while teaching, and for the second quarter you will either teach on your own or have a new intern shadow you.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Agency Requirement: >18 years old

Zip Code: 93434

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Help teach young minds about nature! Lead a walk.

Are you interested in nature? Do you enjoy educating students? Lead a field trip for the Dunes Center! Docents take groups of students on a nature walk through Oso Flaco Lake. Along the way, you will play fun activities with students that open their eyes to the plants and animals that surround them. The field trips generally run from 9am-1pm during the week. Training is provided. Get involved today by contacting us at volunteer@dunescenter.org or (805)343-2455. For more information, see our website, www.dunescenter.org.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

Are you interested in nature? Do you enjoy educating students? Lead a field trip for the Dunes Center! Docents take groups of students on a nature walk through Oso Flaco Lake. Along the way, you will play fun activities with students that open their eyes to the plants and animals that surround them. The field trips generally run from 9am-1pm during the week. Training is provided. Get involved today by contacting us at volunteer@dunescenter.org or (805)343-2455. For more information, see our website, www.dunescenter.org.

Agency: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Agency Requirement: >21 years old

Zip Code: 93434

Allow Groups: No