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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
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Volunteers at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.

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Volunteers at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.

The staff at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument would like to invite you to volunteer your time and skills helping us with a variety of activities. You'll learn new skills, acquire new knowledge, meet new people and make new friends!

We enjoy a very busy visitation in the winter months from November through April.  We meet folks from all over the world and enjoy special programs presented by archeologists, American Indian storytellers and entertainers, authors of books sold in our bookstore and more.

 

Here are descriptions of the positions we need the most help with:

Interpretive Aide (General): Provides general information to visitors and performs roving visitor contact; answers questions and demonstrates aspects of Hohokam culture and Sonoran desert life; assists children with the Junior Ranger Program; assists education coordinator with school groups; assists the bookstore manager.

Interpretive Aide (Tour Guides): Provides all services mentioned above plus researches, develops and presents interpretive programs to the public.

Administrative Aide: Performs clerical duties such as filing, answering phones, faxes, mail, word processing and other basic computer skills.

Maintenance Aide: Assists maintenance staff with routine tasks such as cleaning rest rooms, cleaning grounds, emptying trash, cleaning and preparing the visitor center, sweeping and blowing walkways, and pruning and watering plants; other special tasks might include electrical, carpentry, welding, plumbing, masonry and painting.

Resources Management Aide: Assists resources manager in preserving, inventorying and monitoring natural and cultural resources of the Ruins such as plants, animals and archeological sites. Duties may include curatorial or library work.

We offer flexible volunteer work schedules to anyone residing permanently or seasonally in our area. Commercial RV parks are available in the adjacent town of Coolidge and nearby communities. The park has five RV pads with full hookups available for volunteers who agree to work for at least three months at a minimum of 32 hours per week. 

Please come join us and share your love of people, culture and history. Have fun, learn and help your National Parks!

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, 520-723-3172.

Click here for other volunteer opportunities with the National Park Service.

 
Artificats found during excavations at Casa Grande Ruins.  

Did You Know?
The Casa Grande Ruins were extensively excavated and studied by Dr. Jesse Fewkes in 1906. Previously, visitors removed artifacts and took pieces of the walls and roofs as souvenirs.

Last Updated: September 02, 2009 at 14:55 EST