HISToRICAL WALKING TOURS

The Jewish Beacon History Walk app pulls from BHS’s archives and oral histories to tell the story of Jewish enterprise and the evolution of Beacon’s Main Street. The walking tour app will launch April 1, and enable users to learn about former Jewish businesses on Main Street that added to Beacon’s vibrancy, commerce and daily life.

This project is made possible, in part, by the Irving and Gloria Schlossberg Family Fund and the Sadie Jane Effron Cahn Beacon Hebrew Alliance Endowment of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.

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BE A PART OF BEACON’S LIVING HISTORY: VOLUNTEER FOR THE TOUR COMMITTEE!

History comes to life through the Beacon Historical Society Tour Committee. Our walking tours combine storytelling and live actors, giving Beacon's ghosts a voice once again in a fun, entertaining, informative, and educational presentation. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS who can contribute their talents of acting, sponsorship, marketing, staging, costumes, rehearsals, etc.

Our volunteers have had a lot of fun working on our tours, but a good tour needs a hardworking team! The more the merrier!! More people working together means our volunteers can contribute their talents in a way that fits their schedule and needs. Grab a few friends, review the positions below, and see how you can help. Whether you can give two nights a season or 2 hours every weekend, we need you!

 

Acting

  • Posting acting positions online for interested candidates

  • Contacting and scheduling interviews with the actors

  • Maintaining actor forms and records

  • Scheduling rehearsals

  • Managing actor tour schedules

  • Work with the Tour Committee Leaders on progress and schedules

Marketing

  • General: Creating, printing and distributing graphic materials and tour products

  • Graphic Artists: Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator for tour materials, flyers, brochures, t-shirts, etc.

  • Video Editor: Editing BHS tour videos for promotional materials and web postings

  • Flyers: Making copies and distributing and posting flyers with local businesses and billboards

  • Advertising: Sending out promotional materials to magazines, newspapers, radio stations, etc.

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Sponsorship

  • Canvassing sponsors

  • Collecting monies

  • Collecting all sponsor materials for website and tours

  • Sending thank you letters

Costumes

  • Manage the costume room

  • Distribute and collect costumes

  • Have costumes cleaned

  • Sewing is a plus!!

Staging

  • Creating, painting and setting props

  • Creating and managing lighting and sound

  • Maintain a team to set up and take down before and after

Tickets & Volunteers

  • Manage online ticket orders

  • Maintain Excel spreadsheets

  • Gathering and managing volunteers to help run the ticket table during event hours

  • Managing tour assistants during the tours

Please note:
There are no writing positions open at this time.