Rest-Stop-Ranch
Flower Festival Assistant Needed
Come work with us in the great outdoors as a Flower Festival Assistant, at a retreat center offering wheelchair-accessible flowering gardens, social connections, and opportunities to grow new friends.
The Position
We are looking for a part-time helper who is reliable, responsible, capable, compassionate, positive, and energetic. You love our mission and Flower Festivals – and you have some extra time to help! Join us two afternoons each week (April – July) as a hospitality greeter and administrative assistant. Help make our Flower Festival days fun and memorable for guests of all abilities!
Time Commitment/Stipend
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 12:30 to 4:30, 8 hours per week, rain or shine (Hospitality tables are umbrella-covered). This position runs from April 6 through July 29 (14 weeks and 28 outdoor events). Stipend available.
Responsibilities
- Masks required. Social distance (6-10 feet) practiced.
- Be an enthusiastic representative of our mission.
- Ensure that the outdoor hospitality space and documentation is ready – prior to event.
- Welcome the guest(s) upon their arrival.
- Confirm or gather the necessary information from the guest(s).
- Assist guest(s) with questions and/or directions around the Flower Festival.
- Assist guest(s) with questions they may have about our mission and programs.
- Provide brochures or literature to guest(s) upon their departure.
Location
Rest-Stop-Ranch is located at 202 Haverhill Street, Topsfield, MA, 01983. Website: Rest-Stop-Ranch.org
Why should you Apply?
- Enjoy our flowering gardens
- Enjoy new social connections
- Grow new friendships
About Us/A Non-Profit Organization
We are a respite retreat center offering support programs (free-of-charge) and wheelchair-accessible gardens for people with cognitive and physical challenges, and the people who care for them.
Our programs (free-of-charge)
Year-Round:
- Individual Support By appointment. For care-partners of anyone with a chronic illness or disability, age 8-88+
- Group Support – Twice-a-month. For middle-aged dementia care-partners (under age 65)
- Memory Café – Once-a-month. For people with memory changes, and care-partners. In the Garden, April – October. November – March, indoors or virtual, through partnerships with the Topsfield Cultural Council, Topsfield Council on Aging and Topsfield Library.
- Get Dirty in the Garden – Volunteer horticultural program maintaining and creating our wheelchair-accessible gardens.
- Student Interns (High School, College, & Graduate Students)
Seasonal:
- Sunday Stroll – April – October, once-a-month. For people using wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers, and care-partners.
- Flower Festivals – All are welcomed to enjoy our bulbs, lilacs, roses, lilies and butterflies.
Applications
Please e-mail all inquiries and applications to: Mary E MacDonald, mary at marymacmissions.com
Complete a Volunteer Application
Our Process:
1. Complete a volunteer application, and e-mail: mary at marymacmissions.com
2. Applications approved may be invited to schedule a 20-min. phone chat.
3. Applications approved may be invited to meet on-site for an interview.