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Come join our active and interesting group of volunteers.   Learn about the agriculture history of our valley, make new friends, participate in the programs, and contribute your thoughts and ideas as we develop Forest Home Farms for now and the future. We have a variety of projects to suit everyone's interest.   It's fun, it's exciting, it's rewarding. You can volunteer for: Special Events San Ramon Historic Foundation Docents Tractor Volunteers Victorian Tea Committee Garden Volunteers History Volunteers       Special Events Forest Home Farms has special events several times a year.   The variety of events include: Ice Cream Social, Sheep Shearing Day, Victorian Tea, Harvest Festival, Christmas Holiday on the Farm, Artist Day, and others. Volunteers help with craft tables, ticket taking, parking, setup, cleanup, and various other tasks. We also hold a Spring and Fall general clean up day at the farm where lots of projects get done. Docents We have two types of Docents at Forest Home Farms. Tour Docents are trained to give a one-hour tour of the farm for the general public.   Our tour season operates on Thursday afternoons in the spring and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during the summer.   We also have an Education Docent program. If you are available weekday mornings and enjoy working with children, this is a fun program. We have 3rd graders coming to the farm for a three and 1/2 hour program to learn about early life on the farm. The program runs five months a year, October, November, March, April, and May. We need Docents who can act as "Grandma," "Grandpa," or "Jam Making" demonstrators and Garden Docents for the school program. All docents are well trained. The program has been well received by the SRVUSD and we are booked solid for the spring session. Victorian Tea Committee The Victorian Tea is one of our most popular events. Volunteers can work on the planning committee or one of several subcommittees to help with decorations, entertainment, gathering food or raffle donations, or vendor coordination. On the day of the tea, we need kitchen help to prepare the plates, make tea, or help with cleanup. The committee spends about six months planning and working on the event from about March or April through the event which is held in September each year. We have LOTS of fun! History Volunteers Forest Home Farms is looking for a few good historic researchers to research information about the early residents of the San Ramon Valley. In addition, we have a group of volunteers who do Oral Histories on San Ramon Pioneers. If you are interested in history, then these volunteer opportunities will be right up your alley. San Ramon Historic Foundation The Foundation is the money raising arm for the farm. We raise money to sponsor events or provide financial support when needed. Our committee currently has 12 members. We meet the last Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. We are looking for volunteers with skill or interest in money raising, data processing, or have good community contacts to build support for our financial needs. Tractor Volunteers Our active group of tractor volunteers helps with restoration of tractors and we currently have an impressive display in our large barn. These volunteers also operate tractors occasionally in parades, help disc the fields at Forest Home Farms, and move tractors around for special events at the farm. Garden Volunteers Garden Volunteers help maintain our vegetable garden, maintain and help expand our California native wildlife garden, work in our herb garden, help manage groups of people on our twice-yearly large volunteer work days, and if interested, can be Garden Docents for the 3rd grade education program. We have garden work days every Tuesday afternoon and usually once a month on Saturdays or Sundays. Volunteer Form Click here to download the San Ramon Historic Foundation Volunteer form. Fill it out and send it to: SAN RAMON HISTORIC FOUNDATION PO BOX 1 SAN RAMON, CA 94583 This form is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download a free copy of this software.