Needs From: Winona State University

Gift Shop Attendants support the museum's gift shop operations by running transactions and packaging purchases for customers. Volunteers are also responsible for cleaning the sales floor and desk and organizing displays throughout their shift. 

Volunteers complete one training shift, approximately 2 - 4 hours depending on retail experience, before they are able to sign up for regular shifts. Volunteers work alongside a museum docent during open hours. 

This position is ideal for students in need of regular, consistent volunteer opportunities or who are looking to fulfill a larger volunteer hour requirement for a course. Preference for students with retail or customer service experience.

Museum Hours:

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm

Custodial Volunteers work to keep the museum clean and operable by sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, taking out the trash and recycling, and assisting with groundskeeping including weeding and outdoor beautification.

While volunteers typically work during museum hours, there is also flexibility to work outside of museum hours when you're available. Shifts can range from 2 - 4 hours depending on the volunteer's capacity. 

Custodial Volunteers work independently, without direct supervision. Preference for motivated individuals who are self-sufficient. Ideal for students with the need for flexible scheduling or for students looking to complete hours requirements for a course at their own pace. 

Museum Hours:

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm

Assist with set up, help people do crafts, and clean up once the event is finished! 

Assist The Network with setting up, checking Bingo cards, helping organize prizes, and taking down after the event is finished! 

Making sure people play fair and help handing out prizes.

Assist the Warrior Entertainment Network's Kryzsko After Dark! Help with things like Samples, Bingo, Trivia, and More!

Winona County 4-H hosts summer day camps throughout the county, and we’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make these experiences memorable for youth! Volunteers assist with hands-on projects, prepping supplies, and serving as extra helping hands during camp activities.

Camps run from 9:00 AM–3:30 PM and serve approximately 20 youth in grades K–5.

Tentative 2026 camp dates:

June 11 - at Altura Park, Cloverbud Camp

June 30 - at WMS, Cooking Camp

July 21 - at FLC Winona, Music Makers Camp

August 6 - at Rollingstone Com. Sch, STEM Camp

August 11 - at Rollingstone Com. Sch, Outdoor Adventures Camp

August 18 - at WMS, Cooking Camp

If you enjoy working with youth, supporting creativity, and being part of positive summer experiences, we’d love to have you join us!

Helping people get set up at the bowling alley or get ready to sign a waiver to ride in vans.

If you are assigned to help at the bowling alley, transportation is provided.

Looking for volunteers to help serve, set up and take down for our Friday events 

Bingo

Are you interested in history? We have a unique opportunity to improve our newspaper database!  Volunteer to proofread and edit the Winona City Newspaper Database. We provide all training online and answer your questions.  The work involves reviewing PDF files of a newspaper and then checking the translated text and editing the text to correct any errors. This work can be done anywhere with a computer, web browser, and an internet connection.

On April 18th, join us in putting on our first trail race of the year, Storm the Park at Whitewater State Park. This event features trail races from a 5k all the way up to 50k. We’re looking for volunteers to help with racer check-in, aid stations, and the finish line, as well as course safety and medical support. You will need your own transportation to the venue as none will be provided.

Register to volunteer here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/MN/Altura/StormthePark

Help us survey regional municipalities including cities, townships, counties and area businesses, as well as artists and craftspeople, so we can assemble an inventory of people and resources available to help local schools create outdoor classrooms and nature play areas.

Help create and maintain outdoor classroom spaces at elementary schools in the Winona area. Assist a small team of local volunteers with building outdoor activity stations, gathering natural materials, creating pollinator plantings, and maintaining these spaces.

Life Enrichment programs are designed for adults with disabilities seeking connection and engagement. The programs foster meaningful relationships and enhance personal growth through group activities tailored to individual interests. Participants explore lifelong skills, boost confidence, and strengthen social capabilities while actively integrating into their community.

Community Excursions: Assist staff and program participants on community outings-push a wheelchair, offer companionship and conversation, and offer support and assistance. Make it an enjoyable experience for all persons involved.

Friendship: Come visit, tell a story about your travels or workplace, play a game, and socialize.

Games and Clubs: Run a BINGO game, facilitate a book club, coffee club or other shared interests among program participants.

Are you a skilled baker? Gardener? History buff? Teach a class/share information on a topic of your choosing! There is nothing some of those we work with love more than learning, and we will work with you on designing and running a class for those interested.

If you are interested, please fill out the form at possabilities.com/volunteer!

Looking for individuals who can teach an adaptive dance or yoga class, adapted sport or other movement classes to a group of adults with varying mobility capabilities.

If you are interested, please fill out the form at possabilities.org/volunteer!

Get involved with the arts and work on painting, woodworking, textiles, art facilitation and more.  Share your musical gifts with us by playing an instrument, or teaching a mini class on instrument instruction, songwriting, music composition or whatever your talents.

If you are interested, please fill out the application at possabilities.org/volunteer!

We are in need of people to help set up chairs for events, ticket takers, restack chairs, serve in the coffeehouse, clean up after events.  Of course, you will receive a free ticket to that evening's events.  We also need volunteers for our Free Ink days (4 times a yr) where we are open for families and adults to make cards on our ink press. 

Help introduce local youth to nature through hands-on activities. Training and materials provided through Project Get Outdoors. We will connect you to a local site where you can share your outdoor and nature interests and skills with youth.

Volunteers needed at the IMPACT Center to supervise and interact with children (grades K-12) during nightly after school activities. Volunteers have opportunities to help children with homework, play games, do arts and crafts, distribute snacks, and more. During the school year we are open Monday through Friday from 2:30pm-6pm. Volunteer opportunities are available in hourly increments. Please reach out if you enjoy working with children and would like to make a positive impact on their lives!