The Telecommunications History Group, Inc.

Always looking for a few hours' help!

As in many non-profit organizations, the Telecommunications History Group's volunteers are its life's blood, keeping the group functioning and the archives in good order. Volunteers are essential to the building and maintenance of our archives, performing a variety of jobs, including archival and curator functions.

Duties include research, preservation, inventory, database entry and management, repair of antique equipment, tour conducting, educational speaking and oral history collection. Most of the work is performed at our Denver location, but a limited number of positions are available for long distance "tele-volunteering."

Why volunteer?

Use your existing knowledge or learn new skills
Opportunities to attend professional meeting and seminars
Access to the collection
Challenging work
Can explore one aspect of archiving more deeply, or do something new each week. For example, Betty Vigil has inventoried and entered all the directory information and continues to maintain the database – she’s made the directories her particular project. Jerry Wild, on the other hand, may work on the computers one day, inventory artifacts another day, and clean out the storage room the next time he’s in.
Camaraderie with people of similar interests and background
The satisfaction of helping to preserve our heritage

Note that telephone company experience is not required to become a THG volunteer!

Pictured below are some of our volunteers.

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The third annual THG Volunteer of the Year Awards ceremony was held on December 8th at the historic Buckhorn Exchange Restaurant in Denver. Jerry Wild was inducted as our 2007 Volunteer of the Year. The staff and Board of Directors thank each volunteer for their invaluable service throughout the past year.
	Jerry Wild, THG's 2007 Volunteer of the Year
	(l-r) THG Board President Jim O'Boyle, Bruce Amsbury, Milo Masura, Ron Pickens, Roy Lynn, THG Board Secretary John Darrow, George Howard
	(l-r) Renee Lang, THG Board member Larry DeMuth, Betty Vigil, Jody Georgeson
	(l-r) THG Board Vice President Mary Riffle, Dale Norblom, Jerry Wild
	(l-r) THG Board Member Mike Nearing, Herb Hackenburg, Ron Swanson
	Milling about after lunch
Other photos:
	John Herbolich is a Vice President of the THG Board of Directors, and also volunteers in the archives.
	Ken Pratt processes company records.
	Renee Lang
	Ron Pickens
	Jerry Wild
	Herb Hackenburg
	George Howard
	Dave Felice
	Dale Norblom
	Bruce Amsbury
	Roy Lynn
	Betty Vigil
	Ron Swanson
	Planning session