Fashion citation to volunteers?  That is downright funny!  I just about spewed 
my drink on the screen laughing...

The idea for merit awards is a much better idea..
Gia

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> >I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at 
> >a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, 
> >but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and 
> >they're nice. 
> 
> >Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? 
> 
> Hey, Dawn 
> I just started showing up. Every month. (That's when the site did 
> living history: just once a month.) Pretty soon I was on the events 
> planning committee, the next year head of another committee, another 
> year later I was on the board, then president. 
> Unless it's Sturbridge or Billburg (er, Williamsburg) most sites dont 
> say "no, thank-you". 
> 
> That said, we had our own problems, like the park ranger we had for a 
> few years who was an ex-LA cop. She wanted to issue citations (like 
> traffic citations, not like merit badges) to volunteers who, in the 
> ranger's opinion, didnt measure up, usually in some trivial way. I 
> remember the fashion violation she tried to issue... 
> --cin 
> Cynthia Barnes 
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