Earl’s Garage offers a wide variety of opportunities to get involved. If one of the following opportunities matches your interest, your skills, and your schedule, please call us. We also welcome your suggestions on how you might like to get involved.

Education Volunteer

Adult volunteers are needed to assist us with our hands-on, minds-on activities.

Must enjoy working with youth and have a desire to learn! Volunteers assist Earl’s Garage staff in providing positive experiences for kids. Weekdays. Times vary. Training is provided. Please contact us for more information.

Botball Coach

Botball provides kids with an opportunity to learn about project management, computer programming, mechanical design, electrical sensors and more, while building a robot that can play a game. Volunteers assist Earl’s Garage staff in providing positive experiences for kids, teaching them about planning, computer programming, structural design, systems engineering, resource management and much more. One to three hours (1 - 3 hours), weekdays, between 2:30 and 5:30 pm. Orientation to the program is provided. Please contact us for more information.

Fright Shop Volunteer

Adult volunteers are needed to assist kids in planning, constructing, promoting, or operating the annual Earl’s Garage Halloween haunted house called, “Fright Shop.” Must enjoy working with youth and have a desire to share wisdom and knowledge. August - October. Weekdays, between 2:30 and 5:30 pm. Please contact us for more information.

FIRST Robotics Competition Mentor

FIRST Robotics aims to “transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes” (Dean Kamen). Adults are needed to model “gracious professionalism” as they mentor students in the design and building of a robot that plays a game. Coach, problem-solve and inspire creative thinking. Use your skills and knowledge to help students through the invention process. Help students identify the strategy they will use to play the game, which changes every year; help students design the systems that will meet the strategic goals; help students prototype, test, and modify the systems; help students promote FIRST, attract sponsors, design webpage, document the process, work safely. Year round, afternoons and weekends, as your time permits.

Special Event Volunteer

Adult volunteers are needed to prepare for special events and help host special events. Preparation can include assembling kits for activities, greeting visitors, helping kids participate in an activity.

Coach the Wizard

Sometimes, you want to help kids but you don’t want to be the one working with them. The Wizard has learned a lot for adults who want to share their knowledge but are not prepared to work with kids. Please call us if you have an idea for an activity.