MV LOTUS - Volunteer Application and Information

Our Mission – The Restoration, Preservation, and Funding of the M/V LOTUS, and the Education of all to the importance of the M/V LOTUS in the Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest.

We open Lotus to the public more than half the year to share her history and offer the experience of living in a 1909 cruising houseboat.

We endeavor to live in the simplicity of that era and to share our knowledge of historic household improvements at the turn of the century. It is our intent to encourage the basic skills and non toxic content of keeping a household and crew without plastic or chemicals; we serve organic fare to our crew and guests and encourage a conservative use of non replaceable and non essential products.

Since 2003, The M/V Lotus Foundation has been a volunteer powered organization. Today, over 500 volunteers have contributed on a regular basis to support our mission of maintaining and funding the M/V Lotus. Volunteers help with virtually every aspect of M/V Lotus operations and lead many of its most mission­centric programs such as free public tours of Lotus, stories of her history, and, sharing the life of a cruising household and her crew through our Edwardian Maritime Experience programs and opportunities to develop both Stewardship experience and Crew skills

The M/V Lotus Foundation offers a variety of volunteer opportunities. Adult volunteers are 18 years and older, while our youth program invites people ages 12 – 17 to get involved.

Become a Volunteer:

• Submit an Application
• Attend a volunteer orientation. Orientation every SECOND Saturday of the month from 10­ – 11 AM.
• No RSVP required. Just come to the boat and speak to the Steward.
• Come by on Second Saturdays – every month  10 – 11 AM – to attend a brief orientation and tell us what you would enjoy doing aboard Lotus.
• Work party following our Orientation on Second Saturdays – so come dressed to work & we will get to it!

Have a Question?

Contact our Volunteer Coordinator at info@mvlotus.org or call 360.643.3302

Please type VOLUNTEER QUESTION in the subject line of your email.

Thanks

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

●  Keep the boat ship shape and clean.

●  Fund raise

●  Participate in maintenance inside and outside.

●  Support our visitors and guests ­ i.e. tea and toilets. We hope you will participate in Work Parties, Special Events, Fund Raising Dinners and Visitor Services.We invite you to participate in our Advisory committees and help develop events and further programming.Of course the special skills you bring are of particular interest to the whole group and program – please ask to do anything you see that needs doing! We hope you will decide to make a commitment of time to the MV Lotus – 1 day a week or 1 day a month ­ it all adds up!After 40, 80 & 100 hours + of service we hope you will want to step up to learning additional skills that let you participate as deck, dock or engine room crew.
Learning these skills will make you an even more invaluable part of our organization and crew as we transit to other ports for events and scheduled Open Boat Tours.

Ready? Give a call – we will set you up for the next volunteer orientation that works for you. 425.243.9641   or info@mvlotus.org

●  Lotus Stewards start as a  tour guide / docent.

●  We share the history of the boat daily and you will learn by listening mostly.

●  We do have cheat sheets of facts, a history handout and quite a lot of information will be available to you on line at our Goggle Docs Volunteer Account.You will also learn how we: