New England Weavers' Seminar: 2025 Volunteers
The New England Weavers Seminar relies completely on volunteers and we need your help for an hour or two during NEWS.
The NEWS Board of Directors devote hundreds of volunteer hours planning each conference to provide the most enjoyable event possible. During NEWS our greatest need is additional volunteers to “sit” shows and exhibits open to the public and NEWS attendees. A volunteer show/exhibit "sitter" must be present for an exhibit to be open. Each NEWS guild is responsible for providing a specific number of volunteer hours for sitting shows/exhibits based on guild size, so when you sign up, you will designate the guild that should get credit for your volunteer time sitting a show.
You can use this link to sign up:
There is also a need for a few volunteers to help our Facilities Chair get display equipment from a central storage location to the exhibit locations at Westfield State College. These volunteers would be needed on Wednesday before the conference, and again on Sunday after the conference to return the items to the storage unit. Please contact Chris Leach at emceaell@outlook.com for more details if you can offer 2-3 hours on Wednesday July 9, or Sunday July 13, to help with this.
Your time and help is greatly appreciated by the NEWS Trustees, your Guild, and all NEWS participants. You help make NEWS the great conference that it is.