Volunteer Field Trip Tour Guides Needed At The Children's Farm

PALOS PARK, IL — So that local children don’t grow thinking eggs grow in cartons or milk magically appears in bottles, The Children’s Farm at the Center is rebuilding its volunteer roster for the fall school field trip season.

COVID-19 has thinned out the volunteer ranks. As most school have started allowing field trips again, The Children’s Farm, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, is looking for more volunteer tour guides to help make fall an educational success.

School tours are Monday through Wednesday, with mornings being the busiest. Tour guides will take a group of children for an hour and help them interact with the animal. Children are taught that chickens lay eggs and cows make milk. How hard is that? The time commitment is just a couple of hours a week for the month of October. No experience is necessary and training will be provided.

Volunteers are also needed for other jobs around The Children’s Farm during the fall, including Pumpkin Days (Friday through Sunday), animal gatekeepers, pumpkin sales support, golf car drivers, tractor drivers, concession stand help, hay rack loaders and unloaders, S’mores fire attendants, greeters and admission gate cashiers.

To volunteer as a school field trip tour guide or another fall job, contact Tara Garcia, farm education program manager, 708-361-2434 or farmtours@thecenterpalos.org