Fort Ticonderoga’s Volunteers Count! Program Celebrates National Volunteer Appreciation Week

April 18, 2013 - PRLog -- (Ticonderoga, NY) Fort Ticonderoga joins a national celebration April 21-27 to thank volunteers for their service throughout the year. The Fort’s volunteer rewards program, named Volunteers Count!, was initiated in 2012 and allows volunteers with eleven or more hours donated to earn a Volunteer Ambassador Pass granting free general admission for the season as well as other benefits that celebrate their service throughout the year.

Fort Ticonderoga volunteers gave more than 14,000 hours in 2012 in areas including interpretation, horticulture, education, development, collections, and buildings and grounds. In 2012, 14 volunteers reached the “platinum” award level, reaching more than 51 hours of service.

“Volunteers are a critical part of the Fort’s team,” said Beth Hill, Fort Ticonderoga President and CEO.  “They bring vision and skills to our programs and serve in a variety of areas across our entire learning campus. We are so very grateful for their support which has such a major impact on our educational mission and reach.”

New volunteers are welcome to apply to the program which offers numerous and enriching volunteer opportunities. Volunteer information and applications are available on Fort Ticonderoga’s website at www.FortTiconderoga.org or by calling 518-585-2821.  

The Fort Ticonderoga Association, a not-for-profit educational organization, serves its mission to ensure that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices, and victories that shaped the nations of North America and changed world history. Open to the public since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga is the earliest restoration of its kind in the United States.  It preserves North America’s largest 18th-century artillery collection, 2000 acres of historic landscape on Lake Champlain, Carillon Battlefield, and the King’s Garden. Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 70,000 visitors each year, and reaches nearly 23,000 children through teacher education, outreach, and other educational programs. Fort Ticonderoga is accredited by the American Association of Museums and pursues its vision to be the premier military historic site and museum in North America.

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Located on Lake Champlain in the beautiful 6 million acre Adirondack Park, Fort Ticonderoga is a not-for-profit historic site and museum that ensures that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices, and victories that shaped the nations of North America and changed world history. Serving the public since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 70,000 visitors annually and is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Fort Ticonderoga’s history.  Accredited by the American Association of Museums, Fort Ticonderoga offers programs, historic interpretation, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits throughout the year and is open for daily visitation May 17 through October 20, 2013. The 2013 season features the Fort’s newest exhibit “It would make a heart of stone melt” Sickness, Injury, and Medicine at Fort Ticonderoga which explores early medical theory, practice, and experience as each relates to the armies that served at Fort Ticonderoga in the 18th century.  Visit www.FortTiconderoga.org (https://mail.fort-ticonderoga.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?U...) for a full list of ongoing programs or call 518-585-2821. Fort Ticonderoga is located at 100 Fort Ti Road, Ticonderoga, New York.

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