Welcome to the Oregon Heritage MentorCorps portal for mentors. Thank you for your service to help assist heritage organization across the state improve the way they preserve Oregon heritage collections.
Below are resources to help you assist organizations, documents related to OPRD's volunteer process, and reporting instructions.
If you have a great resource that would benefit other mentors, please feel free to send it to cam.amabile@oprd.oregon.gov to include below.
Types of Assistance
Mentors can provide the following assistance:
- Project prioritization
- Project planning
- Trainings
such as collections care basics, topics related to board roles and
responsibilities, disaster preparedeness, volunteer management, and
more
- Grant application advice and review
- Recommendation of resources and references
- And more!
Timeline
- July 1 - Aug. 25: Application open for organizations requesting assistance
- Aug. 25-Aug. 30: Organizations matched with a mentor
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15: Agreements issued and signed
- Sept. 1-June 30: Mentors assist organizations
For a little more information on the process see the below resources:
The modules below were created to be a "workshop in a box." Each module contains the following:
- PowerPoint presentation
- Script
- Worksheets and/or exercises
- Resources
Mentors can use these modules to train volunteers and staff at an organization. Mentors can adapt the modules to their personal style, flow of information, and personlize it to the organization. However, please refrain from making large scale information changes as those would have to be approved in advance by Oregon Heritage staff. Please feel free to contact staff if you feel like information is outdated or not up to present day best practice standards.
Modules
Additional resources coming soon!