Get Paid to Make an Impact at West Virginia's Historical Sites
As service terms end for our awesome 2020 Preserve WV AmeriCorps members, positions open for new 2021-2022 members! Preserve WV offers members a unique opportunity to provide meaningful service to communities in West Virginia while gaining professional experience and hands-on training in the fields of public history and community development.
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Newly open positions include:
- Cockayne Farmstead, full-time
- Harrison County WV Historical Society, full-time
- Hinton Railroad Museum, full-time
- Kanawha Salines Foundation, part-time
- Main Street Point Pleasant, full-time
- Sutton Community Development Corporation, part-time
- WVU BAD Buildings, full-time
There are full-time and part-time opportunities available with annual stipends of $16,000 and $8,000 respectively. Successful AmeriCorps program participants also received educational awards upon completion of their service. These awards can be used to pay back qualifying student loans and toward future schooling.
Click below to see individualized position details and learn how to apply:
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Funding Opportunities: Deadlines Approaching
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Save America's Treasures (SAT) Grants: Due December 14, 2021.
SAT grants, administered by the National Park Service, are available to fund two type of projects: "Collections" and "Preservation". Collections projects must be determined to be of national significance based on the supportive description of its significance within the application. Collections include artifacts, documents, sculptures, and other works of art. Preservation projects fund planning and "bricks and mortar" preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures. More details here.
History of Equal Rights (HER) Grants: Due December 1, 2021.
HER grants preserve sites related to the struggle to achieve the ideal of equal rights in America, and are administered by the National Park Service. Grants are available for planning and "bricks and mortar" preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures. Eligible costs for preservation projects include: architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. A non-Federal funding match is not required. More details here.
African American Civil Rights Grants (AACR): Due December 1, 2021.
This grant program is administered by the National Park Service to document, interpret, and preserve sites and stories telling the full story of the long struggle for African American civil rights from the transatlantic slave trade onwards. Grants are available to fund two type of projects: "history" and "preservation." History grants will support interpretive and research-based projects, while preservation grants will fund planning and "bricks and mortar" preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures. These grants do not require non-Federal funding match. More details here.
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Preserve WV AmeriCorps Finds & Preserves Original WV Land Deed 📜
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To assist the city museum in Ronceverte, Preserve WV AmeriCorps member Ksenia Bradner inspected more than 50 boxes of artifacts and documents and prepared a computerized catalogue of the contents.
During this process, Ksenia uncovered a priceless artifact: a 1796 land deed from the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia to Alexander Robison of Greenbrier County. Read more about her successful efforts to restore and preserve the document here.
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Donate to PAWV and Offset Tax Liability
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It's a win-win! When you donate at least $500 to the Alliance, you:
- Help move preservation efforts forward in the Mountain State and
- Receive 50% of your donation in tax credits, which can be used to offset personal income tax and corporate net income tax. Your donation is also eligible for a federal tax deduction.
How to donate: You can donate through PayPal here or by sending a check directly to: PAWV, 421 Davis Avenue, #4, Elkins, WV 26241.
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