Would you like to try something new? Use your skills and talents, or even develop some new ones? Or just want to meet new friends and get out and have fun? Become a volunteer!
Volunteers are needed to help staff of the AAFP Foundation's Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM). The Center, located on the 4th floor of AAFP Headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, serves as the principal repository for the collection, conservation, exhibition and study of materials relating to the history of Family Medicine in America, and acts as a combination library, archives and museum.
Volunteer opportunities at the Center include the following activities:
Volunteer Opportunities
Center for the History of Family Medicine
- Help Center staff process, organize and conserve new and incoming collections (library books, archives, medical artifacts, audiovisual materials, etc.)
- Help design and update permanent, temporary and traveling exhibitions on the history of Family Medicine
- Prepare for and conduct oral history interviews with family physicians, teachers and staff of Family Medicine organizations
- Inventory Center collections and enter and update data in computer files
- Help with preparations for special events and meetings
If you are interested in volunteering at the Center, please fill out and submit a Volunteer Application (1-page PDF file; About PDFs) either via e-mail, fax or by mail to:
| Center for the History of Family Medicine |
| AAFP Foundation |
| 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway |
| Leawood, KS 66211 |
| (913) 906-6000 Ext. 4420 |
| FAX: (913) 906-6095 |
| E-mail: chfm@aafp.org |
Questions? Please contact CHFM Manager Don Ivey at (800) 274-2237, ext. 4420 or via e-mail at chfm@aafp.org.
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