Have a little time? Why not volunteer?

Here are some ways that you can get involved and help make a difference in Southport!

Old Brunswick County Jail Museum:

  • Be a docent! Learn about the Old Jail’s history and share the fascinating stories with our visitors.

  • Help create new exhibits
  • Heritage Garden maintenance
  • Building maintenance

Education:

Old Smithville Burying Ground:

  • Help to keep the historic old burying grounds beautiful

  • Portray one of our local historic characters in the Living Voices of the Past program

  • Help clean and restore tombstones in need of TLC

Susie Carson Research Room:

  • Help organize and maintain the records and donations in the SCRR

  • Portray one of our local historic characters in the Living Voices of the Past program
  • Respond to requests for historical or genealogical research
  • Do your own research project and enhance our archives
  • Help create new exhibits for Ft. Johnston museum

Oral History:

  • Interview community members
  • Video interviews
  • Edit videos
  • Upload videos to our Youtube channel
  • Suggest community members to be interviewed
  • Be interviewed!

SHS Books:

  • Keep books stocked in various areas
  • Help us to ship our book orders
  • Develop a new book
  • Review new books to sell

Fund Raisers:

If any of these opportunities sound interesting, contact SHS at info@southporthistoricalsociety.org for more details on how you can get involved with the Southport Historical Society!