Start Date: 2/09/2010 | End Date: 2/16/2010
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Features patent models that show the progress of 19th-century inventions and technology, with more than 120 miniature inventions on display.
Museum guides are needed to staff the Children's Nature Museum, which houses live animals, artifacts and a venue for activities. Call Lois Kuter at 215-299-1029 or e-mail kuter@ansp.org.
Occurs: Daily
Everybody needs a buddy sometimes, so be a buddy, will ya? This nonprofit provides support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Volunteers interact with clients via telephone and the Internet, and also visit a few times each month. Call Anthony Morelli at 215-981-3324, e-mail Amorelli@actionaids.org or visit actionaids.org.
Occurs: Daily
Features dioramas that exhibit animals from the three continents in their natural habitats. The 37 dioramas include animals such as lions, tigers and zebras. (You thought we were going to say "bears," didn't you?)
Learn how to turn an opponent's energy and momentum against him or her in this martial arts class.
Occurs: Daily
Learn how to turn an opponent's energy and momentum against him or her in this martial arts class.
Occurs: Daily
Learn how to turn an opponent's energy and momentum against him or her in this martial arts class.
Occurs: Daily
9:30am-5pm
$12-$14.75
free for members
Features 25 rarely displayed machines, including Mailardet's automaton and a model of the Strasbourg cathedral clock.
Legal intake volunteers are needed to be the first responders to civil rights complaints filed with the ACLU. Volunteers answer phones, summarize complaints and conduct research. Interested college graduates should send a resume and cover letter to info@aclupa.org.
@
ACLU-PA,
PO Box 40008
215-592-1513
Occurs: Daily
The largest museum in the U.S. dedicated to rotary wing flight needs docents, apprentice restorers, research assistants, gift shop helpers and special events volunteers.
Occurs: Daily
Have you always wanted to work at Disney Land? The Red Cross seeks new people to fill the role of volunteer mascot, Fred Cross. Call Sharon Jefferson at 215-299-4068, e-mail volunteer@redcross-philly.org or visit redcross-philly.org.
Occurs: Daily
Features demonstrations of how certain animal species, like the black rhino and giant anteater, overcome difficult environmental pressures to survive.
Features a site-specific sculpture made entirely from local twigs and saplings. Dougherty's creations, which are often more than 20 feet tall, and which look like giant huts and balls of string, last for about two years before they begin to dissolve.
Keep your chin up — these self-help meetings are for those who suffer from depression or bipolar disorder.
A mathematics professor comes to a crossroads in his life, where he is confronted by a series of helpful ancestors. Directed by Walter Dallas.
Features preserved human specimens that will exhibit how the human body and brain function. In a follow-up to the 2005 exhibition, human bodies will be displayed in various poses, preserved by a process called "plastination."
British playwright David Hare's play is about an unexpected love triangle between three witty women: an author searching for a story, a divorced curator running from the past, and the curator's ex-husband's mistress. Directed by Kathryn MacMillan.
Features a variety of native plant species that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, beetles and other wildlife.
Since 1995, the local nonprofit has helped more than 45,000 women get back into the work force in professional clothing. Volunteers organize clothing drives, conduct educational workshops and staff the boutique. Call Heather Bennett at 215-568-6693 or visit careerwardrobe.org.
Occurs: Daily
Features 20 winning entries from an international contest for cartoonists. Each work presents a message of peace and caring.
This independent, nonprofit organization is committed to advocating for the best interest of children in out-of-home placement under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Family Court. Volunteers are needed to assist with various activities. Call 856-858-4488 or visit casaofcamdencounty.org.
Occurs: Daily
Features daguerreotypes — early photographs — by several Philadelphia artists including Robert Cornelius, Marcus Root and the Langenheim brothers. The exhibit also displays examples of daguerreotypes from the Library Co.’s collection and other institutional collections, along with early books about daguerreotyping, studio advertisements and equipment.
@
Champps,
25 Route 73 S.
856-985-9333
This weekly activity group is for LGBT members of color who are 13 to 23 years old.
Features a first-hand experience of what it was like for immigrants who traveled to Washington Avenue. View photos, listen to oral histories of immigrants, and climb into a ship's steerage compartment where many immigrants stayed during the journey.
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