Ken Jernstedt Airfield 4S2

1600 Air Museum Road

Hood River, OR 97031

541-308-1600

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Open Daily 9 - 5

Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day

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Volunteer at WAAAM

Lots of ways to be involved ... and have FUN at the same time!!

Volunteer at WAAAM and have fun learning about antique aircraft and automobiles at the same time.

Opportunities are available to anyone 16 years of age or older who has the basic skills needed for the particular job that needs to be done.

No matter what your skills or expertise, there is bound to be some way for you to put them to good use at WAAAM.

Volunteer Opportunities Available

The types of volunteer opportunities include, but are not limited to:

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Please click for a more complete description of the volunteering opportunities, and to learn about the benefits of volunteering.

More about: Volunteer Opportunities at WAAAM

  • Museum Docents
  • Event Planning and Coordination
  • Library Services
  • Volunteer Services Representative
  • Marketing & Promotion
  • Restoration and Maintenance
  • Gift Shop
  • Administrative Support
  • Maintenance & Custodial
  • Training & Education

Benefits of Volunteering

There are lots of reasons to volunteer at WAAAM.

  • You'll be able to learn about antique aircraft and automobiles
  • You'll meet people with similar interests.
  • You'll be able to participate in our monthly pot lucks and other social events (we like to party!).
  • You'll get great pleasure out of simply watching the thrill people feel when they tour our museum.
  • You'll be able to use your skills in a meaningful way that helps others.
  • You'll be able to have some FUN!

We encourage our volunteers to become members, but it's not mandatory. Member volunteers receive benefits beyond what our non-member volunteers receive.

Volunteer Hours

Opportunities are available to volunteer on an intermittent or regular basis.  You can volunteer for a one-time event, for a few weeks or months at a time, or as a year-round volunteer.

We're flexible, and we'll work with you to find a good match between the hours you have available to work, and work that needs to be done.

Roy Pettit with a model airplane

Volunteer Pat Case gets Exceptional Service Award from Judy Newman

Volunteer Pat Case built us an extraordinary new website .

We rely on volunteers, memberships, donations and grants for daily operations, restoration projects and to enhance the museum’s collection.

Volunteer Application Form

If you're intersted in volunteering, please fill out the volunteer application form below and mail it to us. Alternatively, please email us and include a description of what you would be interested in doing.

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Instructor at WAAAM

Volunteer Running a Class

Have an interest in volunteering to help with our education program? Call Us!

Volunteer Spotlight

Andy Anderson

How Andy Anderson and His 1925 Model T Ford Roadster
Arrived at WAAAM

Andy Anderson

My brother Mel bought this car in pieces in San Jose, California in 1968. It had no motor, no headlights, no steering wheel, no top irons, and we bought it for not much more for $300.

Mel and I went to swap meets and met other Model T people in order to buy parts that were missing. We actually bought a running motor back then for $25!

Then, in 1969 I moved with my family from San Jose to Hood River. The car stayed in San Jose, but Mel lost interest in working on it.  So, eventually, I ask Mel if I could haul it up here and work on it. Because it was "our" car, I asked him if he would buy the parts if I could find them. He gladly accepted.

So in the summer of 1977 I brought our Model T Ford Roadster to Hood River. I got it all together and finished except for painting it and a little tinkering that still need to be done. And then, in the summer of 1985, Mel and his sons came up and hauled it back to San Jose. He did some of the tinkering that needed to be done, but never had it painted.

Mel passed away in 1994 and the Model T was just setting there in one half of a two car garage. I ask his wife Golda if she would like me to bring it back up here. She liked the idea, so I brought it back up, had it painted, and finished tinkering with it.

That's how a California Model T got into our museum, and how I got to be a volunteer.

—Andy Anderson WAAAM Volunteer