More Opportunities
Than Ever
More Opportunities Than Ever
Learn about all of the ways to volunteer
Learn about all of the ways to volunteer
New This Year
We’re excited to introduce two new sessions this year — Laundry Helpers and Autumn Action (CAMPGROUND)! Plus, several of our returning sessions have fresh updates: Early Birds are kicking off the season with new projects, Summer Tee Timers is now the Bully Pulpit Grille Shack, and Shuttle Drivers will now serve both guests and employees, helping connect our community in even more ways.
There’s something for everyone – whether you’re a returning member of the Medora family or joining us for the first time.
We want your TRMF volunteer experience to be a positive one! Take a look at our expectations and responsibilities to help you choose the session that best matches your skills and availability.
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Spring Sessions
TAG TEAMS
THE “RETAIL EARLY STARTERS” FUN
February 23 – March 21
4 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
7 hours per day
Duties may include but are not limited to unpacking boxes, tagging merchandise, sorting, counting, and stocking
shelves. Involves lifting, bending, standing, and some stairs.
SPRING INTO RETAIL
THE “GETTIN’ ‘ER READY” FUN
March 30 – April 25
4 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
7 hours per day
Duties may include but are not limited to unpacking boxes, tagging merchandise, sorting, counting, stocking shelves, and folding Involves lifting, bending, standing, and some stairs.
SPRING INTO ACTION
THE “SPRING CLEANING” FUN
April 27 – May 23
4 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
6-8 hours per day
Duties include but are not limited to raking, weeding, mowing, carpentry, pruning trees and shrubs, cleaning, painting/staining, and various general maintenance duties around town in preparation for the guests to arrive. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, and working with tools & equipment.
SPRING TEE TIMERS
THE “OPENING FOR BULLY” FUN
April 27 – June 2
5 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day
Tournament days may have split shifts with regular days being full days. Duties will include customer service, outdoor services, player prep, driving and cleaning of carts. Knowledge of golf is helpful but not required. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, working with tools, and repeatedly walking up & down a hill.
SPRING TEE BOX TEAMS
THE “BRIGHT AND EARLY GREENS PREP” FUN
April 27 – June 2
5 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day – 6:00am Start
Duties include moving tee markers daily, filling divots, cleaning tee areas, filling sand bottles, and emptying trash. Involves repeatedly lifting up to 10-15 pounds, driving a golf cart, bending, walking, and standing. Can be physically demanding.
CLASSROOM IN THE BADLANDS
THE “CUB HERDING” FUN
May 4 – May 22
Schedule will vary depending on when schools sign-up.
Provides oversight of the Harold Schafer Heritage Center video. Oversee scavenger hunt, including distribute scavenger hunt forms/pens and assists students with questions/finding items. Will help with distributing putters and balls at Lil’ Bully Pulpit Mini Golf Course and assists TRMF entertainment department in tours of the Burning Hills Amphitheatre (venue of the Medora Musical). May rotate between activities or be stationary at one of the above activities depending on confirmed schedule of schools. Involves standing and some stairs (stage stairs at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre). Weather permitting – Outdoor activities are weather permitting. Most classrooms come on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Volunteers who select this option on the application form will be put into a pool to be called for availability for the confirmed school arrival dates.
FLOWER CREW PREP
THE “PREPPIN’ THE PRETTY” FUN
May 11 – 16
1 session | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
6-8 hours per day
Duties include but are not limited to tilling flower beds, pulling weeds, applying Preen, freshening up mulch beds, and potentially cutting down old perennials and pulling old flowers. All prep work needed to prepare for flower beds to be planted. Involves both heavy and light lifting, carrying light loads, bending, kneeling, walking, standing, and working with gardening & landscaping tools.
FLOWER CREW
THE “MAKIN’ ‘ER PRETTY” FUN
May 18 – 23
1 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
6-8 hours per day
Duties include but are not limited to planting flowers, landscaping tasks around Medora, and potentially preparing any remaining flower beds. Experience/knowledge of gardening is helpful. Involves lifting, carrying light loads, bending, kneeling, walking, standing, and working with gardening & landscaping tools.
UPDATED DESCRIPTION – EARLY BIRDS
THE “MIXED BAG” FUN
May 22 – June 2
1 session | 11 workdays
Start Friday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day
Duties are a combination of Spring, Summer, and Fall duties all mixed into one experience. Volunteers operate the various venues open to guests during the holiday weekend and the week such as the Badlands Pizza, Shooting Gallery, Mini-Golf, or other food service or retail venues. Providing good customer service and guest interaction are key skills. If needed duties may include but are not limited to raking, weeding, mowing, carpentry, pruning trees and shrubs, cleaning, painting/staining, and various general maintenance duties around town in preparation for the guests to arrive. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, and working with tools.
Summer Sessions
GIRLS GOLF CAMP
THE “TEE-CHING THE GAME” FUN
June 6 – 8
1 session | 3 workdays
Start Saturday – Leave Monday
8 hours per day
Duties include but are not limited to delivering food and water, cleaning golf carts, and picking up golf balls. Involves driving a golf cart for golf camp participants.
SUMMER TEE BOX TEAMS
THE “BRIGHT AND EARLY GREENS PREP” FUN
June 1 – Sept 8
14 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day – 6:00am Start
Duties include but are not limited to moving tee markers daily, filling divots, cleaning tee areas, filling sand bottles, and emptying trash. Involves repeatedly lifting up to 10-15 pounds, driving a golf cart, bending, walking, and standing. Can be physically demanding.
UPDATED DESCRIPTION – BULLY PULPIT GRILLE SHACK
(Previously Summer Tee Timers)
THE “PAR-TEE GRILL” FUN!
June 1 – Sept 8
14 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day
Duties may include but are not limited to customer service, stocking, taking food & drink orders, running till (POS System), and other duties as assigned. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, working with tools, and repeatedly walking up & down a hill.
GREEN VESTERS
THE “TEAM” FUN
June 1 – Sept 12
15 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
Approximately (+ or -) 6-8 hours per day
Monday is orientation day working through the following Monday, leaving on Tuesday morning. Volunteers work in pairs or couples and rotate through a variety of venues daily following an assigned schedule. Guest interaction and customer service are key components to volunteering during the summer season. Duties may include but are not limited to food service, standing for periods of time, walking short distances, light lifting, some cleaning, some climbing of stairs, and other duties that may arise during the course of a shift at the various venues. Volunteers usher at the Medora Musical, serve guests at our Brunches and Pitchfork Steak Fondue, and are the key personnel in many of the venues such as the Shooting Gallery, Mini-Golf, and many more.
UPDATED DESCRIPTION – SHUTTLE DRIVERS
(Previously Guest Shuttle Driver)
THE “DRIVIN’ THROUGH MEDORA” FUN!
June 1 – Sept 12
15 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
6-8 hours per day (mixture of daytime and evening duties)
Monday is orientation day working through the following Monday, leaving on Tuesday morning. Duties may include but are not limited to training new shuttle driver replacements each Monday, driving employees to different venues and locations when needed, cleaning TRMF vehicles on a rotating schedule each week, potentially driving tours through the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and potentially driving guests to & from the Pitchfork Steak Fondue and the Medora Musical. Assists with other driving needs as they arise, such as, driving for employee orientations and taking recycling boxes to city recycling. Each volunteer that signs up for this session (even if you are signing up as a pair) MUST be able & willing to drive a 15-passenger van.
LATE SUMMER VOLUNTEERS
THE “BEHIND THE SCENES” FUN
Aug 11 – Sept 14
3 sessions | 8-15 workdays
6-8 hours per day
Number of openings available is dependent on need as determined by number of employees leaving before summer ends – final selection and confirmation of spots will be determined by June 26th. Late Summer volunteers fill in typically at one location for employees who return to school or their home countries while Medora is still in full operational mode. Duties depend on positions available – Positions may include any of our food service venues such as the Badlands Pizza, Rough Rider Hotel catering or the Life Skills Center Cafeteria. Other positions may include but are not limited to Maintenance, Grounds, Laundry, Campground, Housekeeping, Point to Point Park, Retail, Entertainment, Administrative Offices, and Bully Pulpit. Duties may require cleaning, light lifting, walking, standing, stairs, customer service, and guest interactions. Shifts average about 6-8 hours including breaks/day(s) off in each session depending on length of session. If you are coming out to volunteer with your spouse, friend, sibling, etc. and you do not have the same interests you can choose different volunteer location when sharing your preferences. Preferences for venues will be completed with final confirmations in late June.
Fall Sessions
FALL TEE TIMERS
THE “HELPING GOLFERS PREPARE” FUN
Sept 7 – Oct 20
6 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day
Golf Course may close earlier than October 20th depending on the weather. Tournament days may have split shifts with regular days being full days. Duties will include customer service, outdoor services, player prep, driving carts, and cleaning carts. Knowledge of golf is helpful but not required. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, working with tools, and repeatedly walking up & down a hill.
FALL TEE BOX TEAMS
THE “BRIGHT AND EARLY GREENS PREP” FUN
Sept 7 – Oct 20
6 sessions | 8 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Tuesday
4-6 hours per day – 6:00am Start
Golf Course may close earlier than October 20th depending on the weather. Duties include moving tee markers daily, filling divots, cleaning tee areas, filling sand bottles, and emptying trash. Involves repeatedly lifting up to 10-15 pounds, driving a golf cart, bending, walking, and standing. Can be physically demanding.
NEW – LAUNDRY HELPERS
THE “FRESH AND FOLD” FUN!
Sept 14 – Sept 28
2 sessions | 7 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Monday
6 hours per day
Primarily folding towels & pillow cases. Duties include but are not limited to cutting rags, folding laundry, loading & unloading machines. Involves repeatedly lifting up to 20 pounds, bending, mixture of sitting & standing, walking, and working with laundry equipment.
AUTUMN ACTION
THE “FALL CLEANUP” FUN!
Sept 14 – Oct 10
4 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
6-8 hours per day
Weather permitting – Duties include but are not limited to pulling flowers & weeds from planters & beds, cutting perennials, raking leaves, putting away grounds & flower equipment, and general help winterizing grounds properties around town. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, and working with tools & equipment.
NEW – AUTUMN ACTION (CAMPGROUND)
THE “CAMPGROUND CLEANUP” FUN!
Sept 28 – Oct 17
2 sessions | 5 workdays
Start Monday – Leave Saturday
6-8 hours per day
Weather permitting – Duties include but are not limited to pulling flowers & weeds from planters & beds, cutting perennials, raking leaves, putting away equipment, painting picnic tables, cleaning & painting grills, cleaning & winterizing cabins, light laundry duties, putting away outdoor furniture & playground equipment, deep cleaning cabins, picking up leaves & garbage, and general help winterizing around the Medora Campground. Involves lifting, bending, standing, walking, and working with tools & equipment.
BULLY PULPIT GOLF COURSE TOURNAMENTS
THE “COMPETITION ABOUNDS” FUN!
April through October
We expect less Golf Tournament help needed this upcoming year. Weather permitting – Tournaments are set up from April through October. Most are one day tournaments and can be on a weekday or a weekend. Tournaments are full day events. Volunteers can choose to arrive the day before a tournament depending on starting time and choose to stay over depending on when the tournament day is finished. Duties may include customer service, outdoor services, player prep, delivery and cleaning of carts and/or operating the snack bar (pop, chips, candy, etc.) and helping out in the Sagebrush Grille. Volunteers who select this option on the application form will be put into a pool to be called for availability for the tournament dates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do we sign up to help over the week of July 4th?
A: When filling out the 2026 volunteer application, there is a page where you can indicate your interest in volunteering for the week of July 4th. Additional details for that week will be shared closer to the event.
Q: Tell me more about housing during my time volunteering.
A: All volunteers are housed in TRMF properties. Every property includes towels, bedding, and basic amenities like mini-fridges. All volunteers also have access to the Spirit of Work Lodge, which serves as a shared social space. Every summer volunteer has an equal chance to be placed either in the Spirit of Work Lodge or another TRMF property. Prior to arrival, you will be notified of your assigned lodging so you can plan accordingly.
Q: We have a pet and it’s difficult to find someone to watch it to come and volunteer. Can I/we bring our pet along?
A: Sorry, no. Volunteering in Medora means operating on a pretty busy schedule—away from their lodging rooms for the large majority of the day. In addition, the Spirit of Work Lodge is a pet-free facility. We know your four-legged friends will be excited to see you after your volunteer time has ended!
Q: My spouse doesn’t want to volunteer. Can he or she still stay with me for free?
A: Only active volunteers may stay in TRMF-provided housing at no cost.
Q: My family is coming to visit me as I volunteer. Can they eat with me at the LSC or any of the other food venues?
A: Yes they can! They will need to pay the full guest price for meals and cannot receive the employee discount. They will also need to pay regular prices for all TRMF attractions and venues.
Q: If I/we are not selected, what are our options?
A: If you are not chosen, the option to sign up as a substitute will be given to you! We typically need to replace 50-70 volunteers who for a variety of reasons cannot accept their chosen season/date. Hopefully, those canceling give adequate advance notice. However, many are last-minute and spots are filled on a first-come basis.
Q: How will I know that my application has been successfully submitted?
A: When fully completed and submitted, you should receive an electronic “Thank You” reply within a very short time. Be sure to check your junk/spam mail folder if it doesn’t arrive. As a last resort, call the office at 701-394-8854 to confirm.
Q: I’m interested in bringing my group or company to volunteer all at one time. Can I do that?
A: We appreciate our business and community partnerships and welcome them to organize a group to spend a few days working on special projects that come up each year. These projects usually occur before or after the Medora Musical season, but these volunteer groups provide a great service to us and find their time in Medora very rewarding. To inquire about bringing a group out, contact Nicole Pinner, Director of Volunteer Services, at the number listed below.
Q: Will transportation be provided to me in Medora?
A: No; volunteers are to use their own vehicles to get to and from various venue locations. TRMF does not provide transportation for that purpose. If available, bicycles can be rented from Dakota Cyclery for the week.
If you have any questions not answered on this site, please feel free to call us anytime. We look forward to meeting and working with you!
Nicole Pinner,
Director of Volunteer Programs
701-394-8854
2025 Volunteer Application Waitlist
Our 2025 applications are closed. But if you’re keen on lending a hand when the trail gets tough, hop on the waitlist by filling out the form below.