Information Booth Volunteers Needed for October

 Salem Main Streets is looking for volunteers to share their enthusiasm and knowledge of Salem with visitors at the Information Booth in October. Volunteers will staff the booth at the start of the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall where it meets Washington Street to hand out maps and give out information about Salem’s wide variety of attractions, events and businesses. SMS information volunteers assisted over 13,000 visitors last year just on weekends in October.

  All volunteers will be trained and receive an official shirt.  The training will take place Saturday, September 25 from 9:30 a.m. The training session will be held at the National Park Service Regional Visitor Center at the corner of Essex Street and New Liberty Street.  Volunteers are needed for two hour shifts on October 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and 31.  Volunteers need to work at least one two hour shift in October.

 Help visitors by showing them your enthusiasm for our cultured and historic city. Make it fun and easy for visitors to explore all of Salem’s sites and attractions. For more information or to become a volunteer please email Jennifer at Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org or call (978)744-0004 x15.

Are you staying in town this Labor Day or packing for a trip the last weekend of summer? Stop by the Salem Farmers’ Market Thursday from 3 – 7 p.m. in Derby Square on Front Street. Pick up some lobsters, fresh bread, apples, peaches, tomatoes, corn on the cob to make the perfect Labor Day picnic.  Do your Labor Day shopping downtown Salem this year. For a complete list of what’s available at the market visit http://www.salemfarmersmarket.org/vendors/. Also come to the market this week at 3:30 for a Chef demonstration by: Kate Hammond and Vittorio Ambrogi from The Grapevine and from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. music by Qwill.

Co-host and Executive Producer of TV Diner, Jenny Johnson will stop by the Salem Farmers’ Market Thursday, August 26 at 4:00 p.m. to join the cooking demonstration by Executive Chef & Owner of 62 Restaurant & Winebar in Salem, MA, Antonio Bettencourt.  Commissioner Scott Soares DAR and Commissioner Julia Kehoe DTA will also participate in the cooking demonstration and a special event at the market.  Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and State Representative John Keenan will officiate the special event. The market is held in Derby Square on Front Street in downtown Salem from 3 – 7 p.m. every Thursday through October 21. The official website is www.salemfarmersmarket.org.