Become a Volunteer!

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Volunteers are the foundation of the W.O.E Fair. 

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Fair enthusiasts like you make up our awesome volunteer force.

We would gratefully appreciate your help in providing any time you can spare. To help make this years non-profit fair a wonderful event for the entire community!

Race Day Overflow Parking

Duties:

  • Taking money for parking at the gate

  • Hand out the parking tickets (doing this in a fast and efficient way)

  • Directing cars where to park

  • Make sure to keep fire lanes open

  • Avoid blocking cars and campers in.

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Race days from 4:30-7 pm (subject to change based on race traffic)

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Facebook Promoter

Duties:

  • Promote the WOE on the WOE Facebook page and other local pages

  • Make posts before the fair and during the fair Letting people know of the upcoming events and activities happening at the fairgrounds

  • Communicate with office staff to keep up with what is going on at the fairgrounds

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Flexible

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Painting at the Fairgrounds

Duties:

  • Touching up paint

  • Completely repainting as needed

  • Making signs for the fairgrounds

  • new games for the fair

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Flexible 

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Building and repairs

Duties:

  • Build games for the kid zone

  • Build Signs for around the fairgrounds

  • Help with repairs to buildings on the fairgrounds

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Flexible 

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Gardening

Duties:

  • Planting flowers around the fairgrounds

  • Weeding the garden beds around the property

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Flexible 

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Judges

Duties:

  • Impartial Judging for all categories of entries into the fair.  

  • Use the scoring system in place for each division for judging.

Skills:

  • Familiarity with the category you are judging

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Thursday, August 20th- specific time TBD

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Flowers and Forest Superintendent 

Duties:

  • Superintendent will help find judges for their division as needed.

  • Be on site Wed Aug 19th and Thur. Aug 20th to accept entries into the fair.

  • Help other Supers if needed.

  • Organize your division space before the fair opens.

  • Be available all 3 days of the fair to answer questions about your division.

  • Must be there at the end of the fair Sunday Aug 23rd for entry pick-up

  • Aide in building 1 cleanup after the fair.

  • Do paperwork to let the newspapers know who the winners are for your division. 

  • Communicating with our superintendent of superintendents Carolin Pettit.

  • Flowers and forestry- this includes potted indoor plants, potted outdoor plants, cut flowers, annuals, biennials/perennials, bulbous, roses, collections, theme arrangements, pressed flowers and herbarium. Forestry- includes conifers, broad-leaf trees and shrubs and collections

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and your division

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Vary

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Event Setup

Duties:

  • Set up 10x20 canopies

  • Set up Chairs

  • Hang entrance on the front gate

  • Set up tables

Skills:

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Vary

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Kid Games Supervisor and assistant

Duties:

  • Be available for each of the days games

  • Organize the assistants

  • Set up games

  • Judge games

  • Hand out prizes to winners

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • Vary

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Entertainment Liaison 

Duties:

  • Greet entertainer at the gate

  • Walk them to the stage that they will be setting up on.

  • Help them in any way that you can

  • Must be able to drive a golf cart (over 18 with a valid license) 

Skills:

  • 18 or older with a valid drivers license

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer Photographer

Duties:

  • Need to have Internet connection to be able to post some pictures to Facebook

  • come all three days of the fair, be able to take a pic of all the events taking place.

  • Reporting to our office manager (Skye Hefner)

  • Can use this for your portfolio

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer videographer

Duties:

  • Some that can come to the fair all 3 days

  • Able to video on a cell phone and post pic on Facebook during all 3 days of the fair

  • Can use this for your portfolio.

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Sanitation Crew

Duties:

  • Walk  around the grounds and pick up garbage as it needs to be picked up 

  • Need to be able to stand for a while.

  • Be able to lift 20 lbs

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Front Gate/ Admissions

Duties:

  • Be Friendly and smile

  • Able to count and collect money

  • put wristbands on

  • can sit or stand

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Attendance Counter

Duties:

  • Be able to use a clicker to keep track of the people that come in the gate at all times.

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Parking Lot Attendant

Duties:

  • Be able to have people to park in the right spot in a row, so other cars don't block the other cars.

  • Ask people to move if necessary

  • Keep track of where people are parking and pulling out so that new fair-goers can be pointed to a parking spot

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Nighttime Security 

Duties:

  • Be awake for your shift

  • walk around the grounds and make sure everything is safe

  • Be on your feet the whole time 

Skills:

  • Must be able to pass a background

  • Over 18

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st and 22nd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Go-fer

Duties:

  • Someone that can come and spare a couple hours to help anywhere around the ground when needed

  • be on your feet 

  • Running errands 

  • Giving breaks

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Kid Zone Game Attendant 

Duties:

  • Accept game tickets

  • Watching games

  • Handing out tickets to winners

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator

Prize/Ticket Booth

Duties:

  • Collecting prize tickets

  • Helping to get prizes for the winners

  • Selling drawing tickets and game tickets

Skills:

  • Be able to answer questions about the fair and events

  • Friendly and Courteous

  • Be approachable and friendly

  • Be helpful and flexible

  • Follow direction and work independently

 

Hours

  • August 21st-23rd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator