Become a Volunteer!

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

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

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

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 20th-22nd

Contact Volunteer Coordinator