Fishers Freedom Festival - June 26 - 27, 2010
Volunteer Opportunities
We Want You!
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Monthly committee meetings are held at the Festival office starting in January at 6:30 p.m. The office is located at 8601 E. 116th Street directly behind the Fritz in Fishers car dealership.
Monday, January 25th – Monday, February 22nd – Monday, March 15th – Monday, April 19th – Monday, May 17th – Monday, June 7th – Monday, June 14th – Monday, June 21st.
“Have you ever wanted to get involved with your community, but didn’t know how or where to start?” “Do you love where you live and take pride in Fishers”? “Would you like for your children to get involved with community projects”? “Does your church, work, or child’s school require community service hours”? We offer something for everyone! The Fishers Parade and Festival, Inc. with their special events and outreach programs can help you get involved at whatever level you have time for. Time commitments can range from two hours a year to as much time as you would like to dedicate. Don’t have much time, but want to do something… collect school supplies.
· Participate on the Strategic Planning Committee. This committee covers all aspects of the current community service/outreach programs listed, future programs and the Fishers Parade and Festival, Inc.
· Volunteers are needed in all areas (flexible time commitment) during the Fishers Freedom Festival weekend that is held in June.
· Currently working on the 4th Annual Firecracker Scramble Golf Outing to be held on August 2, 2010 at the Hawthorns Golf and Country Club.
· Festival Fundraiser “Christmas in October” Craft Show (flexible time commitment) October 9, 2010
· Volunteers are needed to serve on additional committees or just help throughout the year with knowledge or experience in: Grant Writing · Fundraising · Marketing · Sponsorships · Sales · Graphic Design · Computer Skills · Website Design
The Fishers Freedom Festival
The Fishers Freedom Festival is looking for volunteers for Thursday, June 24 through Monday, June 28, 2010. Time commitments range from just two hours up to two days. Being a private not-for-profit volunteer organization, volunteers are a crucial part to the Festival’s success each year.
Become a part of the Fishers Freedom Festival Committee -Festival volunteer meetings are held regularly January through June. All meetings are at 6:30pm at the Festival Office located at 8601 E. 116th Street. (Our building is located directly behind the Fritz in Fishers Car Dealership)
Click here to sign up to volunteer!
Volunteer opportunities for the Fishers Freedom Festival:
Arts & Crafts Area – Time commitments between 5 pm until sunset on Wednesday and Thursday. Volunteers will help measure and mark lines for vendor booths. Help check in vendors on Friday afternoon about 4pm-8pm and Saturday morning (6am-8am). Check on vendors all day or help do a vendor evaluation. Adults only please.
Business Tent - Time commitments are Thursday 9am-2pm to help measure and mark booth spaces. Between 6:30 am through 9 am and 5pm to 6:30 pm on Saturday volunteers will assist business vendors in locating their booth and assist them in unloading their booth materials and loading them back up at the end of the day. Need adults and youth.
Information Tent - Time commitments are three-hour shifts between 9 am through 10 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers talk to the public and help answer questions. Help keep coolers filled with drinks, help get ready for the parade on Sunday and decorate carts. Need adults and youth
5K Event – Time commitment Thursday and Friday 5pm-7pm to help with pre-registration and T-shirt distribution. On Saturday volunteers are needed 5:45 am through approximately 9:30 am. Volunteers are needed to sign-in event participants, assist at water stations and hand out race numbers and T-shirts. Need adults and youth.
Children’s Tent – Time commitments are three-hour shifts between 9:30 am to 8:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers help set up and run the tent’s activities for the children, including face painting, sand art, children’s raffle and more. Help with clean up. All crafts are easy to make. Need adults and youth to work.
Food Drive – Time commitments are three-hour shifts between 10 am through noon and 1pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers are needed to help box up the donations. Need adults and youth to work.
Children’s Parade – Time commitment is from 9:00 am through 11 am on Sunday. Volunteers will help line up parade participants and pass out goodie bags. Need adults and youth to work.
Cornhole Tournament -Time commitments are Saturday 9am-2pm to help measure and mark distances and set up the cornhole boards. Volunteers are also needed to help with registration and running the tournament and clean up.
Main Parade - Time commitment is from 3 pm through 5:30 pm on Sunday. Adult Volunteers will help Division Leaders line up parade participants and go over the parade rules. Adult and youth Volunteers will help pass-out items to the crowd if participants request it.
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Fundraisers – October 9, 2010 at Fishers High School
Christmas in October Arts & Crafts
Friday, October 8th
3:00pm-9:30pm
Volunteers will help lay out the vendor booths and help vendors from their cars to their booth locations.
Saturday, October 9th
6:00am-8:30am
Help vendors from their cars to their booth locations
Work the Information Table to check in vendors, hand out vendor nametags and raffle sheets.
8:30am-3:30pm (3 hour shifts)
Work the Information Table to help answer questions, pass out flyers/maps with vendors names on it.
Help out at the Raffle Table, picking up the raffle items, selling raffle tickets and drawing names
3pm-6pm
Help vendors out of their booths to their vehicles
Help taking down tables and chairs and put back where they need to go. Help getting the tape off the floors, getting items back into the trailer and clean up
If you are interested in volunteering please contact our office via email freedomfestival@sbcglobal.net or call our office at 595-3195. Let us know the area and times you can work. Thank you for your support!
Please do not contact any of the HSE schools for information on this fundraiser, please contact our office.
Monday, August 2, 2010 The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club
Volunteers will help register golfers, pass out gifts, sit on holes and help clean up. (Adult beverages will be served at the outing)
