Volunteer!

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This festival is volunteer-run and non-profit. Become a co-creator of this event by volunteering to be on a team that invents, manages, sets up one of the areas below. All are guaranteed super fun ways to meet new people and practice cooperative creative problem-solving.

High school students can use this opportunity to gather community service credits towards their graduation.

Volunteers, please contact sgdVolunteer@gmail.com

Festival Day
Saturday, April 25th at ETG

  Morning Set-Up
25 people 9am–12:30pm

Check that the area is clean

• Tent company installing large 20x20 tent (no volunteers) 2 tents I believe
  
Set-Up PA system (Steve's 2 special volunteers)

• Set-Up small tents 5 people  (do you mean pop-ups? 4 person teams work best)
  
Move stages into tents 4 people
Run electric (Steve's 1–2 special volunteers)
• Hang Banners/Signage Don't forget the banner that hangs on the main stage!
  
Set-Up Volunteer Check-In Area

Place tables and chairs in Earth Day Zone

Place tables and chairs in the Craft Area

Place chairs in Main Stage (Plaza Stage)

Place chairs in Word Stage (at Bay House Noodle Shop)

Place carpet and chairs in Kids Stage area (hang decorations, secure event schedule signage, etc.)

Place tables and benches in Kids Craft Area (hang posters, secure event schedule signage, cover tables with table cloths, place art supplies on tables, etc.)

• Remove a portion of chains in park as entrances to the Kids Craft Area and add decorations to prevent damage to feet/shins- like last year?
  
• Set-up Info Area
  
• Decorate the Park: hang Renee's creations, hang the kids' shields around park entrances, extra decor in kids' craft area to prevent injury (see above)
  
Chalk the sidewalk and closed off street

• Set-Up Photo Booth and dragon-photo cut-out thing
• Set up Answer Man sign and 2 chairs

GrowNYC’s Free Store
8-12 people (2 shifts of 4-6 people each?)
Assist as need be.

Misc Festival support
Hand Out Festival Information 3–5 people

• Staff a Table 5–6 people what is this?
  
Take Photographs 1–3 people

Paint Kid’s Faces 3–5 people

• Move chairs 3–5 people Is this the extra chair move between Deep Tanks and the festival site for the kids' philharmonic?
  
Sell t-shirts 3–5 people 

Distribute Festival Story Books 3–5 people

Clean Up the Park 20 people: crews are needed from set-up to breakdown - there will be sets of groups from 8am until 11pm. 

Volunteers, please contact sgdVolunteer@gmail.com