RACE DAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Race Day Logistics Coordination: 1-2 Leads and 20 Volunteers required
- Ensure all aspects of the day runs smoothly
- Work with site set up and clean up committees to ensure these happen in a timely manner
- Liaise with and ensure that guests know where and when to arrive and that stations / equipment are set up in a timely, organized manner. This includes the following:
- special guests
- members of the media
- first aid station
- barbecue station
- breakfast serving station
- barbecue station
- bouncing castle
- face painting / balloon stations
- sound equipment
- race-related equipment (e.g. pylons, race clock, start / finish line stands, race distance markers, etc.)
- To engage volunteer lead to ensure sufficient coverage for site set up and clean up
- Ensure all race day items are in place by a certain time which is to be confirmed on the day
- To solicit donations for race day beverages items or get quotes if these can’t be donated. Some suggested beverages include: juices, water
- To solicit donations for the race breakfast or get quotes if these items can’t be donated. Required items for the breakfast: bagels, croissants, muffins, fruit salad or whole apples, oranges, bananas, etc., coffee
- Refreshment Station: Team members pour and pass beverages to runners / walkers at the 2.5KM mark of the race trail
- Breakfast: To ensure breakfast foods arrive at the park on time (more details to come about this. Team to serve breakfast (buffet style) to runners / walkers as they finish the race
- To engage volunteer lead for support for pre-race refreshments planning + refreshment station coverage on the day of the race
- Coordinate food preparation and sales
- Barbecue hotdogs and hamburgers
- Engage volunteer lead as required to ensure sufficient support and coverage leading up to and on the day of the race
- To determine start / finish times for race day registration and kit pick up
- To set up registration and kit pick up stations and to ensure coverage for these stations
- To engage volunteer lead to coordinate coverage for race day registration and pick up
- Ensure volunteers know where and when to arrive
- Visit various stations to ensure coverage
- Make adjustments as required










