Thank You 2009 Volunteers and Planning Committee!

Joy Baldwin, NorthWest Initiative

Deann Brown, Comerica Bank

Stephanie Campbell, NorthWest Initiative

Jessica Decker, Decker's Coffee Co

Michael Flowers, Lansing Board of Water and Light 

Suellen Hozman, NorthWest Initiative

Marcus McKissic, community volunteer

Tiffany Lemieux-McKissic, Greater Lansing Housing Coalition

Dwaine Maybin, Big Boone's Recording Studio and community volunteer

Joe McDonald

Qosmon Sagataw, NorthWest Initiative

Nikki Schippel, NorthWest Initiative

Aaron Stotenbur

Peggy Vaughn-Payne, NorthWest Initiative

Rudy Wilson

Laura Woltanski, NorthWest Initiative

Jessica Yorko, NorthWest Initiative

Maria Zavala, NorthWest Initiative

Angie Zamora

Monica Zuchowski

 Volunteer Needs

Volunteers play a vital role in the success of the Westside Summer Fest and are needed for set-up, tear-down, and activities during the festival.  If you are interested in becoming involved in the planning of or volunteering for the 4th Annual Westside Summer Fest, please contact:

Stephanie Campbell at 517-999-2894 or stephaniec@nwlansing.or

Below you will find a list of tasks that we recruited volunteers to carry out during the 2009 Westside Summer Fest. 

In addition to the “day of” we also need volunteer help with:

• Distributing flyers about the SF in the neighborhoods – would like to start that the week of July 6. We can go out in the evenings as a group or on our own.

• Street clean up activities the week before the festival (weekend of July 18&19 and week of July 20)

• Building balloon arches with kids the day before the festival (July 24).  If there are people willing to help make these, who know how to do it, then let’s make ‘em. If not, no biggie.

• Also the day before (July 24)– it would help to have a few strong backs to help load the EJ & Sons moving truck up with the picnic tables, hoops, tables, and chairs that we borrow from various locations around town.

Day of:

1. Morning Set Up

Need 20-25 people at these times to help with set up. This includes arranging tables according to the site layout, distributing “festival parking” signs, hanging up balloons/ decorations, and tagging vendor tables.

• 9am-11am

• 11am-1pm
  

(We will also need a few people at the later time slot to direct vendors as they arrive--- make sure they are coming into the festival from SUMMERVILLE and that they also park on SUMMERVILLE.)

2. Bike Rodeo Set Up

Need 1-2 people to help mark the bicycle “obstacle course” using rope, chalk, cones, and flags.

• 11am-1pm

3. Bike Rodeo

Need 1-2 people to time the races and award prizes for kids cycling through the course.

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
  

4. Bike Helmet Giveaway

Need 3-4 people who know how to fit helmets on kids, help them find the appropriate size, and distribute helmets.

• 12:30 pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm (if there are still any left)
  

5. Welcome Station on Princeton Street

Need three people for each of these time slots. This will be a tent with a couple of tables, information about the festival, water, first aid supplies, and other “greetings” to welcome guests to the event.

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-9pm

6. Greeter at the Chicago Street Entrance

Need 1-2 people at this entrance to give attendees the schedule, map, and survey.

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-9pm

7. Parking Directors

Need 4-5 people at each time slot who will help direct car traffic and tell people where parking is available, and keep cars OUT of the festival grounds.

• 11am-1pm
• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-9pm
  

8. Health & Wellness Expo Greeters

Need 2-3 people at each of these times to give the Health Expo volunteers their passports & explain to them how it works.

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
  

9. Face Painting

Need 1-2 people at each of these times to help with face painting. Training will be provided on a previous day!!!

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-8pm
  

10. Refilling Water Containers

Need 1 person throughout the day who can check on the water coolers and bottled water stationed throughout the event, refill ice, refill bottles.

• 12pm-1pm (set up containers)
• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-8pm
  

11. Port-a-Potties

Need 1 person at each time slot who will check in on the restrooms to restock toilet paper, hand sanitizer, etc & do whatever “tidying” is possible. HAND SANITIZER will be provided and will be in abundance!!

• 1pm-3pm
• 3pm-5pm
• 5pm-7pm
• 7pm-8pm