A magical day of fae!
Spring Fairy Festival
Want to volunteer and help make this a great event?
2012 Spring Fairy Festival Volunteer Positions:
Customer Service: Interacts with the public to provide a good experience for all festival goers. Types of positions:
Entrance Elves- greet the Humans and fellow fae as they come into the festival and collect pretty green paper and shiny coins from them- SO exciting!
Volunteer Genie- helps volunteers get to their jobs
Skill or Requirements
Ability to interact with the public, patience, the gift of maintaining grace under pressure, elementary math and money handling skills.
Schedule
We are looking for people to help out in 2 hour shift increments beginning 15 minutes before the festival opens and ending 1 hour before the festival closes. We ask that you arrive for your job 15 minutes prior to your start time so we can get you signed in properly at your station.
Handy Helpers: These positions are extremely hectic, and perfect for those who work well under pressure... Types of positions:
•Publicity Fairy Brigade- Delivers/installs Fairy Festival posters/flyers at local businesses. Helps promote the festival up to 12 weeks prior to the actual event.
•Festival Fare Sprite- Unloading the vendors' vehicles and finding their booth space gets really frantic. When the festival is over, repeat in reverse.
•Hospitality Elf- Our staff can get very busy so assisting them while they do their jobs is important. You will be going from station to station, bringing water and possibly food to the staff, checking in with the craft/class areas, provide brief respite if someone really needs a bathroom break.
•Brownie of All Trades- The Brownie of all Trades is the All Around Helper! You may be called upon to help track down The Queen fairy when she disappears. Fill in for a missing volunteer or perhaps find a parent who has become separated from their small child. You might even be asked to fix something.
Skill or Requirements
Ability to interact with the harried staff members, patience, the gift of maintaining grace under pressure, can think on your feet, common sense, and ability to move at fairy speed. For Festival Fare Sprite - you will need to be able to lift 30-40.
Schedule
We are looking for people to help out in 2 hour shift increments beginning 90 minutes before the festival opens and ending 60 minutes after the festival closes. We ask that you arrive for your job 15 minutes prior to your start time so we can get you signed in properly at your station.
Crafty Creatures: Using their many crafty tools they are seen working industriously at the Festival. They help humans create beautiful things, or turn them into fairies for the day.
Skill or Requirements
Patience, ability to work equally well with children and parents, creativity, mellowness, willingness to learn a new craft, flexibility, ability to deal with crowds, quick thinking and quick acting
Schedule
We are looking for people to help out in 2 hour shift increments beginning 15 minutes before the festival opens and ending 30 minutes before the festival closes.
Volunteers are expected to be at least 16 years of age, reliable, available to correspond via email or by phone, and to uphold the values and image of the festival.
In return for your service to the community you will receive free admission to the festival, a volunteer goody bag, our undying gratitude and loads of good fairy karma!
Interested persons please send an email to cmgtacoma@aol.com with your name, phone, volunteer position/s most interested in, & preferred time to volunteer.
Join our volunteer group on facebook!
