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SERVICE PROJECT!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jefreypu@MIT.EDU)
Wed Jul 6 18:53:52 1994
From: jefreypu@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 18:53:28 EDT
To: apo-summer@MIT.EDU
As some people know, I was sitting in the office today -- sleeping for most
of the time =-) -- when some mold came in and one of them had a form for
some volunteer work that needs to be done... I am sending you the form,
as it will give you a better idea of what the project is about--the form
is mostly a list of what they need to be done, so I figured why not send
it to you to look at.
form as below: (it will be on the board in the office beneath service as well)
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Not-for-profit and all-volunteer! 200 exhibiting artisits!
Outdoor, free-to-the-public, ecpecting 100,000+ people!
25 performing artist on 5 stages! Puppet parade with samba music!
Children's Art Playground! Fine Food!
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Here's a shopping list of areas for volunteers:
Barrier Guards: Maintain barricades blocking off streets for traggic control
and/or streetcleaning.
Beer Guards: Prevent open beer from leaving the food courts. Formidable
appearance (like Al Hoffman) helpful but not necessary. =-) [my smily]
Beverage Sales: Assist in sales of beverages -- we need the most help
specifically for non-alcoholic beverages. Good for clusters of 3-4
people that want to work together.
Children's Art Playground: If you like kids and being creative, this is the
place to be. For the less artistic, several welcoming and/or
suporvisory positions also exist. Warning: You may spontaneously
become painted. Needs many people for breakdown around 5ish on
Saturday and Sunday.
Exhibiting Arts: Lots of 1-to-1 assistance. Lots of set up early Saturday
and Sunday morning, then relief work, then breakdown. May involve
anything from heavy lifting to booth-watching.
Floating Assistants: On-call to deal with anything, anytime, anywhere. Kind
of like a free-style marathon.
Food Assistants: Errand-running mostly; you won't have to cook anything.
Gallery Assistants: Sitters and runners for gallery displays.
I.D. Checkers: Carding people before they can get beer and stamping their
hands.
Parking Lot Guards: Ensure that only the right people (artists, boat launchers,
the drawbridge operator, etc.) park somewhere, steer people toward
public lots, and maintain security by being a presence. And hand out
parking maps. This area needs a lot more people than in previous
years.
Performing Arts: Stage Crew and Stage Security.
Recycling Assistants (aka Garbage Patrol): Environmentally-minded people for
pickup-up, sorting, and/or washing. Or people who just love garbage.
Puppet parade: Set-up, security, breakdown & marching participants; Saturday
only.
Sculpture Race (around a race, not construction)L Set-up, security, and
breakdown; Saturday only
Staging: Assembly and breakdown of multiple stages from Friday afternoon
and evening through Sunday night. Good exercise.
Ticket Sales: Selling food and beverage tickets from ticket booths at the
Event.
T-Shirt Sales: Just like it sounds, sold at a booth.
Hours of activity: (including early set-up and late breakdown--we're asking for
at least 3-4 hours; depending on location, it's okay to "just show
up", and I can find a job for anyone, anytime, although there's not
as much to do Friday Night)
4pm-Midnight Friday, August 5
5am-1am Saturday, August 6
8am-9pm Sunday, August 7
North Bound on 95: Goto exit 14, proceed straight, turn right after going down
to base of hill
South Bound on 95: Go to Exit 15 (Route 7 exit), fork right (Maritime Center
side, not Route 7 side), then left (...so you go under the highway)
Route 7 South: Go to the end (take the middle path to Norwalk, not the ones to
95N or 95S). At end of loop, turn right
Train: Metro North to SOuth Norwalk and follow the signs
(There should be SoNo Arts signs along the way -- following signs to the
Maritime Center will get you here, too)
Volunteer check-in will be at Headquarters (There will be signs to direct you
there). Volunteers will receive volunteer t-shirts.
My name's Doug; at H:866-3623, W:866-6688x49 (only call me at work if it's an
emergency or you're coordinating lots of volunteers)
It's easier for us to coordinate if you can plan with us ahead of time (we'll
still have stuff to do if you just shouw up). Tell me what positions
you're interested in and I'll connect you to the appropriate
chairperson.
INTRO TO SONO ARTS VOLUNTEERING: Norwalk City Hall, (125 East Ave.),
Community Room, July 19th, at 7pm
Several committees also need pre-Event assistance
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OK... so now who wants to PC
=-)
