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Walk event with food, games, entertainment and informational tables for about 1000 participants. There is a large festival celebration to kick-off the actual walk over the Brooklyn Bridge!

DATE: May 14 th, 2015 - South Street Seaport - NYC

Estimated Ask for Volunteers: 80-100 people

Volunteer Shifts

Set-up 12:00noon- 5:00PM

Set-up/Festival 2:00PM-7:00PM

Breakdown & Spirit Crew 6:30PM - 9:30PM

Responsibilities:

Set-up 12noon - 5:00PM

• Aide with unloading the supplies and materials
• Arrange boxes in proper tents/area & position barricades around event
• Aide with set-up & decorating for event
• Arrange balloons, hang banners, set-up tables and other decorations
• Assist hanging event signage
• Set-up display materials in information tents
• Assist vendors get their materials and tents set-up
• Troubleshoot festival kick-off to ensure all set-up is complete

Set-up/Festival 2:00PM - 7:00PM

• Arrive before festival kick-off to learn layout and get into assigned activity which can include:
• Assist with KID ZONE tent
• Monitor and facilitate children activities including face painting, spin art, a bounce house and various other activities
• Assist at the banner & sign making tent
• Act as "walk route guides" along the walk route cheering and guiding walkers along the way!
• Help distribute T-shirts and incentives
• Help distribute food in food tent and/or VIP catered tent
• Help distribute informational materials from Mission Tent
• Help usher participants from Registration/Check-in Tent into the festival
• Mediate the GI Doctor Tent with visitors and questions
• Mediate the Supplemental Therapies Tent with questions and sign-ups
• Beginning at 6:45pm, you will begin to wrap-up the activities in your post to usher walkers in front of the stage for the last part of the program.

Breakdown & Spirit Crew 6:30PM - 9:30PM

• Upon arrival, you will be helping to aid in wrapping-up the activities of the festival.
• Once all participants leave for the Walk, all stations begin to get broken down with exception of the Top Participant Team Tents.
• Rented tables, chairs, etc need to be grouped together for pick-up.
• Bins, boxes and materials need to be loaded into rental truck.
• Blue bins go into storage
• Boxes go into the office
• All signs, balloons, trash need to be collected and properly either packed or thrown away.
• Leftover food must be ushered to the front table for distribution to returning walkers and then after the last participant returns the food will be the last thing loaded into the truck for delivery.
• PARTICIPANTS begin to return back from the walk route around and your purpose will be to welcome back the walkers across the "finish-line" by cheering them on and giving them team "spirit"!

Overall, this is a very fun event to get involved with and we can never have too many volunteers! You can sign up for one or all of the available times!

If you have any further questions or would like more detailed information please feel free to call the Take Steps Walk Coordinator, Kim Pang, at 713-248-0439 or email kpang@ccfa.org