Volunteering at the 2020 San Mateo County Fair

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Looking to volunteer in your community?

San Mateo's County Fair is one of the largest events in the county!

This is a fun way to get community service hours, site see, and get involved in some summer time fun.

Flexible hours and a variety of areas of need for volunteers allows for volunteers to get the hours they need, and be a big help to our Fair staff to create a fun-filled experience for our fair-goers.

- Volunteers working in Daily Contests

Assists the Fair Coordinator in setting up and tearing down the Fair's Daily Contests.

Acts as an encourager for those participating in contests


-Fun Run Volunteers

Assists with putting on a mile long children's "Fun Run" around our Fairgrounds.

Stationed at water stations to hand out water

Helps with checking in guests/runners

Be sure to say 'hello’ to all the entering patrons!

- Parking Volunteers volunteers are greatly needed for this program.

Waving guests to the correct parking area

Pointing guests in a welcoming manner to the direction of entrance to the Fair

Making sure guests do not park in the wrong area

aid department coordinators in building set-up and tear-down.

- Family Game Zone

Monitor the Family Game Zone inside our Expo Hall

Making sure the area stays clean and presentable to guests after people use them

Making sure there is no foul-play or misusage of the games being played.

Setting up the games when people are done playing with them.

- School Tours

Giving tours of our fairgrounds to classes that have signed up for our School Tour Program.

Walking them to different areas of the Fair, and making sure there is no foul-play

Keeping track of time to ensure the classes see the areas of the Fair they have to see

Assisting coordinators in checking in classes

- Volunteers are compensated with two (2) Fair tickets and one (1) Parking Pass every shift they work, as well as getting to be signed off on their hours sheet by lead coordinator.