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Bike MS: COX Atlanta Peach Ride, October 1-2, 2016 Blalock Lakes to LaGrange
ORGANIZATION: National MS Society - Georgia
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The National MS Society is hosting our 30th Annual Bike MS: Cox Atlanta Peach Ride at Blalock Lakes and finishing in LaGrange, GA.
This two day ride will take place on October 1-2. We expect 1,000+ cyclists for this year’s event and we need YOU to help make sure it goes off without a hitch.
We rely heavily on volunteers like you in order to run successful events. The Bike MS: Cox Atlanta Peach Ride uses 400 volunteers over the course of the weekend each year.
Volunteers are the helping hands that make the event possible! When you join the Bike MS Volunteer Team, you become a part of Bike MS. Together we will provide support, raise money, have fun, and make a difference in the lives of people living with MS.
Volunteer Opportunities Include:
- Unloading Trucks at Circus Tents - 4 ppl 10am-6pm
- Bike Compound Set-up - 2 ppl 10am-6pm
- Floater - 1 person 10am-6pm
- Site Setup (10:00a - 3:30p & 12:00p - 3:30p)
- Packet Pick-up (3:30p - 9:30p)
- Route Marking (9:00a - 6:00p)
- Volunteer Check-In (9:00a - 1:00p & 1:00p - 5:00p)
- Bike MS Jr. Route Signage (TBD)
- Bike Compound Hospitality (3:30p - 6:00p & 6:00p - 9:00p)
- Hospitality (3:30p - 7:30p & 5:00p - 9:00p)
- Medical/First Aid Volunteer (medical background preferred)
- Supply Truck Driver & co-pilot (must be 18+) (6:00a -2:00p)
- Parking and Traffic (must be 18+) (6:00a - 9:00a, 9:00a-1:30p, 1:00p-5:00p)
- Breakfast Duty (5:30a - 8:30a)
- Dinner Volunteers (3:30p - 7:30p)
- Support and Gear Drivers SAG (must be 18+) (6:00a - 6:00p)
- Route Marking/Sweeping Crew (6:00a - 6:00p)
- Hydration Station (6:00a - 9:00a & 3:00p - 6:00p)
- Bike Compound Hospitality (6:00 - 9:30a, 9:30a - 12:30p, 12:30p - 5:00p, 5:00p - 9:00p)
- Bike MS Jr.: Ride Leaders (8:00a - 1:00p)
- Breakpoint Volunteers (times vary)
- Motorcycle Marshalls (email for details)
- HAM Operators (email for details)
- Medical/First Aid Volunteer (medical background preferred) (shifts vary)
- Supply Truck Driver & co-pilot (must be 18+) (6:00a - 2:00p)
- Breakfast Volunteers (5:30a - 9:00a)
- Lunch Volunteers (10:30a - 1:30p & 1:00p - 4:30p)
- Route Marking/Sweeping Crew (6:00a - 6:00p)
- Parking and Traffic (must be 18+) multiple shifts *please ask*
- Support and Gear Drivers SAG(must be 18+) (6:00a - 6:00p)
- Bike Compound Hospitality (6:00a - 9:00a)
- Bike Compound Take Down (3:00p - 5:30p)
- Site Takedown (2:00p - 5:00p)
- Breakpoint Volunteers (times vary)
- Awards & Celebration Volunteers (High Energy!) (9:30a - 1:30p & 1:00p -4:00p)
- Motorcycle Marshalls (email for details)
- HAM Operators (email for details)
Thank you again for volunteering your time and for Joining the Movement to create a world free of MS!
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About National MS Society - Georgia
Location:
1117 Perimeter Center West, Suite E101, Atlanta, GA 30338, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.
Description
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society funds more MS research, offers more services to people with MS, provides more professional education programs and advances more MS advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. Through its home office and fifty-state network of chapters, the National MS Society provides assistance to over a million people annually in its continuing mission to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis.
Seeking out and engaging volunteers to the MS cause is at the very core of our business. Each year the Society organizes a series of community events that provide many opportunities for the enthusiastic volunteer. The Society offers three key fundraising activities: The Bike MS, Walk MS and Challenge Walk MS. The Society also engages volunteers to help influence law-makers at the federal, state and municipal levels toward legislation important to people with MS. The Society is looking for passionate volunteers with expertise in areas such as: marketing communications, public relations, corporate and donor development, medical, legal, administrative and organizational expertise.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
110 Smith StreetLaGrange, GA 31822
DATE POSTED
September 23, 2016
SKILLS
- Resource Development / Management
- Truck Driving
- Donor Management
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Bus/Van Driving
- Bicycling
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 12
- Orientation or Training
- varies