Rochester Heart Walk & Run

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Rochester Heart Walk & Run needs YOU!

We are looking for approximately 100 volunteers to help us make this event run smoothly. Individuals and groups welcome.
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Volunteer opportunities are available Thursday, Friday and Saturday (4/20, 4/21 and 4/22)

Thursday, April 20th we need volunteers in the office willing help with the following:

- Cashiers; count and record incoming donations for pre-registration. Morning and Afternoon help needed.

Friday, April 21st we need volunteers that can help with the following:

• Driver; Someone able to drive a box truck to do some local supply pick ups in the morning hours.

• Packers; Volunteers willing to come to our office and storage unit to assist in packing the truck, then unload at Frontier Field. This is during the day - hours to be finalized ASAP.

• Set up; Assist in setting up tables, chairs, banners, and more in the VIP Lot of Frontier Field.

Saturday, April 22nd, Event Day we need many volunteers to assist with the following:

• Set-up; Final set-up details morning of.

• Greeters; Standing along Morrie Silver way to help direct foot traffic to proper registration areas, hand out program/maps

• Registration; multiple registration areas, assisting walkers, runners, volunteers, vendors, and survivors check in and donation collection.

• Cash Room; Count and record donations and registration fees that are dropped off to registration. *Prefer bank or other bonded professionals. If not already bonded, must agree to a background check. Volunteers must be willing to be at the event at 6:30am to get ready in the cash room.

• T-shirt tent; assist $100+ fundraising walkers picking up their earned t-shirts

• American Heart Association Tent: Assist with questions, hand out materials, sell branded items
• Red/White Cap Tent; Greet heart and stroke survivors, hand out survivor caps.

• Health Expo; Assist vendors and attendees in the Health Expo area. Manage participant waiver for anyone wishing to do health screenings.

• Kid Zone; Assist vendors and attendees with the YMCA sponsored Kids Zone

• Food/Beverage Tent; Keep snacks and beverages stocked and readily available.

• Walk/Run Route; 20 Route Marshalls necessary to assist RPD with road blocks and traffic. Set up, clean-up, water stations, and more. Approximately 40 volunteers would be best in thius area... small window of opportunity for set up along Inner Loop
• Run Registration/Packet Pick up; Assist day of event runners registering for the event, assist runners doing day of event packet pick-up.
• Clean-up; Help break down tables, chairs, banners. Assist in general clean up of event and pack truck.

Key/Lead Volunteers Needed for all areas... Registration (3), Food Area (2), AHA Tent (1), Walk.Run Route (3+), Volunteer Information (2+), Kid’s Zone (1-2), Health Expo (2), Vendor Assistance (2). more added as needed or if we have more people interested.