By now, if you signed up to volunteer, you should have received your assignment.  We still need help in a couple of areas.  If any of you would care to work the following please contact us at chuckhervey@sbcglobal.net.  Make sure you include your PARADE REGISTRATION NUMBER!!  Here are the assignments we still need to fill:

Rally – Tuesday 8/8, Day Shift 6-3
Gimmick Rally – Tuesday 8/8, 3 possible shifts, AM, PM, Late
PIR parking control – Needs every day Friday 8/3 to Friday 8/11 –  AM & PM shifts
Childrens/Youth Room – variety of shifts Monday through Friday
Safety Inspection at Autocross – Mon 8/7- PM, Wed & Thurs 8/9 & 8/10 AM & PM
Run/Walk – Wednesday 8/9 6:30 – 8:30 AM
Autocross – Thursday 8/10 PM

Volunteers are the formula to make Parade Portland a success. Every Parade event needs volunteers and volunteering is a wonderful way to meet other PCA members and to share in the fun and energy of Parade.

As with all PCA club events, the success of the event is directly proportionate to the number of volunteers assisting, Parade Portland is no different. Parade Portland is truly in need of volunteers in all aspects of the event. Perhaps it was the on-line registration that confused you, perhaps it wasn’t. What ever it was, we are asking for your support in filling out the Volunteer Sign Up forms and lending a hand with this wonderful event. If you have not already signed up,  PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PARADE MAILER, and submit the Volunteer SIGNUP form by June 1st.

If you really don’t know what you would like to volunteer for, try signing up for an activity you would like to know more about. Taking this approach will allow you to learn through observation with the end result being either a satisfaction of curiosity or the creation of a desire to participate in the event at a later venue.

By volunteering to work at Parade Portland, you will receive a specially designed shirt to be worn while you work.  When you complete a shift, please have your Volunteer Worker card stamped.  A shift is between 4 to 6 hours, normally a morning (am) or an afternoon (pm) shift.  Work two shifts and you will be qualified to attend the Volunteer Worker Party on Friday August 11, to include a great lunch, time for socializing, and door prizes.  And, it’s free just for being a Parade Portland Volunteer Worker.  Children 14 years of age and over can volunteer for most events with the permission of their parents and at the discretion of the event chair.

If you are in the Portland area and would like to help now, please contact John Draneas at paradechair@paradeportland.org.  He can direct you to the committees who need help over the next few months before Parade.

Volunteer Information
Worker Shifts: A worker shift is defined as a period of 4 to 6 hours. A double shift is any work period over 6 consecutive hours and equals two shifts. Included is a schedule of events and times for which volunteers are needed. The schedule is based on the best information we have at this time. If it changes, you will receive adequate notice.

Please review the Parade Schedule and determine your available time slots to volunteer. Then review the Volunteer Schedule and let us know which events during those times you would like to work. If there are alternate events during that same time slot that would be your next choices, please put that in the Alt. Event columns. If there are no desired alternate events during that time slot, put your next choice on the next lines. We will fill your requests from top to bottom.

Shirts: Volunteer shirts will be ordered based on the initial response, so please indicate shirt size with your response.

General Description of Volunteer Responsibilities:

• Art Show               
• Help receive artwork, secure artwork, write up receipts, and monitor the room. Remove displays and close out the art show at the end of the event.
• Autocross
• Set up the course, grid, work course, assist timing and scoring, hand out supplies, assist final tech, control traffic, and pick up afterward.
• Banquets                 
• Set up and decorate for the banquets, take tickets, etc.
• Concourse               
• Field layout, car placement, field marshals, traffic control, runners/timers, scoring.
• Gimmick Rally         
• Assist at start tent, collect score sheets, scoring, etc.
• Goodie Store           
• Set up/take down displays, cash register checkout, counter help, sales help, stocking, inventory, door duty, packing, etc.
• Hospitality               
• Greet/assist visitors to hospitality room, provide information, serve drinks and snacks, etc.
• Internet Café 
• Assist users in the Internet Café
  
• TSD Rally                         
• Checkpoint/control workers, starting, finishing, staging, scoring, etc.
• RC Cars                   
• Set up/take down, staging, scoring, etc.
• Registration            
• Register entrants, work at various event tables, hand out goodie bags, assign banquet eating, etc.
• Safety Inspection    
• Perform Porsche safety checks, etc.
• Special Events        
• Assist with run/walk, life style seminars, etc.
• Technical Quiz        
• Greet entrants; hand out quiz, monitor, collect and score, etc.
• Zone Challenge 
• Setup, assist in timing, crowd control and tear down.
  

Volunteer Schedule

Thursday, August 3rd		Monday, August 7th
Goodie Store Set-Up	am & pm	Art Show	am & pm
		Art Show (judging)	am & pm
Friday, August 4th		Safety Inspection	am & pm
Registration	pm	Concours	am & pm
Goodie Store Setup	am & pm	Protest Committee	double
		Goodie Store	am & pm
Saturday, August 5th		Hospitality	pm
Safety Inspection	pm	Internet Café	pm
Registration	am & pm	Zone Challenge	pm
Art Show Set Up	am & pm	Concours Banquet	pm
Concours Prep	am & pm
Concours Site Layout	am & pm	Tuesday, August 8th
Goodie Store set up	am & pm	Art Show	am & pm
Hospitality	pm	Autocross Set Up	am
Internet café	pm	Gimmick Rally	am & pm
		Goodie Store	am & pm
Sunday, August 6th		Hospitality	am & pm
Registration	am & pm	Internet Café	am & pm
Art Show set up	am & pm	Concours breakdown	am & pm
Concours prep	am & pm	TSD Rally	am & pm
Concours layout	am & pm	Rally scoring	Double
Goodie Store	am & pm	Protest Committee	Double
Internet Café	am & pm	Safety Inspection	am
Hospitality	am & pm	Zone Challenge	pm
Safety Inspection	am & pm
Welcome Banquet	pm	Wednesday, August 9th
		Art Show	am & pm
Thursday, August 10th		Autocross	am & pm
Art Show	am & pm	Goodie Store	am & pm
Protest Committee	Double	Protest committee	Double
Autocross	am & pm
Goodie Store	am & pm	Run/Walk	am
Hospitality	am & pm	Hospitality	am & pm
Internet Café	am & pm	Internet Café	am & pm
Kids Activities-Autocross	am & pm	Cruise-In PIR pm
OMSI Night	pm
Parade Kids Excursions	am & pm	Saturday, August 12th
		Goodie Store Teardown	am & pm
Friday, August 11th
Art Show	am
Art Show Pick Up	pm
Goodie Store	am
Goodie Store Teardown	pm
Hospitality	am
Internet Café	am & pm
Protest committee	am
Tech Quiz	am
Zone Challenge	pm
Volunteer Worker Party	am
Victory Banquet	pm