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• Weekend Pass to the entire festival
• Official volunteer T-shirt
• Seven meals, Friday evening through Sunday evening, plus drinks & snacks in between
• Friday night Volunteer Welcome
• Two parties on Saturday night: a live band at Dance Stage and an acoustic song jam at Kitchawan Lodge
• Camping on-site all weekend
• Opportunity to be a part of the community of festival volunteers
• Opportunity to develop new skills and interests
• An interesting “community service” item for your resume
• Opportunity to contribute to Clearwater’s environmental work and outreach

• Your Volunteer Donation of $51.50 helps defray part of Clearwater's costs for your meals, T-shirt, sanitation and administrative efforts.
• You are expected to act in good faith, arrive on time, serve your shifts honestly and act as a good-will ambassador for Clearwater, treating the audience and other volunteers with generosity and respect.
• Volunteer Camping is divided into “Quiet Camping”, where there should be no noise or music after 9pm, and “Night Owl Camping”, where music and visiting are permitted at any time. Everyone will be happier if you abide by these guidelines.

• Eligible to volunteer at the Clearwater Festival
• Eligible to crew for a week aboard the sloop
• Subscription to our newsletter, Clearwater Navigator
• Discounts on tickets, Special Sails on the sloop Clearwater and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater merchandise
• Vote to elect Clearwater’s Board of Directors
• Have your voice heard on regional environmental issues
• Help to bring Clearwater environmental education programs like Classroom of the Waves to disadvantaged schools in the Hudson Valley

• Please be kind to your Volunteer Coordinator and your Committee Coordinator by honoring this deadline
• If you come upon this website after the deadline, call Volunteer Coordinator at 845-265-8080 X7105 to see if volunteering is still a possibility for this year
• Acceptances are on a “first come/first served” basis to get your choice of committee
• Final acceptance letter will be sent by email if possible, so please try to provide an individual email for each volunteer. Email confirmations will be batched and sent out periodically. Any volunteer we do not have an active and individual email for will be sent a confirmation to the mailing address provided.

Email Communication Will Be Used as Much as Possible.
There are usually over 900 volunteers working each year at the Festival. Because of this high number, we are attempting to communicate as much as possible this year by email for volunteer requests and confirmations. Please try to provide an individual email address unique for each volunteer, so that we can have all communication directed to each volunteer and send confirmations and volunteer packets by email. This will help save time, paper and money on postage. If you do not have an email address or do not have a unique email for each family member, please notify us about this and we will make accommodations to communicate through other means.

Volunteer Scholarship Fund
Every year many generous volunteers and donors give a little extra to the Volunteer Scholarship Fund to help offset the cost of volunteering, so that those who can not afford it can still volunteer at the festival. If you would like to inquire about having part of the Volunteer Fee subsidized through the Volunteer Scholarship Fund, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volcoord@clearwater.org or (845) 265-8080 ext. 7105. If you would like to contribute to this important fund, please fill out the area on the application form to make a donation.

• Dogs or other domestic animals (except working service dogs) are NOT allowed anywhere on the site, including Volunteer Camping. Please note that the Park permits dogs, but NOT on the Festival grounds. You will not be admitted into the Festival grounds with a dog.
• Bicycles are hazardous in crowded conditions, even in Volunteer Camping, where young children may be running. So, please, NO BICYCLES.
• Fires in designated fire pits ONLY.

1. Pay by credit card and transmit your filled-out Volunteer Application online. To use this option you must not be requesting a subsidy, and must be paying by credit card.
2. Print out the Volunteer Application in PDF, fill out the form and send it with a check or money order (no cash, please) to:
       Attn: Volunteer Coordinator
   Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
       724 Wolcott Avenue
       Beacon, NY 12508
   OR Fax to 845-831-2821 with your credit card number.
3. If you need to be subsidized, call 845-265-8080 x7105 or email volcoord@clearwater.org for instructions on how to submit your application.