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Volunteer Committee Descriptions
NOTE: The number of hours indicated is the total commitment required. As
a rule, this is divided into 2 or more shifts. Shift schedules are made
by each individual coordinator. Ask your coordinator for particular
shift arrangements; we cannot promise that you can be accommodated.
FULL - Access: 10 hrs/13+ years - Assist people with disabilities in a variety
of situations. Read signs, maintain access areas.
Requires: able to push
wheelchair over rough terrain, sense of humor, ability to work
extensively with the public, commitment to teamwork.
Advantages: most of the work takes place at the performance stages.
FULL - Activists: 10 hrs/18+ years - Help coordinators to lay out booth spaces,
welcome and help groups in setting up their spots, provide info about
activists & Clearwater, keep the area clean, assist vendors during breakdown on Sunday evening, assist in exiting plan for vendors.
Requires: A positive, caring and helpful attitude, with some familiarity with politically active organizations.
Audience Camping: Description coming soon!
FULL - Before & After: 12 hrs/15+ years - Set up and take down banners, poles &
displays, deliver and collect tables & chairs, set up various areas as needed, assist as needed with
signs.
Requires: fit physically. Shifts start at 9am Friday. There may
be some work Saturday morning plus on-call availability. 8am-lunchtime Monday
Pickup truck a plus! Friday & Monday meals with Site Crew.
FULL - Box Office, (Ticket Sales): 10 hrs/18+ years - Sell & process ticket
sales in Box Office.
Requires: alert, reliable, honest, cordial (first
contact with audience). Coordinator reserves the right of approval on
all volunteers.
FULL - Clearwater Store: 10 hrs/16+ years - Volunteers are
divided into two roles: customer service and runners. Customer service
volunteers assist customers and check out customer purchases. Customer
service volunteers will be responsible for cash handling and the
processing of credit cards. Runners assist customer service by
organizing inventory, retrieving merchandise for purchases and checking
in/out performer merchandise.
FULL - Children’s Area: 10 hrs/18+ years - Assist in supervising a diversity of
children’s activities.
Requires: Enjoy playing with kids. Advantages:
playing with kids!
FULL - Communications: 12 hrs/18+ years - The central nervous system of Revival,
working around the clock with radios, pagers & phones, to keep key
personnel connected and information flowing. Must enjoy working with
people. Special incentives to work night shifts.
FULL - Discovery Tent: 10 hrs/14+ years - Build displays before, interpret
displays & fish tanks during festival.
Requires: basic knowledge of
river history or ecology.
FULL - Drinking Water: One 2.5-hour & one 3-hour shift each day/16+ years -
Selling water.
Requires: awareness of hygienic food handling, confident
in simple math, reliable in handling money.
FULL - Electrical Crew: 8-10 hrs, depending on day/18+ years -
This committee brings the electric power to the festival. The committee's job is to lay down
the cables from the access points to the place where it is needed as well as install any
necessary distribution boxes. After the festival we also pick up cables and boxes, clean
them off, and pack them away until next year.
Requires: some heavy lifting, lots of walking, lots of hand work,
some working on heights and overhead.
FULL - Environmental Action: 10 hrs/ 16+ years - Build displays before, staff
area during festival. Training provided for effective outreach on
watershed protection, energy efficiency & renewables, closing Indian
Point & other related Environmental issues.
FULL - Festival Fabrics: 10 hours/18+ years old - Hang and strike banners and backdrops for festival atmosphere. Required set-up on Thursday or Friday before the festival, availability during (for adjustments or emergencies as necessary) and take-down on Sunday evening from 7PM until finished.
Required on-site skills: physical flexibility and familiarity with tools.
FULL - First Aid: EMT needed for times when Westchester Hospital contractors
are not on-site: Friday Noon-10pm, on-call (i.e., stay on-site) Friday
night and Sunday morning.
Requires: EMT license, cellphone.
FULL - Food Vendor Support: 10 hrs/15+ years - Mainly, dispense crushed ice to
vendors from big ice truck. Coordinator stays on-site to deal with
vendors’ needs.
FULL - Grassroots Marketing: Description coming soon!
FULL - Green Living Expo: 10 hrs/18+ years - Assist exhibitors as needed to set
up on Friday & Saturday morning. Assist Expo coordinator with
registration and hospitality. Breakdown & cleanup on Sunday evening.
FULL - Info Booth: 10 hrs/18+ years - Give directions; answer questions about
festival & Clearwater; Lost & Found.
Requires: helpful attitude, sense of humor.
Member Action: 10 hrs/18+ years - Sign up new & renewing members,
provide hospitality & information, sign up folks for sails (handle cash and credit cards).
Requires: Familiar with Clearwater programs;
friendly, organized, outgoing and reliable. Hours available before & after the
festival, for setup & breakdown.
Peacekeeping - Click here for IMPORTANT scheduling information: 8-9 hrs,
depending on assignment/18+ years - No parents with small children.
Traffic & crowd management, audience assistance & information, and
facility security. Requires a mature, calm, responsible individual. Many
assignments require extensive walking or driving a golf cart. Shifts
occur from Friday morning (7:30am) through Sunday evening (11pm). AFTER
filling out the online application if peacekeeping is your first
committee choice please email
richard.barcia@wfadvisors.com
with your top three choices of teams. Teams will be assigned on a first
come first served basis.
More Info
FULL - Performer Hospitality: 10 hrs/15+ years - Prepare & maintain cabins.
Staff the Performer Reception, Green Room, instrument lock-up and
hospitality area.
Requires: Good humor.
FULL - Performer Transportation: 10hrs/20+ years - Transport people & equipment
on-site & off, to airports & housing.
Requires: experienced, licensed
driver; use own insured vehicle.
Preferred: large vehicles and those
that are available Friday before and Monday after the festival.
FULL - Pre-Festival Office Support: 12 hrs/16+ years - Work in the Clearwater
office before the festival weekend. Ticket orders on phone, mailings,
filing, errands, packing, etc.
Requires: good phone skills, flexible
hours. Volunteer Coordinator has particular need for super-reliable data
entry.
FULL - Production Assistant: 10hrs/18+ years - Assist production
staff with performer and stage management logistics during, and in the
days leading up to, the festival. Quick reflexes, attention to detail,
good humor and stamina help!
FULL - Reception: 14 hours (7 hrs Friday, 4 hrs Saturday, 3 hrs Sunday) Greet
& check-in arriving volunteers, vendors and activists.
Requires: people
skills & patience, ability to learn the system quickly, and stamina.
Must work Friday. Volunteers under 18 must have supervision and be
approved by the coordinator.
FULL - Recycling: 10 hrs/12+ years, children with families welcome -
Collect items for recycling, help to keep festival site clean.
The Recycling crew has always enjoyed high prestige at this festival!
FULL - Shore Support: 8-10 hrs/18+ years - Volunteers assist in the
operation of the launch boat that takes people out to the Clearwater for
sailing rides. This work occurs at the working waterfront area.
Requires: physical
vigor, not necessarily great strength.
FULL - Signpainting: 12 hrs/16+ years - Set up on Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday; paint signs in large, pleasant on-site workspace - help clean
up and distribute signs around the site, assist with installation as
needed, and breakdown on Monday.
Requires: skill with brush lettering &
layout, and/or skill with tools for installation.
FULL - Site Crew: 32 hrs/20+ years - Flexible hours, 2 weeks before & 1 week
after. Camp or commute, meals provided. Many kinds of work, from
building stages & booths to painting and snowfencing.
Requires: physical
vigor, not necessarily great strength.
FULL - Sloop Clubs: 10 hrs - Discuss and support Sloop Club and Clearwater
objectives with festival participants. Selection of volunteers and
scheduling done by each club. Please indicate in the comments field
which club you propose to represent.
FULL - Stage Crew: 10 hrs/16+ years - Assist stage managers and
production staff during the festival, moving performer equipment on and
off the stages, and helping unload and load tour trucks and buses.
Requires: physical labor with heavy lifting.
FULL - Stage Sound: 10 hrs/15+ years - Assist sound company with load-in and
load-out of sound equipment.
Requires: physical labor with heavy
lifting, and availability Friday noon to 5pm and Sunday 7pm to
Midnight.
FULL - Ticket Taking: 10 hrs/14+ years - Welcome audience, take tickets & attach
wristbands at Rainbow Gate. Help to maintain gate security.
FULL - Vendor Support: 10 hrs/18+ years - Help vendors set up Friday; support
during festival; assist with breakdown Sunday night.
Requires: arrival
Thursday evening.
FULL - Volunteer Hospitality/Camping: 10 hrs/18+ years - Greet & assist new arrivals in
Volunteer Camping; monitor facilities; help set up for Acoustic Jam
party in Kitchawan Lodge.
Requires: be ready to work when volunteers
start rolling in on Friday mid-day.
FULL - Volunteer Food, (Kitchen Crew): 10 hrs/16+ years - Prepare, deliver &
serve food in lodge kitchen and field tent. Clean prep areas and dining
tables.
The following committees are not included, because they do their own recruitment:
FULL - Administration
FULL - Alternative Energy
FULL - Festival T-shirts
FULL - Volunteer Party
FULL - Working Waterfront
Please proceed to the Volunteer Application.
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