Festival Home Tickets Performers Stage Schedules Activities Volunteer Donations Travel Vendors & Exhibits About the Festival About Clearwater Press Join our Email List and get Festival updates: Clearwater Home Volunteer Volunteer Welcome Page Committee Descriptions Application Form Volunteer Testimonials 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. More Info 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, encourage Clearwater membership, keep the area tidy, break down on Sunday evening. Requires: Positive attitude, caring, helpful, informed. FULL - Before & After: 12 hrs/15+ years - Set up and take down banners, poles & displays, deliver and collect tables & chairs, 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-noon 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. More Info FULL - Clearwater Store: 10 hrs/16+ years - Volunteers check in/out performer merchandise, stock & oversee tables of merchandise, assist customers and check out customer purchases. Retail experience and knowledge of Clearwater helpful. Checkout crew is chosen pre-festival. There are only a couple of openings for this crew. If you are interested please make a note on your application. More Info FULL - 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! More Info 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. More Info 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. More Info FULL - Electrical Crew: 8-10 hrs, depending on day/18+ years - This committee brings the electric power to the festival. The committees 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. More Info 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. More Info FULL - Festival Fabrics: 18+ years old - Two options: a) Create and maintain stage backdrops and banners in advance of the festival weekend. Requires flexible advance commitment time and design/textile skills; b) On-site volunteer time (12 hours) requires set-up on Thursday or Friday before the festival, occasional availability during (for adjustments as necessary) and take-down on Monday. Required on-site skills: physical flexibility and familiarity with tools. More Info 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 - 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 & CW; Lost & Found. Requires: helpful attitude, sense of humor. More Info FULL - Member Action: 10 hrs/18+ years - Sign up new & renewing members, provide hospitality & info. Requires: Familiar with Clearwater programs; friendly, organized, outgoing. 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 Ralph Childers with your top three choices of teams. Ralph will assign on a first come first assigned 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. More Info 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. More Info 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. More Info 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. More Info 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. More Info 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. More Info 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 12:30pm to 6pm and Sunday 7pm to Midnight. More Info FULL - Ticket Taking: 10 hrs/14+ years - Welcome audience, take tickets & attach wristbands at Rainbow Gate. Help to maintain gate security. More Info 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: 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:     Administration     Alternative Energy     Festival T-shirts     Volunteer Party     Working Waterfront Please proceed to the Volunteer Application.