The Dayton Celtic Festival is back this year! Lend your helping hands behind the scenes to support those who work to make it happen! Volunteers are needed to oversee the hospitality room that will supply lunch and dinner to Five Rivers MetroParks staff and volunteers.
Impact
Special Event volunteers serve a critical role in ensuring that each special event or large-scale program runs smoothly from set up to tear down.
Tasks
- In an indoor environment, greet staff and volunteers as they arrive.
- Refill snacks and water as needed.
- Help with waste disposal, including compost and recycling.
- Provide support for food service providers.
- Help set up lunch and/or dinner meals.
- Help keep the area neat and clean.
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to individuals, public, long-term, and short term volunteers, ages 18 and up. Simply click the blue RESPOND button to sign up or click here to learn more about becoming a volunteer.
- Background Check: We do not require a background check for our public volunteer opportunities; however, persons with a criminal record may be disqualified and prohibited from service. Please review our background check policy here. For those required to complete Court Appointed Community Service, please click here.
Additional Notes
- Parking and Meeting Instructions: Parking is available for volunteers at the Main Office located at 409 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH 45402. Volunteers must display a valid Volunteer Parking Pass. If you do not have one, please contact volunteer.services@metroparks.org to obtain one. Volunteers should meet staff at the rear entrance of the Main Office (facing nearest the river) on the North side of the building. You will be escorted into the building and to the third-floor hospitality room. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to park, check in, and get to your volunteer location.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A VOLUNTEER PARKING PASS
- Cancellation: If you need to cancel a shift last minute or are running late, please call the staff lead, April Debrosse, at 937-681-1849.
- Environment & Physical Demands: Physical duties include standing, walking, in an indoor, climate controlled space. Some light lifting and bending (food trays, small water coolers, and assistance with trash removal) are also required.
- Dress: Please wear your volunteer name badge and, if you have one, your green or blue volunteer shirt.
- Other: Please note that the hospitality room is reserved for MetroParks employees and volunteers only. Hospitality for bands, vendors, and other support personnel for Celtic Fest is provided by the United Irish of Dayton.
- Volunteers must abstain from drinking alcohol until after their volunteer shift is finished and must remove their volunteer nametag and any other volunteer apparel when consuming alcohol.
Learn more about Special Events opportunities with us on the Volunteer Position page! Have questions or need help getting started? Contact Volunteer Services at volunteer.services@metroparks.org or #937-275-7275 or join us at a Volunteer Open House.
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