Help create an unforgettable camping experience at the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience as a Camp Site Host Volunteer! A volunteer's warm welcome and helpful attitude will help make every camper's adventure start on the right foot! As one of the first people campers meet, you'll be the friendly face that welcomes guests, answers questions, and helps create a positive first impression. Stationed at the entrance to the event campground, you'll assist with greeting arriving campers, providing information, and helping ensure the camping area remains a safe, organized, and welcoming place throughout the event. If you enjoy meeting new people, providing great customer service, and helping others feel at home outdoors, this is a fun and rewarding way to be part of one of the region's premier outdoor events.
Impact
These volunteers are the first event contact and make the experience seamless, welcoming, and fun for those participating. They create positive, high-energy, and outdoor enthusiasm at the start of the visitor experience. Volunteers will leave knowing they have promoted an active, healthy lifestyle in the region and have contributed to making Dayton “The Adventure Capital of the Midwest!”
Tasks
- Welcome and Check-in campers.
- Volunteers will ensure campers understand the camping rules and regulations. Copies will be available for distribution.
- Volunteers will roam campgrounds to make sure everyone has registered and campfires are only in designated areas.
- Help start campfires in designated areas.
- Distribute programs as needed.
- Direct campers and visitors to ways to start their experience at the event.
- Have a good understanding of the layout of The Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience, answer questions, and be able to direct the campers and visitors to activity areas, presentations, entertainment, demonstration times, and various locations. Learn more about the event here.
- Make sure anyone knows there is an activity waiver form for those who want to try an activity and direct them to waiver stations.
- Volunteers should take a few minutes towards the end of their shift to train their volunteer replacement. Pass along all the tips and tricks you learned during your shift to the next shift volunteers.
- If there is not a replacement, please make contact with a MetroParks staff member or Volunteer Services.
- You are the face of MetroParks at this event...smile, be enthusiastic, and enjoy the event!
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to individual, long-term volunteers, ages 18 and up.
- GET STARTED: This opportunity requires Volunteer Onboarding (Profile, Volunteer Handbook Signature, and for those 18 and up, an eligible background check), plus Safety Boater training and Check Off. Simply click the blue RESPOND button to begin completing the required qualifications or click here to learn more about becoming a volunteer.
Additional Note
- Parking and Meeting Instructions: Parking is available for volunteers off Springfield Street. Volunteers should check in at Volunteer Central in the Bluegrass Shelter located directly across the footbridge by the lagoon. Please arrive 15 minutes early to park, check in, and get to your volunteer location.
- Cancellation: If you need to cancel a shift last minute or are running late, please contact the staff lead.
- Environment and Physical Demands: This program takes place outdoors. Please be aware of outdoor exposure risks ( i.e., sun, poison ivy, insects, etc). Volunteers should be aware of seasonal allergies (i.e., grass, pollen, bees, etc.), and will participate in bending, kneeling, reaching, and lifting objects of 15 lbs. or more. This opportunity requires volunteers to be able to assist campers with establishing their campsite, and helping start a campfire if needed. Volunteers should bring their favorite reusable water bottle, sunscreen, and bug spray.
- Dress: Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. Reusable volunteer vests and event nametags will be provided for you onsite at volunteer check-in.
- Special Note: While there will be alcoholic drinks available at this event, volunteers should abstain until after they have completed their volunteer service. Also, even though this is a dog-friendly event, volunteers are asked to enjoy the event with their furry friends after they have completed volunteering.
- IMPORTANT: Please review this Concussion Awareness Handout from the CDC before your volunteer shift. If you suspect that any participant might be showing signs or symptoms of a concussion, alert Five Rivers MetroParks staff right away.
Learn more about Programming 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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