Volunteer for this event
Volunteer details
Why Volunteer?
There's Benefits!
What you’ll earn:
- Amazing experience to be part of the local running community
- Official Run Project Volunteer T-shirt
- Be part of a friendly race with free food & beverages
- Earn free registration for future races; free races are earned through hours
- Can count towards community service hours for school/college
- Fun experience, making new friends!
The positions Available:
What you’ll do:
- Pre-race packet pickup - handing out shirts and bibs
- Load-in and Load-out - assist with getting the venue set up and broken down before and after the event
- Venue - helping with handing out food, medals, water, awards, and much more
- Registration - packet pickup on race morning
- Course monitors - directing runners, cheering, keeping the course safe
- Water stop - handing out water, hydration, and gels on the course
- Beer garden - Must be TABC certified, handing out beer at the beer tent
All final assignments will be given on site. Please be flexible as we need to fill all assignments to have a great event. Every person needs to sign up individually. If you have a group, please sign up all separately for an accurate count. If your group wishes to stay together, you can indicate that in the registration process.
Volunteer Role Descriptions
Packet Pickup Volunteer
| Volunteers greet runners and assist with assigning their bib and handing out their race shirt. Volunteers also help to answer questions and give out basic race information. This role will require that you use a laptop or phone to assign bibs. |
Setup/Teardown Volunteer
| This role will help set up and tear down the event. This includes, but is not limited to, tents, tables, food, race start and finish line, barricades, and signage. |
Venue Volunteer
| Venue Volunteers are placed throughout the venue at stations such as the food tent, awards tent, bag check, and other areas to assist runners with the different elements of the event. |
Registration Volunteer
| Registration Volunteers are responsible for getting runners checked in and their bibs assigned on race morning. Registration Volunteers can also be placed at the Swag tent to hand out shirts. |
Course Monitors
| Course Monitors are strategically placed along the race route to direct runners in the correct direction, assist with course control at intersections, and cheer on the runners. |
Water Stop Volunteer
| Water Stop Volunteers are strategically placed at the water stop/aid stations along the race course. The volunteers are responsible for setting up and tearing down the water stop/aid station according to the directions provided. All supplies are provided by the race staff. |
Beer Garden
| Beer Garden Volunteers help to set up/tear down the area, including (but not limited to) icing the beer, setting up tables, signage, and serving runners. Some volunteers may be used as entry/exit control. |
Parking
| Parking volunteers will assist with traffic flowing in and out of the parking lots, keeping the cars stopped to allow for runners to cross sidewalks/streets, and checking VIP passes. This position earns more volunteer hours. Requires being on your feet and in the elements. |
Questions about volunteering? Email the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@runproject.org
