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Volunteer!
This festival is volunteer-run and non-profit. Become a co-creator of this event by volunteering to be on a team that invents, manages, sets up one of the numerous areas below. All are guaranteed super fun ways to
meet new people and practice cooperative creative problem-solving.
High school students can use this opportunity to gather community service credits towards their graduation. Volunteers, please contact sgdVolunteer@gmail.com
On Festival Day, Go To:
Saturday, April 25th at 208 Bay Street (ETG Book Cafe)
Morning Set-Up
25 people 8am–10:30pm
- Check that the area is clean
- Tent company installing 2 large 20x20 tents (no volunteers)
- Set-Up Kids' and Word stages and PA system (Steve's 2 special volunteers)
- Set-Up small pop-up tents 4 people (4 person teams work best)
- Carry stage platforms into tents 4 people
- Run electric (Steve's 1–2 special volunteers)
- Hang Banners/Signage Don't forget the banner that hangs on the main stage!
- Set-Up Volunteer Check-In Area
- Place tables and chairs in Earth Day Zone
- Place tables and chairs in the Craft Area
- Place chairs in Music Stage area (Plaza Stage)
- Place chairs in Word Stage area
- Place carpet, benches and chairs in Kids Stage area (hang decorations, secure event schedule signage, etc.)
- Place tables and benches in Craft Areas (hang posters, secure event schedule signage, cover tables with table cloths, place art supplies on tables, etc.)
- Remove a portion of chains in park as entrances to the Kids Craft Area and add decorations to prevent damage to feet/shins...
- Tables and chairs to Info Area; set-up INFO there
- Decorate the Park: hang Renee's creations, hang the kids' shields around park entrances, extra decor around kids' craft area to prevent injury (see above)
- Chalk-art the sidewalk and closed off street
- Set-Up Photo Booth and dragon-photo cut-out thing
- Set up Answer Man sign and 2 chairs
GrowNYC’s Free Store
8-12 people (2 shifts of 4-6 people each?)
Assist as need be.
GrowNYC’s Recycling Games
20 people (all GrowNYC volunteers will assist at this time)
3:30pm–4:30pm
Assist as need be
Misc Festival support
- Hand Out Festival Information and Storybooks 3–5 people
- Staff a Table 5–6 people what is this?
- Take Photographs 1–3 people
- Paint Kid’s Faces 3–5 people
- Move chairs between Deep Tanks and the festival site for the kids' philharmonic 3–5 people
- Sell t-shirts 3–5 people
- Distribute Festival Story Books 3–5 people
- Keep the Park clean 20 people: crews are needed from set-up to breakdown - there will be sets of groups from 8am until 7pm.
Volunteers, please contact sgdVolunteer@gmail.com
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Thanks to the ART LAB of Staten Island and all the great kids of the Art Camp who contributed to painting the props and decorations for the festival, the parade and puppetshow!
Special THANK YOU to Ms. Pauline, Ms. Ryan McGiven, Cordelia, Peter, Flannery, Gianna, Isabella, Sarah, Kayla, and Jeffery of the 2014 ART LAB Art Camp!!!
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