Fringe Volunteer Community
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Aloha You Good and Giving People!
Welcome to the Fringe Volunteer
Community. This is where volunteer news will be posted and questions will be
answered, so check back often. Volunteers are the backbone of the Fringe, and
the Festival couldn't happen without us!
Here Comes the Fringe!!!
The Fringe is imminently approaching! It is time to get our schedules all in
a row, get the programs out, and have fun on the Fringe! Please check out all
the opportunities and we'll get our schedules locked away!
Get your Shifts Together!
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Set
your schedule for the Festival!
Every day of the Festival we will need venue staff. So, to make things easy, just send me the hours
on the days between Thursday, August 14 and Sunday, August 24. We'll need people starting at 10:00am and
going until 11:00pm. I've created shifts
which will be from one to four hours long.
Just let me know the days and hours, and I'll invite you to the shifts.
You can email me your availabilities to volunteers@boulderfringe.com or
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Learn to Boogie!
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Training Sessions and Parties!
Volunteer training sessions are where you will be finding
out all about what and where we'll be doing during the Fringe! You will be getting info and possibly your
Staff Shirt. There are three choices for
training sessions:
Wednesday, August 6, 7:00pm
Sunday, August 10, 2:00pm
Wednesday, August 13, 7:00pm. You need to attend a session, so just call or email me to let me know which one works for you.
...And party with us!
Following the Sunday, August 10 session there is going to be a Fringe ramp-up
party. All members of the Fringe
community (Volunteers, Aritsts, Staff, Board Members, etc) are invited to this casual grill-out/potluck. It will start at 4:00pm at our Festival
Director's house at 1625 16th St.,
right here in Boulder. Bring yourself! Bring food! Bring a friend and we'll talk them into
joining on!
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Special Opportunities!
Saturday, August 16 is going to be the Inaugural
KidsFringe! This all-day event will be
held at Boulder's Central
Park. We'll need help from
9am to 2pm and then from 2pm to 7pm. If
you enjoy helping outside and working with kids and teens, let me know
specifically that you would like to work at the KidsFringe.
Also on Saturday, August 16, is the Boulder Asian
Festival. We will be having a presence
at the Festival, and need help spreading the Fringe to all the Asian Festival
attendees. If you'd like to be involved
in this opportunity, please let me know.
We still have a few Farmer's Markets left. We will be handing out programs and promotionals. We still need
help on: -
August 2, 9am-1pm
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August 9, 9am-1pm
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August 13, 4pm-8pm
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August 20, 4pm-8pm
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August 23, 9am-1pm
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Mountains of Programs! |
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Programs
go in, Programs go out...
We just received 15,000 programs, and well, we need to
distribute them! So, if you have a car
and would be willing to take programs out into the community or the surrounding
communities, let me know and we'll get you a distribution zone or three. This would ideally start on Friday, August 1st,
and will continue throughout August.
Please let me know specifically if you'd like to help with this effort.
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Tech It Out!
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Technical Opportunities
Saturday, August 9th is the big tech set-up at
the Dairy Center and the BMoCA. We'll need helping hands starting and 9am and
going until 6pm. If you enjoy working on
the technical side of the theatre, please let me know specifically that you'd
like to help with this.
Sunday, August 24th, we will need help with
Strike! If you have willing arms and a
nocturnal personality, we need help from 10pm until 1am to help us load all of
the gear back into the PAC.
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How To Volunteer:
To sign up, just Register
online, and you'll get updates about Fringe events and volunteer opportunities
in your inbox.
It is just that easy. If you have any questions, just email me at
volunteers@boulderfringe.com.
Who should Volunteer:
Members of the Volunteer Community come in all shapes and sizes: women, men,
students, artists, arts supporters, retirees, moms, dads, investment bankers,
dishwashers, pixies, pirates, and kings! If you love art and love being actively
involved it making it happen, you have come to the right place. We have many
jobs, such as:
- Working at a Venue Box Office during the Festival
- Helping to promote the Festival at the Farmer's Market
- Distributing the thousands of Fringe Programs
- Putting up posters and postcards promoting the Fringe
- Working as Venue Ushers during the Festival
- Helping at fundraising events and parties
- Watching the Children of the Fringe during board meetings
- Dozens of other Random tasks...
There's something for everyone!
Why You Should Volunteer:
Well, besides that warm fuzzy feeling you get from helping bring amazing art
to our community, you get:
- A Boulder International Fringe Festival T-shirt
- Vouchers redeemable for admission to performances of your choice during
the Fringe (one voucher for each 4 hours volunteered).
- An official letter of recognition
- An invitation to our volunteer wrap-up party
- An amazing amount of experience and engagement in your community
- Some Volunteers will actually work with artists collaborating on their shows
So, if you haven't already, Register
to join the volunteer community. If you already volunteer, talk to your
friends and family about signing up - it is a great activity to do together.
If you have any questions or comments, please email marko
at volunteers@boulderfringe.com
and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
