Thank you for your interest in becoming an A Midsummer Night’s Run Volunteer!!!!!

This is a great opportunity to get involved in the community, show support to some worthy athlete’s participating in a variety of long distance walking and running events and indirectly benefit the fine work being done by the Department of Rheumatology at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto!

Never helped out a race before? No problem. Lot’s of experience, you say? Can’t wait to have you aboard!

Many of the jobs are “simple” requiring little training or orientation to perform. Team Leader’s will be picked ahead of time and will be asked to come to an orientation one week prior to the race.

We will need Volunteer’s for the ENTIRE day of the event SATURDAY AUGUST 21, 2010. A rough time schedule appears below. End times are subject to change based on location worked. Final start times will be communicated closer to the event date.

Day Crew

–        Set-up tents and tables for registration, administration, food, water and time chip area. Could include set-up of Time Chip mats, arch, and barricades for start/finish line. (Involves more manual labour)

–        Registration Desk help.

–        Packet Pick-up help.

–        Administration help.

 Evening Crew

 Start/Finish Line help

–        handing out and retrieving time chips

–        handing out food/water/Gatorade at the end of the race

 Waterstation Crew

–        setting up waterstation

–        mixing Gatorade and placing in cups

–        pouring water in plain cups

–        Ensuring garbage is raked up and placed in bags

–        Dismantling tables and stacking used and unused water bottles, garbage and accessories in neat order for pick-up by tear-down crew

 Marshals

–        Most marshals will work in pairs

–        Responsible for directing participants through turns and corners on the race route

 Site-Clean-up

–        The breaking down of tents, tables, lights and other equipment

–        Packing and storing equipment into containers

–        Loading of equipment into vehicles and/or storage containers

Sunday Site-Clean-up - NEW FOR THIS YEAR!!!

–        This is a new opportunity to lend a hand to ensure that the area's we use in the race (primarily McCleary Park and Tommy Thompson Park) are clear of litter such as cups, foil gel packs and other garbage.

–       Those with bikes are strongly encouraged to bring them.

–        It is our hope that "no one will know that we were there" once the clean-up has finished.

These are brief descriptions of some of the “major” jobs. Lot’s of “little” things always crop up and volunteers who finish work at an early job (e.g. water station number one or some of the early turns) can always lend a hand at the start/finish area setting up for the finish.

Students are provided letters confirming their participation and outlining the number of hours volunteered in this community endeavour. Please make sure you let us know that you require a letter!!!

Student's can visit www.amidsummernightsrun.ca/students.pdf for a student information sheet.

If you would like to volunteer or have additional questions, please email, volunteers@amidsummernightsrun.ca .