Not running in a Run for the Ferry event? Volunteer instead! It’s for the benefit of the community, and you’ll earn the appreciation of the participants and organizers. You’ll also get a fabulous ‘Run for the Ferry’ runner’s hat, coffee and a muffin compliments of the Snug Café, and a chance to win one of four one-month memberships with The Gym as well as many other draw prizes.

• Take a look through the job descriptions here,
  
• fill out the form way down at the bottom, after the descriptions and
  
• we will contact you to confirm your assignments.
  

Some of the tasks are very brief and the timing of them will allow for participation in more than one area. All but a very few of the volunteer positions obligations are completed by the time the Bowfest parade begins.

Cyclists: Each of the three runs needs a cyclist to lead, called a Rabbit, and a cyclist to follow up, called a sweep (six in total). The 5K (9:35 – 9:55am) and 10K rabbits (9:35-10:15am) need to be fast cyclists. The Kid’s 1.5 (9:00-9:15am); not so much. Sweeps can be more causal. 5K (9:35-10:15am) and 10K (9:35-11:00am)

Food: 3 food savvy types are needed for the refreshment table to cut the cheese, spread the bagels, pour the drinks, mix the smoothies. (9:00am-11:00am)

Greeters: People need to be welcomed and directed off the water taxi and ferry to race registration and bag check in front of the library. Runners at the finish area need to be directed away from the finish area and toward the library lawn for refreshments and entertainment.

Kid’s medals: Kid’s run participants receive a ‘completion’ medal. Two Kid friendly beings needed to present these medals.

Musicians: We’d like to have musicians at the library lawn area to help keep runners entertained until ‘awards’ time. We’d also like to have musicians at the bike park where the 5K/10K split occurs and possibly other locations to help enliven the event and make it more memorable. We are working on raising some money for this, so it would not be strictly volunteer.

Photographers: Part of what will transform RFTF, above and beyond the great time the participants will have, from a community run to a very popular destination running event, is the visuals we can enhance our website with. Scenery, race route and runner images, including those surrounding the event, start to finish and including those showing their happy enjoyment of the parade and ‘Bowfest’, can all be used to promote next years event. A possible tool that could be created from these shots is a e-calendar and planner, for which the software is readily available.

Registrars: 4 to 6 race registrars are needed for Friday August 27th, in a couple of shifts, from 4:00 to 8:00pm ( subject to refinement) to catch last minute registrants seeking the ‘pre race day’ entry fee. 6 to 8 race registrars needed for race day 7:30-9:00am.

Road Marshals: 25 to 30 people needed to keep runners on course. In some cases to direct them across roads. Others are needed to attend the 4 water stations at Kilometers 2.5, 5, 7.5 and finish area. A couple and a pick-up truck are also needed to set-up the course and the water stations and to tear down immediately afterward the last runner and move remaining water to the finish area. You can outline your choice for this in the comments box in the form below. Job times vary significantly, from a few minutes to a couple of hours, depending on position.

Timing Assistants: 12 people are needed for various timing related jobs, including manual back-up, keeping the race chute clear and keeping race bib tear tags in order for 5 and 10K finishers.

Videographers: Like the photographer input, videographers can greatly assist in the building of this destination running event as a fund raising vehicle for local non-profits by providing ‘footage’ for the 2011 marketing campaign. Comments welcomed.

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