| The Royal Medieval Faire requires volunteers for a variety of activities, which are outlined in detail below. If you would like to find out more details, please contact our volunteer co-ordinator. |
| Costume & Prop Making |
| From experienced sewers to those interested in cutting some patterns or embroidering or other small handwork - we invite you and any of your friends. If you can swing a hammer, the props department can also use your experience. |
| Security Personnel - September 20th |
| Supervise and assist with line-ups at the entrance gates and monitor the cash boxes. Monitor park boundaries in the bandshell area and assist in ensuring that things are operating smoothly in the park. Assist in co-ordinating response for first aid or lost children. |
| Gating Personnel - September 20th |
| Collect the admission of $5 per person and apply a stamp. Note kids 10 and under are $2.50. Monitor and secure the cash boxes to ensure that money do not get stolen. |
| Information Kiosk Personnel - September 20th |
| Hand out The Royal Medieval Faire programme and schedule of events. Give directions to event locations throughout the park. Administer patron surveys. Record and receive lost articles. Maintain a list of patrons interested in acting, volunteering, vending, performing or sponsoring the Faire next year. Call security to assist with first aid or lost children situations. Assist with set-up and take down of the information booth. |
| Volunteer Hospitality personnel - September 20th |
| Assist in preparing the tent for the day's activities, maintaining the reception area in an organized and clean state throughout the day, and cleaning up from the activities at the end of the day. You may also be assigned to any one of a variety of tasks, including greeting volunteers and signing them in and out, assisting volunteers to complete forms, distributing t-shirts, updating volunteers about changes in scheduling, and preparing coffee and snack foods. |
| Parking personnel - September 20th |
| Escort vendors on site in the morning of the Faire. Throughout the day, parking volunteers are required to direct patrons to the parking areas and indicate the admission entrances. |
| Video Taping personnel - September 20th |
| Four volunteers are required to video tape the day's events. We will provide the tape and batteries. If you have video taping equipment and know how to video tape, please let us know that you're interested in this task. |
| Games personnel - September 20th |
| Operate the games and ensure everyones enjoyment of the games. |
| Signage personnel - September 20th |
| The signage volunteers are responsible for placing signs outside of the park to ensure that patrons can find the admission gates on the day of the Faire. Meet with the signage co-ordinator for instructions on where to place the signs. When the Faire is over, remove the signs and return them to a central area specified by the signage co-ordinator. |
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| The volunteer schedule is now in hourly slots and we ask everyone to sign-up for a minimum of 4 hours but encourage all, particularly those operating games, to volunteer all day. |