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Todays' Displaced Volunteer Update

Three things:
1. We still need more people to voluntteer for specific positions

• Tell Me Your Story
• Clean-Up (we need leaders for this and remember you can do this and another job!)
• Supply Collectors
• 20 other people who will be on hand to do whatever needs to be done

2. Many of you have said that you have first aid training but don't really want to be on the first aid team - which is fine because we have it taken care of. However, it would be nice to compile a list of people we can call to help in an emergency or if everyone needs bandaids at the same time or whatever. So, if you wnat to do this, please send me an email with "first aid on-call" in the subject and your name and call number in the text. eyeheartseattle@gmail.com

3. If anyone wants to come along, at 6pm tonight, my very small house-church is planning to do a white flag parade around Greenlake. We'll be at the playground at 6 - rain or shine - then start walking, and you're free to join us along the way too. (hopefully we'll be hard to miss). The more people the better - and you'd be welcome to join us for dinner afterwards!

Thanks,
Becky

Welcome

Hi Disaplce Me Volunteers!

I've set up this blog so that I can keep you updated a little easier...you'll still be getting tons of email from me I'm sure, but you can also come here, check things out, comment etc.

Below are the jobs/descriptions/needs that we still have. If you have signed up for a specific job, you can view your job description here. If you haven't signed up for a specific job, please check out our needs and either comment or email me to let me know what you want to do.

Note: The job descriptions say to be there at 3pm, but we're asking volunteers to be there at 9am or no later than noon if at all possible - if you can't be there then, it's ok. just let me know.

also, keep collecting cardboard and getting your friends to sign up!

thanks everyone,
becky tucker
volunteer coordinator
eyeheartseattle@gmail.com

Audio Visual Tech

This position is filled. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Audio/ Video/ Tech (3pm – 9am): mostly on-call if needed

• Coordinating with the sound/video/ vendors and making sure everything is going smoothly

• Assisting with set-up, teardown

Tell Me Your Story

This position is full. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

“Tell Me Your Story” Tent (3pm – 7am):

• Monitor the line and answer questions/prep people- tell them how long they have etc.

• Hand out and collect release forms/ names

• Film participants

Clean-up Crew

LEADERS NEEDED!!!

Clean-Up Crew (8am- 12pm):

• Pick up all trash and cardboard after participants leave and dispose of it

• Help vendors break down their equipment

• Leaving the site in better shape than we found it

You can do this and another job. Please consider doing both this and another job.

We need two leaders!

Entry Photo

This position is filled. We have enough volunteers. Thanks!

Entry Photo Team:

• Bring a small whiteboard and a dry erase marker

• Bring a camera that takes a memory card

• Ask participants to write their names on the whiteboard, then photograph them

• Return memory card to IC staff

Special Teams

This position is filled. We have enough volunteers. Thanks!

Special Teams (3pm- 9am):

• Everything else. Assisting any other team that needs it.

Fundraising Campaign

This position is filled. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Fundraising Campaign Coordinators (3pm- 9am):

• Getting people to fill out and sign up tri/pre-sale bracelets

• Making a safe box to put pre-sale cards in

• Walking through the site to gather cards from participants

• Effectively communicate both the Tri and bracelet campaign

• Keep all of the cards / info safe

Supply Collectors

WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS!!!

Supply Collectors (8am Saturday – 9am Sunday):

• Has a van or truck, knowing the area surrounding the event and leaving the site to pick up any supplies or necessary items for the event.

We need two volunteers to help our two drivers.

Letter Writing Campaign

This position is filled. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Letter Writing Campaign Coordinators (3pm – 9pm):

• Getting large boxes for the letters to serve as bins and clearly labeling them with the appropriate state (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Canada, Other)

• Having info including the names of each state senator

• Having extra copies of the letter writing prompt and blank paper

• Having and passing out pens to those in need

• Bringing tarps and or garbage bags and protecting the letters in case of rain/wind or other weather

• Bringing staplers and LOTS of staples (save receipt for reimbursement

• Combining the letters into consolidated boxes and giving them to an IC staff member

First Aid

This position is full. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

First Aid (3pm – 9am):

• Staying at the medical tent to help EMT with anything necessary

• Bringing a first aid kit and lots of band-aids for minor situations

Security

This position is full. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Security (3 pm – 7am):

• Setting up a designated smoking area

• Maintaining order and throwing out rowdy/drunk participants

• Patrolling the perimeter of the event

• Monitoring the fenced-off meadow and shoreline areas to keep participants from disturbing the migratory sparrows that nest there

• Monitoring huts gone wild and keeping the cardboard element as safe as possible

• Assisting any volunteer teams when needed

• Coordinating with police officers/alerting them to potentially hazardous situations

• Monitoring and maintaining placement of parking signs and cones after parking attendants shifts

• Patrolling parking lots

Cardboard Collectors/Distributors

This position is full. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Cardboard Collectors/Distributors (2 weeks before DisMe/ 3pm – 8pm):

• Setting up an example hut

• Collecting lots of cardboard before the event and transporting it to the site

• Purchasing duct tape before the event (save the receipt for reimbursement)

• Manning the cardboard distribution location and handing out cardboard to participants that need it

• Giving duct tape and supplies to people that need it

Food/Water Distro

This position is full. We have all the volunteers we need. Thanks!

Food/ Water Collection / Redistribution (3pm – 10pm):

• Organize food and water that IC provides

• Collect the food and water that participants bring

• Keep food and water organized and safe

• Inspect all food and make sure it is truly sealed – throw away if it is not

• Re-distribute food (one sleeve per participant) and water to the appropriate people

• Clean up the station

• Controlling lines

Check-in and Registration

This positin is full - we have all the volunteers we need, thanks!

Check-in / Registration (3pm – 9pm):

• Welcome people to the event

• Have participants sign liability / photo release

• Warn participants to stay away from the meadows where the migratory sparrows nest.

• Give out bracelet or ID card

• Give out action kits

• Take a picture of Participants

• Direct to the food and water table

• Direct them where to put their stuff down and construct their cardboard hut

• Clean up leftover check-in materials

• Help with food and water redistribution if needed

Parking Attendants

WE NEED ONE MORE LEADER!!!!

Parking Attendants (3pm-7pm, 9am-noon):

• Designate handicap parking

• Make signs

• Reserve parking for volunteers

• Direct traffic to the intended parking spots

• Direct Traffic to the 65^th St. entrance

• Direct participants from alternate parking lots to Magnuson Park