Click Here for the Local Living Festival 2011 Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ See our "Wish List" of items needed! Please email us if you can help! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Join us for our Monthly Planning Gatherings on the Second Wednesday of each month at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Farm, 2043 Rt. 68, 2.3 miles from Rt. 11, Canton, NY. As we get closer to the Festival we meet more frequently, on: August 31, September 14, September 21 at 7 PM. It may be helpful to contact us first. 315.347.4223 or please email us with your thoughts. We need your ideas and energy! If "meetings" aren't your thing, that's OK too -- call us and we'll chat! Please see below for things we know we need done. Are you a college student? See also our Intern Opportunities! Many Hands Make Light Work... The following are 2011-specific tasks that need a helper or coordinator! NOTE: These are not in order of importance, but positions we really need to cover are starred **. Do you know someone who'd love to do one of these things for the Festival?? Cultcha Needed—curate an Upcycling/Sustainable Art Show and also securing musical acts? Cinema 10 is airing the Greenhorns movie and we will have a panel discussion with the film folks and local young farmers, likely Sept 19 (Mon before Festival). Maybe a local foods mixer/cocktail party beforehand! Needs a Coordinator! PR
We need someone to create a Festival poster to be hung starting August 25 and update it for a second go-round around Sept 10.
Need
to reserve Canton Theater marquee and hang a banner in the town Park.
100 new road signs will need volunteers to put them out AND collect them back, starting Labor Day weekend.
Need to secure a media sponsor. Need to find a
way to count the hits on the website. The Green
Buildings Open House (national program we tap into) needs a North Country regional leader!Hang posters August 25-ish and /or again on Sept 20-ish. Home Tours -- Coordinator Needed.
Teen
Activities -- need more! So far we have GardenShare doing one program from 1-2:45 on Saturday only, on Food Systems. High
School Environmental Clubs are a potential resource for teen
(peer-to-peer!) programming and needs someone to approach them
to participate in this way.
YEEE - We have a very few displays from this event (Youth Energy & Environment Expo) and need someone to clean them up a bit, display them at the Festival, and contact the teachers who donated them in order to spur participation in showing them to the public by the students who created them. Bus Company Liaison -- need someone to ensure that the bus company has the information they need and vice-versa, coordinate the shuttle run to the Remington Festival in downtown Canton, and note our compliance with the acknowledgement needs of the sponsor bus company. Workshops
Construction
Projects -- replace door, block access to no-go zones, wheelchair access, block out parking areas, etc. Need a small crew.Help coordinate follow up needed for dozens of Workshop presenters - someone to post the workshop title, description and presenter bio on the website would be particularly helpful.. Not very inspiring or hard to do, for that matter, but very much needs to be done. Initially there are 30+ to put on the site, then they will come in bit by bit over the next month. Workshop Attendant Coordinator -- assure deployment of volunteers to ensure that each Workshop space has certain items and people in place (checklists provided) during the Festival. Grounds & Physical
Plant: mostly clean up and
decorating in an Autumn theme too. Need volunteers to do some
grunt work and also a liaison to work with Charlie (Farm Manager) and
Betsy Hodge (our CCE liaison and an organizing committee member) on
site. Zero Waste Festival This is a great challenge, with a solid core group of 5 people, and some help with specific tasks would be great.
Health Department Liaison -- needed to do the delicate Zero Waste/Public Health dance. Photography/Videography
-- Jacob will do this again, and so will Sherry, as well as the WCKN
Clarkson TV student crew (was too soon to announce this at the meeting,
but they also plan on an entire week of broadcasting around the Local
Living Festival!!) Merch -- we want to sell water bottles/mugs with our logo! Needs a coordinator, pronto! Wish List -- on website and Freecycle.
Road Sign Distribution
-- needs a leader to track who has them, where they're going, and
getting them all back too! (They cost us $3.75 each - $3.95 for the
2-sided ones!)
Poster Hanging -- needs a leader for 2 rounds of hanging -- 2
weeks and 4 weeks prior. Have sign-ups in place - get more to cover
areas not yet done and provide them with posters as needed. Outreach -- need to
contact Church Bulletin folks and every local agency and organization
possible to ask them to put something in their newsletters, post a
flyer, etc. Need someone to put this together. Sherry Long is working on politician participation in our event and could use help as well.
Locavore Meal -- coordination needed. Saturday or Sunday night or daytime on Sunday. A picnic, benefit dinner, small celebration of just organizers and speakers; could be whatever you'd like it to be! Locavore Challenge -- coordinator needed. See http://www.nofany.org/events/ny-locavore-challenge. Saturday evening -- celebratory meal or other event needs coordination Major Donor Fulfillment --
assure their needs for free passes, banners hung, ads placed, invites
made, reporting done (by Melinda/Chelle), thanks you's done, etc.
Major Speaker -- still need one or two, have some Mellon SLU
funds available and need to round this event out! Research and contact! CSA Information Display
-- coordinator needed to contact every local CSA (we have a list) and
solicit their participation in a major display area containing all CSA
options in the area for interested people to choose from. Local College Sustainability Forum
-- coordination needed. Seven or more local colleges: we gather their
sustainability staff people and relevant student clubs to share what
they do now, would like to do, and potentially share resources.
Food Preservation Boot Camp (post-Fest) --
coordination needed. A series of workshops on various methods of food
preservation that will kick on on the Festival Sunday (Locavore Challenge Day) and
take place over the next 2 weeks of the harvest season. Check out the Workshop by Paul Hetzler
that will help kick this off! It's called "From Rose Hips to Road Kill: One Perspective on Canning on the Cheap". Love it! (sorry, veg people!)
Emcee/Honorary Announcer -- need someone to coordinate the
honorary guest announcers for the featured speakers. Last year, for
instance, Todd Moe really connected with Alex Lee when he interviewed
him so we asked Todd give the introduction to Alex's talk - which they
both loved! If any of the above appeals to you as something you could do -- or a friend might be interested in - please be in touch as soon as possible. There are less than 6 weeks to to the Festival! End of the Local Living Festival specific opportunities to help! _____________________________________________________ Below are the year-round opportunities to assist the SLP with it's goals WORKSHOPS & EVENTS ~ YEAR-ROUND ** Co-coordinator or Assistant for the year-round Workshops and/or events (could be on a seasonal or topic-driven basis as well!) ** Creative public event creation -- fun and/or educational and/or healthy events! ** Find & recruit interesting presenters, speakers, skills demonstrators ** Videographer / Editor for online tutorials Music hound - sniffing out musical venues, acts, etc. for partnering opp's & for the Festival LOCAL LIVING FESTIVAL ~ SEPT. 24 & 25, 2011 Coordination: ** Speakers Recruitment / Coordination -- committee members also sought ** Workshops Recruitment / Management -- committee members also sought
** Exhibitors -- committee members sought ** Renewable Energy & Green Building Coordinator -- oversees our outreach to vendors and speakers ** Media Sponsorship -- pursuing local media sponsors for the
Festival. ** Home Tours Coordinator -- occurs thee week after the Festival Festival Evaluation Coordination -- distribute, tabulate and report on Evaluations gathered
** Zero Waste Event Coordination-- research, fulfillment Promo's/Hand-Outs Coordination (had yogurt last year) ** Merchandise Coordination ** Hospitality (mainly food) Coordination/Solicitation Farmer’s Market management Food Vendors Coordinator (& Zero Waste facilitator) Health Department Liaison -- hand-wash stations, etc. Ensure that they are informed and we are compliant. Hands on/Active: ** Green Team for on-site recycling/trash/compostables ** Coordinate lawn sign deployment / retrieval
Welcome
Booth -- SLP / OST / Workshop Sign Ups / Tours / GBOH / Seedcorn /
Nametags -- purchase, create, deploy Signage -- laminate & posting/removal
Create
displays -- to round out theme categories at Festival, e.g.,
Gardening/Farming,
Tents
& Porta-potties (pre-ordered, Jan 2011) Construction Crew for various Projects Barn, Greenhouse, classroom and grounds clean-up crew (sweep. wash, wipe, maybe paint, tote stuff around, etc. in the week prior)
Tables/ Chairs - procure and placement A/V procurement & Techs
** Parking "Nazi" (really -- it's a tough job, folks!) Physical
Plant Surveys & Liaison to Charlie from the CCE
Farm (supply vs demand -- Decorate the Farm in an Autumn theme.
Solicitation/Coordination: ** Sponsorship Solicitation Home Tours Coordinator Raffle Coordination Prize and Award Solicitation ** Craft Vendor & Treasure Hunt Trail Coordination Emcee /
Introducers -- soliciting appropriate people to handle major speakers ** Host Liaisons -- for out of town speakers (pick up speaker, arrange housing, meals, whatever) Advertising (NCTW, WDT, posters, 3-fold flyer) ** Festival Program & Advert's -- assist Coordinator with compilation and/or advertising recruitment
Saturday
Night Meal -- preferably a benefit, a celebratory meal at
a restaurant otherwise. Children’s
Activities -- Coordination of actual activities largely covered, though ideas are always sought! Attractions Coordination -- Dairy Princess, Wagon Rides, animals, other "side shows" Produce video teasers for Festival County Bus Liaison Coordinate
Sharing Boards & Theme Areas Coordinate
display creation -- (with student interns?) e.g., recycling batteries,
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER & AGRICULTURAL DEPOT ** Assist in research and development of a business plan to combine a cultural center with a sustainable business enterprise Liaison to the Clarkson MBA Program or other for creation of a feasibility study Fundraising and promotion of this concept. HOMESTEADING COLLEGE ** Assist in creation of a professional business plan Recruitment of retired college administrators and professors Liaison to the one or more area colleges and/or the Associated Colleges SLP ADMINISTRATIVE Dedicated "Thank You" responder - an exceedingly grateful person to acknowledge small donors News hound (sniffing out items of interest and scrap-booking our media coverage) Events hound (sniffing out events of interest - networking & outreach related) ** Mailing List Manager -- keep updates smooth-flowing, manage mass-mailings 1-4x per month ** Web management (largely troubleshooting issues only) Create Advanced Website Features – “hits” counter, slide show, etc. Manage PayPal account features ** Grant Writer (no experience needed, will train) ** Create and/or administer fundraising opportunities SPECIAL PROJECTS ** Coordinate Green Home & Gardens Tour activities (Initial survey and/or monthly tours) Create resource email templates for people seeking renewable energy and other info Solicit prizes and donations from local businesses Recruit organizations and businesses for SL Day Partnerships Assist with science-based educational project in high schools Create online Sharing Boards Benefit dinner/event coordinators & helpers Dedicated videographer for summer events and Festival Back-up photographer for summer events and Festival ** Fun seasonal events finder/creator and/or Coordinator ** "One Sustainable Thing" Coordinator OUTREACH Create or be a member of a crew for monthly poster hanging & brochure distribution to local (and/or further flung) venues **Social Media Coordinator (Facebook, etc.) Help write Press Releases Inter-Agency Collaboration -- liaisons to CoOp, Chamber, TAUNY, CMP, GardenShare, etc.) Staff our outreach booth at weekly Farmer's Markets in Canton and/or Potsdam **Help staff our booth at community tabling events (Festivals, etc.) Follow up on lists generated at outreach events (mostly data entry, some mailing) Volunteers and/or Membership recruitment brainstorming/follow-through If you don't see it here -- what are YOU interested in?! And, who else do you know with useful skills? Please also see our INTERN PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Please email us if you can help! We need you. ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE RETURN TO HOME PAGE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ |