Click Here for the Local Living Festival 2013 Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet Join us for our Planning Gatherings for the Local Living Festival as well as for our many other projects. Contact us for details at 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! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ See our "Wish List" of items needed! Please email us if you can help! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Many Hands Make Light Work... Below are the year-round opportunities to assist the SLP with it's goals NOTE: These are not in order of importance, but positions we really need to cover are starred **. *** LOOK FOR UPDATES HERE SOON AS WE REORGANIZE OUR PRIORITIES FOR 2012-2013! *** Local Living Venture -- our education and outreach program YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS & EVENTS ~ ** 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 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 or follow-up with media outlets (in-house and public) 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 COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER & AGRICULTURAL DEPOT ** Assist in research and development of a business plan to combine a cultural center with a sustainable business enterprise Feasibility study / community needs assessment / strategic planning 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 – slide shows, 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/Scholarship sponsorships Create online Sharing Boards Benefit 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
M O R E B E L O W - F E S T I V A L R E L A T E D ! If you don't see it here -- what are YOU interested in?! And, who else do you know with useful skills? Local Living Festival 2013 The following are specific tasks that need a helper or coordinator! Do you know someone who'd love to do one of these things for the Festival?? Cultcha Needed—curate an Upcycling/Sustainable Art Show? Securing musical acts? Other creative ideas? December 2012/January 2013: Coordinate with Cinema 10 to air a topical film in conjunction with their organization, possibly also setting up a panel discussion with the film folks, likely Earth Day, April 22 (Mon before Festival). Maybe a related mixer/cocktail party beforehand! Needs a Coordinator! PR
We need someone to create a Festival poster to be hung starting March 30 and update it for a second go-round around April 13.
Need
to reserve Canton Theater marquee and hang a banner in the town Park.
150+ road signs will need volunteers to put them out AND collect them back, starting April 6 weekend.
Need to secure a media advertising - radio, television, print.
Hang posters March 30-ish and /or again on April 13-ish. Home Tours -- Coordinator Needed.
Teen
Activities -- need more! Want to provide parents with teenagers a place to occupy their progeny with interesting, topical projects! Also, 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 -- December 2012 -- Coordinate in advance with the Youth Energy & Environment Expo) to inform participating classes of the opportunity to follow up with their displays at our Festival. Coordinate displaying them at the Festival, and contact the teachers who donated them in order to spur participation by the students in showing them to the public. 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 parking area(s), and make sure we conform to our compliance with the acknowledgement needs of the sponsor bus company. Workshops -- various tasks; before, during, after the Festival.
Construction
Projects -- small construction projects, block access to no-go zones, wheelchair access, block out parking areas, etc. Need a small crew.Posting the workshop title, description and presenter bio on the website. Follow-up needed for dozens of Workshop presenters - scanning and posting handouts and powerpoint presentations on our website, for instance. 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. Need volunteers to do some
grunt work and also a liaison to venue staff on
site. Zero Waste Festival --This is a great challenge and some help with specific tasks would be great.
Health Department Liaison -- needed to do the delicate Zero Waste/Public Health dance. Hospitality Coordination/Solicitation -- donations of food needed. Solicit those and/or set up/staff the Hospitality room at the Festival. Farmer’s Market Coordinator -- find and coordinate local vendors in the Marketplace. Food Vendors Coordinator -- Coordinate their participation and facilitate their compliance with Zero Waste considerations. Photography/Videography -- needs coordination and execution! Also, the WCKN Clarkson TV student crew may be willing to tape some portions of the Festival. In 2011 they did an entire week of broadcasting around the Local Living Festival!! Merch -- we want to sell water bottles/mugs with our logo! Maybe a Swiss Army Knife? We have tee's and canvas bags already. Wish List -- update, adjust and post 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. Same for civic organizations. We also would like politician participation in our event and could use help there as well. Could also put together a presentation that we, or you, could give at various events to be determined.
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 4/27 -- 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, etc.
Major Speakers -- Research and contact! CSA Information Display
-- coordinator needed to contact every local CSA (we have a list) and
update 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 to
take place over the upcoming harvest season.
Emcee/Honorary Announcer -- need someone to coordinate the
honorary guest announcers for the featured speakers. In 2010, for
instance, NCPR morning man 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! Promo's/Hand-Outs Coordination -- one year Breyer's Yogurt in North Lawrence, NY donated yogurt. Find safe, environmentally-friendly, topical items as "freebies". If any of the above appeals to you as something you could do -- or a friend might be interested in - please be in touch. SustLivingProject@gmail.com _____________________________________________________ ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE RETURN TO HOME PAGE OTHER WAYS TO BE INVOLVED ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ ARCHIVAL: 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 one 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,
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