Social Butterflies Foundation is hosting its annual Butterfly Walk for Lupus & Fibro on Saturday, June 10th from 5-9 PM at John B Todd Stadium in Newport News. We need volunteers to help in the following sections and times:
Set-Up: 10:00 am - 4:00pm
Get the day started with the staff of the Social Butterflies Foundation as we unload supplies, set up tents, and arrange tables and chairs for the event. Distribute appropriate equipment and paper products to each tent or station. Place signage, banners, flags, inflatable arch, and backdrops in the designated areas. Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
Registration: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
For people who like to meet and greet, registration is a great opportunity to say hello and check in walk registrants, volunteers, and special guests for the Walk. Registration volunteers collect donations, offline donation forms, assist with onsite registration, distribute information to each walker, and ensure that everyone entering the site is registered. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
T-shirt Tent: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Volunteers will fold, organize, and distribute t-shirts to participants that have paid their registration fees according to the registration package chosen. Volunteers will also disperse shirts to those who are attending the walk-in person and purchased additional shirts. Volunteers must pay close attention to ensure that all shirts are dispersed to the appropriate walk registrants. The t-shirt volunteers are also responsible for ensuring that walk volunteers receive their orange volunteer shirts. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
Water & Snacks Station: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
This area requires upbeat and friendly people to provide refreshments to walkers during the walk. You will let walkers know that free snacks and water are available. You will help set up the station. You will make sure the coolers around the track are filled with ice and bottles of water, replenishing as necessary. You will also offer water to the walkers while they are on the track route to help them cool off. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
Kid’s Corner: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Help keep our youngest walkers busy and entertained by helping to facilitate fun activities at Kid’s Corner. Kid’s Corner consists of bounce houses, kid’s characters, face painting, arts and crafts, and more. Kid’s Corner volunteers may also prepare and sell popcorn, ice cones, or cotton candy. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
Mission Tent: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Volunteers who have knowledge of answering questions about lupus and/or fibromyalgia. Volunteers will share our mission with walkers, distribute brochures about Social Butterflies Foundation, lupus, and fibromyalgia, and pass out the why I walk fans. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
First Aid Tent: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm
If you are a nurse, medical assistant, or trained in first aid, we need your skills to assist in case a participant needs minor first aid treatment. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
Walk Route: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
If you can give accurate directions and have an upbeat personality, you might consider volunteering on the Walk Route to help guide and encourage participants on the route. You will pass out stickers to walkers for each lap they walk, cheer them on as they are walking, and assist the water and snack committee with passing out bottles of water to walkers as needed. You will also help guide vendors to their set-up location. Walk Route volunteers do not help vendors set up or transport any of their supplies. Vendors are responsible for their own setup and transporting supplies. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.
Clean-Up: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
We want to make sure to leave John B. Todd Stadium as clean and beautiful as it was prior to the walk. Volunteers are needed to break down tents, tables, and chairs, pack up the arch, signage, flags, banners, and backdrops, and load up supplies to be transported back to the SBF office. Volunteers will ensure that everything is in its proper designated place. With several volunteers cleaning up is a breeze! Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
Our volunteers are an essential member of the Social Butterflies Foundation family. It is because of your support and assistance that we are able to host successful walks and events to help lupus survivors and their families. Thank you so much for your time and dedication.
