We Need Your Help!
Volunteer for Chicago's Green Family Festival

Dear Friends,

As you know, an event as large and diverse as Chicago's Green Family Festival (Saturday and Sunday, April 17 & 18) will need many hands to make it work.  Here is a list of committees and tasks - let us know what suits you the best!  Don't see something here that will make the Fest even more special?  Let us know how you'd like to help!  Volunteers will receive free admission, as well as a meal(s) during shift times and beverages in the break room.

To volunteer, please contact Festival Co-Chair Mary Johnson Gorski @ Mary1160@hotmail.com, or Fest Vice Chair Paul Lester @ PPLester@sbcglobal.net

Before the Event

• Publicity Committee - Chairman Maureen O'Looney - tasks include calling and following up with schools, organizations, and community groups who can help promote the Green Family Festival.
• Facility Committee - Chairman Paul Lester - Help plan and organize where exhibitor tables will be located and how meeting rooms will be set 
• Signage Committee - Chairman Paul Lester - Help plan and organize where directional signs are needed and arrange for signs to be ordered and placed throughout the building
• Green Waste Patrol - Chairman Paul Lester - ahead of time, set up systems to make sure that all of the waste produced is disposed of in an ecologically responsible manner, either through recycling or repurposing
• Heritage Center Highlights Committee - to arrange for Center dancers, singers, musicians, and other cultural groups to get scheduled and participate throughout the week-end.
• Green Education Committee - to help design the green, healthy educational content of the week-end and recruit and confirm speakers 

During the Event

• Set up crew - Thursday and Friday, assist at the Center to set up exhibitor tables and chairs and meeting rooms
• Signage Committee - On Friday and Sunday morning, place the pre-ordered directional and meeting room signs.  Keep an eye out for lost attendees and make directional signs to help fill these gaps.  
• Exhibitor Registration - On Friday, April 16, Saturday, April 17, and Sunday, April 18; 4 hour shifts to help exhibitors find their space and answer questions.  
• Attendee Registration - On Saturday April 17 and Sunday, April 18; 4 hours shifts, help to register families, accept $5 per family payment OR a can of food for the Green Family Festival / Catholic Charities Food Drive, and stamp their hands.  3/4 locations.
• Meeting Room Manager - In four hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday, introduce speakers, make sure they have everything they need, and help them to feel comfortable 
• Green Waste Patrol - In four hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday, make sure that people are using the proper recycling bins for waste.
• Floor Managers - In four hour shifts, walk around specific exhibit areas to make sure our exhibitors are happy!
• Food - In four hour shifts, help to serve food in various food outlets set up throughout the Center.
• Parking Lot Manager - In four hour shifts, make sure that cars are moving in and out of the parking in the lot in and orderly and efficient way
• Photographer - to take lots of pictures of the Green Family Festival!
• Clean up crew - Sunday evening, Monday - assist at the Center to take tables and chairs down and return them to storage; to make sure that the facility is clean and that all waste has been disposed of according to the guidelines set by the Green Waste Patrol.

After the Event

• Labeling, stuffing, and mailing thank you letters - approx. 10 hours of work 

To volunteer, please contact Festival Co-Chair Mary Johnson Gorski @ Mary1160@hotmail.com, or Fest Vice Chair Paul Lester @ PPLester@sbcglobal.net