The success of River Festival depends upon volunteers- please consider helping out!

Volunteer shifts are just 2 hours, so you will still have plenty of time to enjoy the festivities.

Volunteers are needed on September 4th to help with:

  •  Set-up: erecting tents, hanging signs, arranging tables and chairs, etc.
  •  5K Run/Walk: help with registration, directing runners and traffic, and with the finish and timing

  •  Logistics: directing traffic, greeting vendors, making sure everything goes smoothly

  •  Food service: collecting lunch tickets, selling snacks, re-stocking drinks, desserts, etc.

  •  Children's Activities: help with boat building, knot tying, touch tank, or critter corner

  •  Clean-up: help keep lunch area tidy, monitor for trash/recycling

  •  Festival break-down: take down tents, chairs and tables, etc.

To volunteer: Please email Stewart at volmvlt@midcoast.com with the following information:

  • Preferred time of day to help: pre-5k (7:00am-8:00am) during 5k (8am-10am) pre-festival (8:30-11am), midday (11am-3pm), or late afternoon (3-5pm)

  •  Top 3 choices of volunteer activities.

Thank you for your help!

Other Volunteer Tasks:

 •  Too many plants?: We need plants as donations for our table at the River Festival.  If you have a plant you can donate, contact Stewart at volmvlt@midcoast.com

  •  Show off your baking skills!: We need 30 volunteers to bake desserts for the lunches. Sign up to bake by emailing Stewart at volmvlt@midcoast.com.
  •  Be an event photographer!: We are looking for an experienced photographer to help us document all the fun and activities of River Festival.