Join the Volunteer team

The FTV A-Team will be working to Prepare for the Holiday Fair & Gala

Fair Trade Vancouver is putting together an A-Team (Action Team) for our upcoming 2nd Annual Fair Trade Vancouver - Holiday Fair and Gala!  This team will be responsible for various tasks leading up to the event and will be part of a larger volunteer team that will help run the event on December 3rd, 2011.

The success of our events relies heavily on your participation.  We are offering a chance to do more by applying to be on this exciting team.

The Team:

• Will Consist of 5 or 6 Fair Trade Vancouver volunteers that have shown a keen interest in volunteering with FTV.

Team Requirements:

(Not all below requirements are mandatory except for the weekly meetings, however,
please keep in mind that it is part of the commitment of being on the A-Team.)

• Available to meet every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the FTV office starting November 2nd until the event (total of 4 meetings)
• Available for the day-of-event Volunteer Orientation Session on November 30th at 6:30pm at the FTV office.
• Available to help with set-up on December 2nd from 11am to 5pm
• Available to help with take-down on December 4th from 1pm to 5pm
• Available to attend and help with event on December 3rd from 8am to 1am depending on assigned activities the day of.
• Committed to completing the weekly tasks and to making the event a success

Team Tasks Pre-Event:

• Ticket Sales
• Street Performances
• Decorating
• Street Postering
• Social Media call outs
• Event Set-Up
• Planning out Kids entertainment
• Visitor Engagement brainstorming

Team Tasks at Event:

(These will be assigned at our Volunteer Orientation Session on November 30th, 2011 @ 6:30pm.)

• Run FTV booth
• Coat Check
• Raffle
• Bar sales (waiters and waitresses)
• Membership sales
• Greeters
• Bartenders
• Set-Up
• Take-Down

Please contact Natasha at volunteer@fairtradevancouver.ca as soon as possible as planning will begin as early as November the first!