Volunteer Details

Yellow Springs Pride Volunteer Descriptions

Below helps to outline some of the many important volunteer support areas. Although many of these opportunities may overlap, each volunteer plays a pivotal part of the YS Pride Festival experience, and overall success. | FAQs

Festival Support: As a VIP among the volunteer team, you will help with traffic control while booth and food/beverage vendors enter and leave the festival. Additionally, committee members may ask you to help decorate at the festival, set up the official YS Pride Info Tent, greet vendors and attendees, and assist vendors in unloading or loading their vehicles.

Parade Volunteers: Parade volunteers will place signs along the parade route at the beginning of their shifts and take them down at the end. Other tasks include the following:

Parade marshaling: Directing the flow of the parade and ensuring safety along the route.
Crowd control: Assist with managing the flow of spectators and ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all.
Clean-up crew: Assisting in post-parade clean-up to ensure the area is left clean and tidy.

Decorators: As a decorator at Pride, you will help the hosting organization, YS Pride, decorate for the festival. This role includes setting up the festival and the YS Pride Info Tent, where visitors can get their YS Pride merch, ask questions, get directions, and more.

Greeters: Everyone is a greeter, which is pivotal in creating a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere at Pride. By greeting everyone you see and informing them about the assistance available from our official Pride Volunteer T-shirt wearers, you have the power to make every visitor feel valued and included.

Crossing Guards: Crossing guards at the intersection of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street and will be responsible for keeping our visitors safe as they come and go.

Parking Attendants: As a parking attendant, you will be stationed at the Mills Lawn Elementary parking lot, which is reserved for people with disabilities, entertainers, and mobile parade participants. You will advise drivers who attempt to enter the lot that it is reserved. We will rely on an honor system for people to follow the rules. You will not be tasked with asking drivers to move their vehicles.

Event Assistants: As versatile event assistants, you have the exciting opportunity to be roamers, ready to fill in wherever needed. This flexibility allows you to experience various aspects of the event, making your volunteering experience dynamic and engaging.

Production Assistants: Production assistants help with all things entertainment at the main stage.

Volunteer Information Packet

Open and download this resource packet PDF to meet the team, discover quick tips, and find contact information.

FESTIVAL FAQs

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While we appreciate the quick and decisive action of volunteers,only trained law enforcement should handle a potentially conscientious situation. Flag down an officer, EMT, or another volunteer or planning committee member for support. Inform law enforcement of suspicious activity or unattended items.

Historically, our Pride Festival has not drawn protestors, but it is always possible.
Do not engage with protestors.
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YS Pride and our volunteers value inclusion. You will assist with accommodation requests. Accessible parking will be designated in the Mills Lawn Elementary School parking lot for those with handicapped placards. Like our approach to pets, this is conducted on an honor system.

Accessible portable restrooms will be placed at both ends of the wheelchair-accessible event. Be observant. If in doubt, reach out to Alissa or stop by the YS Pride Info Tent. Remember, not all disabilities are visible.
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