CLACKAMAS COUNTY SPRING FAIR ~ VOLUNTEER DUTIES

If you are a Master Gardener and would like to help at our Spring Garden Fair and would like some volunteer hours please email us by clicking this link with what day, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, you would like to work and any job preferences and we will get back to you. Thanks for helping.

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Treasurer’s Assistant: Collect & count money. Make change when necessary.

Floaters: Volunteers will help out whenever & wherever needed.

Fair Set-up & Breakdown: Thurs. & Fri. Layout, Measure, Stake & Number Vendor booths. Set up raffle area. Place direction signs on black top. Sunday pick up all Vendor booth number stakes & flags. Stack all tables in 4H building. Take down signs.

Vendor set-up: Help direct vendors to their assigned booth spaces & assist with set up if requested by the vendor.

4-H Building Set-up & Break-down: Friday set up display booths & tables, food & soil test area. Sunday help clean up area.

Hospitality: Welcome all people to the fair. Have knowledge of all areas, Count & record each person. One seed packet per family.

Vendor/MG Hospitality Room: Receive donated items, portion & serve to Vendors & MGs in Vendor/MG Hospitality room in Horning Hall.

Plant Check Set-up: Friday Help set up plant check area. Help set up tables & benches in holding area. Organize boxes.

Plant Check: Write receipts for customers checking in plants. Place plants in holding area. Retrieve plants when customers are ready to leave.

Clinic: Answer gardening questions.

Soil Testing: Learn how to calibrate & operate pH testing instruments & prepare soil samples. Analyze soil pH samples brought to the Fair by the public.

Raffle Set-up Friday: Help with the set-up, arrange benches & stock area with raffle donations. Volunteers need a truck to pick up raffle donations.

Raffle: Help sell raffle tickets. May help with drawings & giving out raffle prizes. Vendor plant pick-up.

Parking: Welcoming, directing & giving out helpful information. Making people feel comfortable & welcome.

10 Minute University: Assist in 10 minute classes taught every 30 minutes. Promote classes on fairground. Greet, pass out & pick up evaluations, & take head counts. Promote the MG program. Pass out handouts. Assist instructors as needed.

New Plant Introduction: Help with set-up, bidding, & closing of morning & afternoon “Silent Auction” of grower donated plants.

The Potting Station: Help people create and design their newly purchased plants in a new container ready for the deck and garden.