Volunteer Sign Up
Thank you for visiting. We will need volunteers for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday prior to the event, and Sunday the day of Watchfire. Please complete the form below, and we will reach out to discuss in more detail.
Watchfire Volunteer opportunities
Food and Catering (Team lead - Rick Keyes keyesrick@gmail.com)
• Coordinate Food vendors, manage supplies, cleaning
Fundraising (Team Lead – Rick Keyes keyesrick@gmail.com)
• Procure merchandise for resale
• Manage sales tent
• Manage raffles (50/50)
• Manage Donations
Security & Medical (Team Lead – Dick Searing rjsearing@gmail.com)
• Crowd control
• Communications – manage radios
• Liaison to police-fire-ambulance
Fire Preparation site maintenance (Team Lead – Russ Oakes CNYBassMaster1970@yahoo.com)
• Help guild fire pit
• Load retired flags onto fire
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Grounds cleanup prior to the event
• Grounds clean up after the event
Marketing and Communications (Team Lead Bill Burdick – wdb@wdburdick.com)
• Print media development
• Social Media
• Custom merchandise procurement
Music and Stage (Team Lead Dick Madden - rmadden002@twcny.rr.com)
• Stage setup
• Coordinate music and MC events
Motorcycles (Team Lead Manny Falcone - manny.falcone@gmail.com)
• Motorcycle club and individual riders
• Coordinate donations
Parking (Team Lead Barry Lippencot buck53@vsubtphoto.com)
• Layout parking
• Parking attendants
Flags
Team Lead Mark Shearer MarkShearer41@gmail.com )
• Pickup flags in the community
• Coordinate flag delivery to the event
• Prepare flags for disposal