“What does the festival need help with?”
Our answer to this question is usually ‘EVERYTHING!’. Quite often during the festival we need button greeters, ticket takers, event calendar givers, poster sellers and/or information givers at the entrance to events. These are out front lines at presentations & talks, movies, storytelling and workshops. Usually there are 2-4 volunteers at each event.
The largest amount of volunteer energy is needed for decorating & set-up of the Tofino Community Hall on Tuesday, March 9th (12pm – 12am) and Wednesday, March 10th (12pm - 7pm) for 2 large events held there. Any length of time is massively appreciated!
We have 2 committees that require a bit more dedication: Merchandise and Signage. Ideally, 8-10 volunteers will team up to move the merchandise between a few key events throughout the week while also attending for the duration in order to pack up & move the merchandise to the next location. Sandwich boards need to be outside an event about an hour before it starts. Boards also need to have to the correct sign on them (i.e., culinary event, children’s event, fundraiser, etc.). Each town has about 4 boards and a schedule of who is picking up which and placing at what event must be created and executed by a team of 5-6 volunteers.
A security team of 6-8 volunteers will be needed at Martini Migration to rotate positions and shifts throughout the night. Upwards of 15 others will be needed throughout the night for working the door, kitchen, bussing tables, handing out glasses, collecting votes and more and more. Maritime Kids Days will also need 15-20 volunteers for the set-up of tables, operation of stations as well as tear down.
An infinity amount of volunteers are needed for the parade, beach clean-up, aerial art, Tug-o-Whale & Whale Dip. That’s a lot. So sign up and bring a friend! Then tell your friend to bring their other friend!
A longer description of volunteer opportunities can be found in the volunteer section of this site. If you would like to volunteer, check out our handy Volunteer Sign-up form.
