Ridgewood Run :: May 28, 2012

Volunteer

Hotline: (973) 333-4837
Email: Ridgewood Run Race Director
Mail: PO Box 56, Ridgewood, NJ 07451

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© 2012 North Jersey Masters Track and Field Club.

The Ridgewood Run provides North Jersey Masters members and the greater community with a host of volunteering opportunities. This section of the website highlights various areas in which you can help out, with an option to sign-up or ask questions online. Linda Ferraro and Lily Kosaka are our 2012 Volunteer Committee Co-Chairs.

The Ridgewood Run is busy and exciting; a chance to all work together to ensure another terrific community event. Thank you for your participation!

The following assignments require lots of hands-on volunteers. Please sign-up! Volunteers should arrive and check-in for their assignment by 7am on race day, and plan on staying for the entire event, unless otherwise noted.

If you have questions about timing or duties, please contact Linda Ferraro, Volunteer Committee Chair at 201-835-8394 or volunteer@njmasters.com or fill out the form below.

All volunteers must sign a waiver form indicating they are capable of performing the duties they are assigned.

Download Waiver Form

Awards: Be at Awards Tent at 7am to set up table with award display. Help to distribute awards to top finishers in 10K and 5K.

Baggage Check: Arrive at 7:30am. Help runners to tag and store personal bags during the races, and retrieve bags upon finish.

Course Marshals: Keeping the course safe and controlled. Meet at 7:30am to receive position assignment. There are a mandatory 10 positions that need to be filled for the first 3 races. The Mile and Fun Run need only to be covered by 5 positions.

Field Set-up – Sunday May 24th : Heavy lifting required! Moving tables, setting up tents, lifting boxes, etc. This set-up takes place the Sunday morning before the big day.

Field Clean-up – Monday May 25th Afternoon: When everyone has cleared the field, equipment gets picked up, garbage gets piled, tables and chairs are stacked. Heavy lifting!

Finish Line: Chip removal for 2500 runners – that’s a lot of clipping! Volunteers needed for one or both races finishes – approx. 9:00 am and 10:30 am

History Tent: 34 years and running…the race has a history! The tent display gets set-up at 7:30am and is carefully boxed up at the end of the Fun Run.

Post Race Party: Help to say thank-you to all the organizers of this terrific day. Plan and set-up for lunch immediately following all races. Solicit prize donations for Volunteer Raffle.

Refreshments: Set-up food and beverages by 7:30am and keep it coming all morning long. Replenish snacks, keep the lines moving, clean up at the end of the Fun Run.

Registration: Various opportunities to help sign-up, check-in, hand-out chips/tshirts all weekend long, including Fun Run and Family registrations:

Road Runner Sports, Friday, May 27 12 PM - 7 PM, Saturday May 28 10 AM – 3 PM
Ridgewood Running Company, Saturday May 28 11 AM – 2 PM
Ridgewood YMCA, Sunday, May 29 2 PM – 4 PM
Registration Pickup on Race Day
Fun Run Registration on Race Day

Water Stations: Tables, cups, hoses and garbage cans/bags will be provided for set-up at 7:30 AM. Three water stations must be manned – You will get wet!