Volunteer

SHIFT 6: 7 P.M. - 10 P.M. 

GENERAL EVENT SUPPORT - 3 volunteers needed. We’ll need some extra hands to do all the things we haven’t thought of or handle basic needs. We just need someone flexible who can lend a hand to anything in the moment - you might be refilling ice, you might be emptying trash, you might be giving another volunteer a bathroom break. You will be saving our lives no matter what the task. Duties could possibly include:

• Floater volunteer support based on area of need

• Trash/recycling removal 

• Bus tables

• Bathroom maintenance (simply notify staff if something needs addressed)

BARTENDING (MUST BE 21 OR OLDER TO STAFF) - 3 volunteers needed. Each ticket gets 2 drink tickets, including soft drinks/seltzer water. After drink tickets are used, drinks may be purchased. We will have beer, wine, and specialty cocktails. The cocktails will be pre-mixed and simply be poured via a dispenser. Duties include:

• check IDs

• collect ticket, serve drink requested

• cashier to sell additional drinks

• keep drink supply (including water dispenser) stocked

• there will be a pause during the program, then return after it’s over

• clean up bar area and load up items after event ends at 9 p.m.

LIVE AUCTION SPOTTERS - 3 volunteers needed FROM 7 TO 7:50 P.M. ONLY! Start with helping to herd guests toward Studio Colorado so we can start the program. After the program wraps up, we’ll ask everyone to get the wallets ready for the live auction. We’ll need volunteers to stand in the crowd and help the auctioneer as they go through the 9 live auction items.Duties include:

• herd guests

• ensuring everyone has a paddle before the auction begins

• ensuring auctioneer sees bidders (the lights are in their eyes)

• telling winning bidders to see the cashier after the auction ends to run payment and collect prizes

CUPCAKE TABLE & SPRINKLE BAR SUPPORT - 3 volunteers needed. As guests arrive in Studio Colorado, they’ll be greeted by our sprinkle bar where they can decorate their own cupcakes while they wait for the program to start. Volunteers will need to start plating cupcakes around 6:30 p.m. to have them ready to hand to guests as they arrive in the room. Keep sprinkle containers filled or clear away empty ones as we go through them. Duties include:

• plate cupcakes

• keep sprinkle containers filled

• make sure all the cupcakes get eaten - we are not taking them home

• clean up tables and load up after event ends at 9 p.m.

SCREENPRINTER ASSISTANTS - 2 volunteers needed. Shelter dogs will be creating one-of-a-kind shirts (with your help!) for our screenprinters to print over with local art. The shirts will be ready within 20 minutes, as long as we have inventory. If we go through all the shirts, we’ll take orders. Volunteers will help keep dogs separated, ensure they have water, encourage them to create paintings (put paint on a shirt, but shirt inside bag, cover bag w/ treat so dog licks paint around shirt, give shirt to screenprinters), talk to guests about the process and how it’s part of our enrichment program at the shelter, and help screenprinters in any way necessary. Duties include:

• handle shelter dogs

• help shelter dogs paint

• help screenprinting team as assigned (taking orders, crowd control, etc.

• help break down booth and pack up equipment/supplies after event ends at 9 p.m.

• shelter staff will return animals to the shelter

• there will be a pause during the program and live auction, then return once that’s over.

REUNIFICATION EXHIBIT ASSISTANT - 1 volunteer needed. One of the exhibits will be a table where guests can learn about microchips, the value of a collar and tag on their pet, and read the story of Yoshi who went missing for two months and was in our care until his owner just happened to see him in one of our Facebook posts. They were happily reunited - but they never should have been separated in the first place. This exhibit is all about prevention. We’ll have our tag machine there, info about microchips, and if people register their pet with DocuPet while standing there, they can enter to win a free GPS tracker and subscription from DocuPet. Duties include:

• encouraging people to view the exhibit

• create ID tag using machine for guests who request one

• allow guests to register to win GPS tracker after they register their pet with DocuPet

• there will be a break during the program, then return after it’s over 

• break down exhibit after event ends at 9 p.m.