Volunteer Application Overview:
Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Chelan Pride!
As a volunteer, you’ll play an essential role in creating a safe, inclusive, and joyful celebration for our community.
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General Information
Chelan Pride volunteers are the heartbeat of the event. Roles include set-up and clean-up, greeting and assisting vendors and attendees, processing payments for Chelan Pride merchandise, supporting event activities, helping with logistics, and maintaining a welcoming and respectful environment. Volunteers must embody Chelan Pride's values of inclusivity.
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Job Descriptions
- Event Setup Crew: Assist with assembling tents, decorations, tables, and signage before the event.
- Hospitality Team: Welcome attendees, answer questions, and ensure everyone feels included and supported.
- Activity Support: Assist with games, booths, or performances, ensuring everything runs smoothly.
- Youth Activities: Assist with set up, games and activities.
- Clean-Up Crew: Help with the breakdown of materials, waste collection, and restoring the park to its original state after the event.
- Chelan Pride After-Party Set-Up & Clean-Up Crew
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Event Protocol
As a volunteer, you’ll be briefed on key protocols, including:
- Communicating effectively with team leaders and attendees.
- Prioritizing health, safety, and accessibility for everyone at the event.
- Representing Chelan Pride with respect and professionalism at all times.
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Setup and Breakdown Information
- Setup begins 8am on the morning of the event and involves tasks like arranging seating, placing decorations, and organizing activity areas.
- Breakdown starts after the event concludes at 4pm, including disassembling equipment, clearing the area, and ensuring proper waste disposal.
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Additional Notes
- Volunteers are required to attend a brief orientation session prior to the festival and arrive promptly for their scheduled shifts on the day of the event.
- Wear comfortable clothing, sturdy shoes, sunscreen, and bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day!
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Chelan Pride Values:
Responsibility
We are mindful that the actions we take have an impact on people's lives, and our duty is to them. As a 2SLGBTQIA+ civil rights organization, accountability is core to our mission. We are entrusted by those we serve to observe the highest standards and ethics.
Equity and Intersectionality
We believe that the diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ people is one of our greatest strengths, yet deep disparities exist - especially for those of us who sit at the intersection of marginalized identities. Oppression in all forms is inextricably linked, which means our mission for 2SLGBTQIA+ equality will only be realized when we collaborate with our partners to break down every barrier and ensure that all 2SLGBTQIA+ people have the same ability to thrive.
Learning and Openness
We build spaces for engagement, reflection and developing competencies central to our work. As part of that growth process, we must acknowledge our missteps with humility and lean into our responsibility to learn and evolve.
Boldness
We are innovative, creative and courageous in our pursuit of making real and lasting change for 2SLGBTQIA+ people. It’s our job to hurry up history.
Resilience
We know that adversity can build us up instead of tearing us down. And the strength and wisdom that are borne out of struggle are only possible through caring and healing, empowering each other, and finding moments to celebrate our successes, large and small–even in our most challenging moments.
Heart
We do our best work when we do it with a strong sense of purpose and a passion for a better world. Even when we’re doing hard things, we can find love and joy in unexpected places and understand the essential role hope plays in our work.
Respect
We root ourselves in our shared humanity and treat each other with kindness and compassion.
Community and Teamwork
We value the transformative impact of collaboration. By working together, fostering open communication, furthering understanding, and building caring and supportive environments, we can achieve something bigger than we could alone.