Volunteer Opportunities
2022 Volunteer Registration Now Open!
Marlowe Gymnasium Set Up
- Date: Monday, November 21, 2022
- Time: 6-7:30pm
- Description: Volunteers in this position will help set up the Marlowe Middle School gym by unloading tables and supplies from rental vans. Volunteers will also pack 600-700 goody bags by walking through the goody bag tables and inserting the materials and items into the bags.
Set Up & Registration
- Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Thanksgiving Day
- Time: 7-8:30am
- Description: Volunteers in this position will help take payments for race day registration & check in runners who have already registered online. Also, they will help set up the post-race party, including displaying and cutting the food items. They will also direct runners to restrooms and the start line.
T-Shirt & Goody Bag Distribution
- Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Thanksgiving Day
- Time: 7am-8:30am
- Description: Volunteers in this position will assist in distributing t-shirts and goody bags to those who have already registered online or through race day registration.
Course Marshall
- Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Thanksgiving Day
- Time: 7:30am-10am
- Description: Please meet at Marlowe Middle School, 9625 Haligus Road, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156. From there, you will be assigned a spot along the course with one other volunteer. At that spot, you will cheer the runners on and also direct runners / make sure they do not go off course. Please wear sunscreen and be prepared to stand for a few hours. Volunteers in these positions may bring their own lawn chair to sit in if they cannot stand that whole time.
Post-Race Party Assistant
- Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Thanksgiving Day
- Time: 7:30am-10:30am
- Description: Volunteers in this position will assist race finishers with water & food, and they will also replenish post-race food as needed and direct runners to post-race festivities, answer runner questions, assist race director with finisher data for awards, and help race director pull raffle winners and hand out raffle prizes.
Tear Down & Clean Up
- Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Thanksgiving Day
- Time: 9am-10:30am
- Description: Volunteers in this position will help tear down tables and chairs, pack up and load supplies into van, and assist with raffle prize distribution and participant questions if needed.