Good Morning Volunteers!!

And it is a lovely day here in Portland, sorry been up for a while watching the sunrise! Anyway, I have a need for volunteers to work PCT Days, September 5^th, 6^th & 7^th in Cascade Locks on Thunder Island! This is working the PCTA information booth and store, there will be an ‘actual’ store of PCTA products for sale! (We will also have PCTA Staff there to help out too!) The store is only on Saturday, but we need some help on Friday and Sunday as well. Interested? Keep reading for more information about what we need!

On Friday September 5th, we will need 3 volunteers to help with the set up and staffing the PCTA booths, perhaps selling some raffle tickets and of course, talking about the PCT and PCTA! The times for this is still being determined, but it will be in the afternoon. And you are welcome to stay for the Welcome Party in the evening – Beer Garden & Food vendors will be there!

On Saturday, September 6^th  We will need a volunteers throughout the day to help Jack Haskel and Lanz Nalagan from the PCTA Sacramento office run the information booth and PCTA Store.

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.  3 volunteers to set up table and store.  Jack and Lanz will be attending bridge walk (9:00 – 9:30) and will be back to finalize store before official opening at 10:00 a.m.  You should be able to take quick breaks to get to walk the bridge if you want to do that.

10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 3 volunteers to work with Lanz at the booths.  You will provide PCTA/Mt. Hood Chapter information and answer all kinds of questions. There will be store sales and we will be selling raffle tickets for the PCT Days raffle that happens Saturday evening. (Don’t know all the answers? Don’t worry, there will be others there to help with that, and there’s always “I’m not exactly sure, let me find out for you” or “leave your contact info and someone at PCTA will get back to you” I love these options!)

2:30 – 7:00 p.m. 3 volunteers to work with Lanz at the booths.  You will do all the same things as the 10 to 2:30 shift, except we will need you to help break down store and secure items at 6:30 p.m.

Stay for the festivities! The Raffle is a blast!

And on Sunday, September 7^th We will need to staff only the Information booth and then break it all down.

9:30a.m. – noon   2 volunteers to be at booth with PCTA/Mt. Hood Chapter information, answering questions and signing folks up to volunteer! Then you will break down the booth around noon.  We will need someone to return canopies, booth supplies, and store items to Tammy in Portland.  (Meeting up somewhere convenient to you.)

So lots going on, lots of people are needed. It will be a great weekend of fun and information! I suggest that you check the event schedule at http://oviewfinder.com/pctdays/ and see if there are classes or other interesting happenings that you’d like to work into your time out there. Of course the free camping is available to you as well<smile>!

I do need to put out there that this is volunteering for PCTA/Mt. Hood Chapter, not for PCT Days and as such the offer that went with PCT Days volunteering is not available with us, sorry. But you do get to talk with a whole lot of people about the PCT and answer lots of questions and help folks who are looking for a fun, outdoor volunteer opportunity, just like you!! So, if you would like to help out, send me an e-mail at tturner@pcta.org or hit the reply button and let me know your preference for the weekend.

Thank you for reading this very long e-mail! And thank you for considering helping us with this great event!

Tammy

Tammy Turner

Volunteer Coordinator

PCTA Mt. Hood Chapter

tturner@pcta.org