Volunteers Are Needed For Wienerfest

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 08:55

Wienerfest is only a few months away and organizers are on the lookout for volunteers. Help is needed for different events and activities this year, including greeters and race registration.

WOODSTOCK - The 2020 Wienerfest is coming back to Woodstock later this year and organizers are looking for volunteers.

This year's festival is once again taking place at the Pittock Conservation Area in Woodstock.

President and organizer of the Wienerfest Home County Festival, Linda Collier says they're looking for volunteers to help in many ways.

"We have an extreme need for volunteers right now. It is a great fun day to enjoy but to put it on, we do the help of people that are willing to come out and give us a block of time. The Friday we do setup and we have a number of vendors who come, so we have to put out pilons where the vendors go, we have the wiener races, so we have to put up the race ring, we have the bobbing for wieners, we have to put that up, we put up tents and tables so people can enjoy the picnic area. Then on Saturday morning we have the vendors setting up and having people come right away and getting that set up and running and then helping with the wiener races. The end of the day is the big one, getting everything back on the trucks and if anyone could help us out and give us a block of time, that would be so, so appreciated."

Collier adds the festival is a great opportunity for high school students to earn some community service hours. She says Grade 8 students are also welcome to volunteer.

"We can give any student that wanted the 40 hours. I know that we are on June 22nd, but I know that Grade 8 students can start accumulating hours and definitely if they wanted to put in the time, we setup on the Friday. I know Friday is school, but Friday afternoon as well, we're there until probably about 7:30pm, 8:00pm. So we can give community hours then. And then we start at 6:00am on the Saturday and we go to 6:00pm in the evening, so they could come all day. We would give them some lunch, some water to have a break, but definitely we could give them their community hours that they could go towards. And I know now some of the colleges are looking at more community hours as well, so the more community hours high school students have, they look more favourably on that. So, definitely they can come out and help us with that and we can give them the hours."

Wienerfest started 20 years ago as just a get together in London at Springbank Park with a picnic in the park with only about 20 people and 30 dogs in attendance. Today over 1,000 people and wiener dogs attend each year and it's not just for wiener dogs, all dogs are welcome.

To learn how you can sign up to become a volunteer for this year's event, you can read more online.

The 2020 Wienerfest Home County Festival happens on June 27th in Woodstock. You can also volunteer by contacting Linda at 519-285-5123 or via email at info@wienerfest.ca

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