Calling all volunteers: We need you!
Like beer and movies? Volunteers needed at Clips of Faith, our beer and film festival with New Belgium Brewing. The event will be held at Gas Works Park on Friday July 29th, and we need your help to make it great!
We had a great weekend at the West Seattle Summer Fest. The weather was beautiful, and we sold lots of raffle tickets for the “Fat Tire” bike. If you haven’t heard, we’re raffling off this beauty at the end of the month. Aside from being terribly gorgeous, it’s a one-of-a-kind single speed cruiser bike, brand new with a built-in basket in the back. You’ll be the talk of the town if you win! Raffle tickets are just $5, and you have to be present at Clips of Faith to win.
Our gears are in motion, and Clips of Faith is looking to be a great event. But we need you to make it happen. We need about 50 volunteers to help with setup & tear down, checking IDs, serving beer, and more. All volunteers need to arrive at 7pm at Gasworks Park and work until midnight unless otherwise listed. No experience is necessary, and the folks at New Belgium will give you all the training you need.
To sign up, email Amy Truax or call 206-923-0853
Full descriptions of each volunteer position:
Setup Crew (need 6 total)
Help us set up the event! 10am-4pm
Load out Crew (need 5 total)
Help us tear down and pack up (usually until 1am).
Beer Servers (need 20 total)
This is where it gets fast and furious. We need a strong volunteer base here in the form of pourers and servers, and folks that can keep a line moving! Volunteers will be responsible for learning to pour beer well to minimize waste and money. Not all servers need to be TIPS trained. However, some will be and will need to check for wristbands, and scan the crowd for intoxicated guests. Volunteers will not be changing any kegs, but will be responsible for informing NBB staff when that needs to be done.
Beer Gypsies (need 9 total)
The Beer gypsies will be given trays that have a shoulder strap (think 40’s cigar girls) around their shoulders and hold approximately a dozen 3 oz samples of beer. They will roam the event with a specific flavor of beer checking for wristbands and taking tokens. Due to the autonomy of this position, ALL beer gypsies will be TIPS trained. The position will be very busy for the first hour and a half, and again during the “beermission” when we stop the film and encourage people to continue sampling.
ID Check: Wristbands, Passports, & Beer Tokens (need 8 total)
These folks are responsible for making sure every single person served at the event is of legal drinking age. ID checkers approve the guest’s valid Identification card (Drivers license, State ID, Passport, Military ID, or Green Card), and assuming that ID is valid, current, and the holder is in fact 21 years of age, they give the guest a wristband to mark their ability to drink, and send them to the beer token booth. The volunteers selling tokens will be handling main cash flow, as well as distributing passports and giving a quick explanation about the flow of the event.
Blend-o-Matic Mixologist (need 2 total)
The Blend-o-Matic is the Clips of Faith’s own “make your own beer” station. Guests will “pay” 1 token for a 3oz sample to choose how dark or light they want their beer as well as what flavors to include. There are two mixologists; one is the wizard behind the “curtain” that pours the beers and adds the requested flavors and the other helps out in front of the curtain. There might just be costumes that go with this position (wink).
LOF Competition Official (need 1)
It’s at this area of the Lips of Faith Lounge that guests can earn a chance to a trip to New Belgium Brewing and craft their own beer with one of the brewers. Lips of Faith beers were born from a New Belgium coworker contest. It starts with the brewer mixing 3 different New Belgium beers, and ends when someone can guess which 3 beers were mixed and what percentage of each beer is in the concoction. Guests will do just that at this tent. The Competition Official is there to pour samples (for a token, of course) of the pre-made “mystery beer,” and show folks where to drop their ballot.
Merch Table Attendant (need 1)
There is another place at the Clips of Faith Beer and Film Tour where we hope to be very busy. We call this area “Hot Commodities.” In this area we will be selling blankets and Clips of Faith T-Shirts. These volunteers are in charge of setting up the “display” and keeping track of inventory and sales.