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Volunteer Opportunities

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Please contact Ruth Walters, Volunteer Coordinator at darwalters@juno.com or 607-776-2336

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The planning for the 225th Anniversary of Newtown is underway and committee members are being sought. If you would like to be a part of this spectacular event, please contact Ruth Walters, darwalters@juno.com or Pam Newton for more information at newtons@infoblvd.net .

    Here is a list of where volunteers are still needed:
 

Wood:  Moving wood in the park to the camps: British, American, NA, modern

Straw: Moving straw in the park to the camps: British, American, NA

Water:  Making sure water is available for reenactors and volunteers

Spectator Parking & Shuttle:  Need someone to coordinate this.  Signs posted; canopies up

Buses:  Need someone to coordinate this.  Where will they park?

Information booth :   People needed to work here and at other booths throughout the event.

Membership booth: Need folks to work here throughout the event

Tent movers, etc: nee folks to help set up tents for the weekend starting Thursday and also to help move tents to & set up at the farm on Saturday night

Garbage duty: Help needed to pick up garbage throughout the weekend

Cleanup crew: to clean up the park Sunday night and Monday

Bathrooms:   Need volunteers to help clean bathrooms at Newtown during the event.

Education Day: Friday, August 27, 2004. We need volunteers.

Traffic Control: we need folks who will be at the park starting on the 25th to direct reenactors/sutlers to proper locations: sutler row, British, American, NA, & modern camps and also direct the Ed?s Heads folks for portajohn placement 

Education Day: Friday, August 27, 2004. We need to have a sign-up for volunteers.  Need someone to coordinate this with Michael Grenier.
Michael Grenier and Mitch Lee are coordinators of the military presentation and activities of this event.  Pam Newton is the chairperson overseeing the coordination of the balance of this event which is being hosted by the Chemung Valley Living History Center.  Other organizations are welcome to become involved with this undertaking and are urged to contact Pam Newton at newtons@infoblvd.net or call the CVLH general information number at 607-733-0950.