If you are interested in
volunteering for the fair,
contact Dan Abel at:
319.210.1503
or email Dan at:
volunteering@thelinncountyfair.com

Possible Service Projects:
•Construction of picnic tables
•Construction of benches

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

General volunteers needed for:
•Marketing/promotional help
•Electrical work
•Painting
•Landscaping/gardening
•Sign Construction

Volunteers Needed For:

JUNE –
continued garden maintenance, cleaning up insides of building
[to get them ready for the fair]

For available time slots for volunteering during the fair click here

JULY -   MONDAY-TUESDAY (July 5-6)

• set-up for the fair [set-up cattle panels and gates in livestock building, set-up tables and displays in Morton and Garden buildings, mark parking areas, put up signage, mark vendor areas, set-up recycle and waste collection areas]
  

WEDNESDAY (July 7)

• Attendance counters [two hour shifts starting at 8 am until 10 pm]
• Gate Building worker [answer inquiries, hand-out flyers and maps, other misc. duties]
• Parking [starting at 8 am until 10 pm. Direct traffic]
• Corporate Challenge Games [starting at 5 pm. Set-up volleyball and beanbag courts, scorekeeper for volleyball and bean bag games, clean-up]
• Youth Day set up in Morton Building [beginning at 8pm till done, set up tables and cover with white paper]
• Set-up help [help move and set up tables, chairs, livestock pens, etc.]
• Restroom monitor [check restrooms at hourly intervals, empty waste baskets and refill towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc.]

THURSDAY (July 8)

• Attendance counters [two hour shifts starting at 8 am until 10 pm]
• Gate Building worker [answer inquiries, hand-out flyers and maps, sell concert tickets,  misc. duties]
• Parking [starting at 8 am until 10 pm. Direct traffic]
• Corporate Challenge Games [starting at 5 pm. Set-up volleyball and beanbag courts, scorekeeper for volleyball and bean bag games, clean-up]
• Building monitors for Morton and Garden buildings [2 hr shifts starting at 9 am- 9 pm]
• Heritage Day set up and Youth Day tear down in the Morton building
  [beginning at til done]
• Set-up help [help move and set up tables, chairs, livestock pens, etc.]
• Restroom monitor [check restrooms at hourly intervals, empty waste baskets and refill towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc.]

FRIDAY (July 9)

• Attendance counters [two hour shifts starting at 8 am until 10 pm]
• Gate Building worker [answer inquiries, hand-out flyers and maps, sell concert tickets,  misc. duties]
•  Parking [starting at 8 am until 10 pm. Direct traffic]
• Corporate Challenge Games [starting at 5 pm. Set-up volleyball and beanbag courts, scorekeeper for volleyball and bean bag games, clean-up]
• Wine Event Tent [10 am to 10 pm, cashier for cover charge and corking fee]
• Building monitors for Morton and Garden buildings [2 hr shifts starting at 9 am-9 pm]
• Set-up help [help move and set up tables, chairs, livestock pens, etc.]
• Restroom monitor [check restrooms at hourly intervals, empty waste baskets and refill towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc.]

 SATURDAY (July 10)

• Attendance counters [two hour shifts starting at 8 am until 10 pm]
• Gate Building worker [answer inquiries, hand-out flyers and maps, sell concert tickets,  misc. duties]
• Parking [starting at 8 am until 10 pm. Direct traffic]
• Corporate Challenge Games [starting at 1 pm.
  Set-up volleyball and beanbag courts, scorekeeper for volleyball and bean bag games, clean-up, assist with obstacle course]
• Parade [starting at 8 am, check-in table, parade route monitors, pooper-scooper]
• Building monitors for Morton and Garden buildings [2 hr shifts starting at 9 am --9 pm]
• Draft horse pull [starting at 11 am – about 3 pm, hand out programs, cheerleader (help keep crowd quiet while the horses are pulling), loading the pulling sled with cement blocks]
• Set-up help [help move and set up tables, chairs, livestock pens, etc.]
• Restroom monitor [check restrooms at hourly intervals, empty waste baskets and refill towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc.]

SUNDAY (July 11) (July 10)

• Attendance counters [two hour shifts starting at 8 am until 10 pm]
• Gate Building worker [answer inquiries, hand-out flyers and maps, sell concert tickets,  misc. duties]
• Parking [starting at 8 am until 10 pm. Direct traffic]
• Building monitors for Morton and Garden buildings [2 hr shifts starting at 9 am-9 pm]
• Set-up help [help move and set up tables, chairs, livestock pens, etc.]
• Restroom monitor [check restrooms at hourly intervals, empty waste baskets and refill towels, toilet tissue, soap, etc.]

Email volunteering@thelinncountyfair.com to sign up,
or stop by the gate building office during the fair.  Other volunteer opportunities may also be available in addition to those listed.