Children's Fete

This year will mark the 13th Annual Known World Children’s Fete on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, from 1pm to 4pm. Last year we were graced with 440 children.

We are always in need of volunteers and activity sponsors. This is a wonderful opportunity for Baronies, Households, Guilds, Groups, and individual members of the populace to share in a wondrous occasion of fun and laughter.

Volunteers are needed to: Set-up; Break down; Run sign-in for the children; Sponsor an activity and provide supplies (e.g. arts and crafts, games, dancing, face painting, foam sword play); Run activities; Provide supplies or prizes; Entertain (jugglers, puppeteers, other performers); Make sure volunteers are getting water and breaks.

Those who volunteer do not have to be present for the entire Fete.

Please contact Countess Rowan Berran McDowell, the Lady of the Rose sponsoring this year's Fete, or myself, Herrin Emeludt Hänsler the Fete Coordinator, regarding details.

Disability Services

Disability Point

Description: Volunteers would assist the Disability Staff in collecting the Disability Services request forms, provide information on things such as Disability Transport, and hand out information pamphlets to registered gentles. You sit right across from the Coopers' Store, and get to see a lot, plus … Free Shade!!

Requirements: A desire to aid your fellow SCAdian, while enjoying some shade and people watching!

Shifts: Preferably 2-hour shifts, but we'll work with you, from 9 am to 5 pm (last shift begins at 3pm). Stop by at any time and see what's free, even if it's just an hour of your time.

 

Contact: Lady Bast before Pennsic, or visit Disability Services in Town Hall/Info Point to volunteer.

Games Tent

Helpers

Description: Watch over the games and supplies. Help the game tent staff and teachers, if needed.

Requirements: A knowledge and enjoyment of period games is a bonus, but not required.

Teen Friendly? Yes.

# Volunteers Needed: 1 per shift

Shifts: 2 hour shifts starting at 10 am, noon, 2pm, 4pm; Saturday 8/7 - Friday 8/13

 

Gamers

Description: Teach games and answer game related questions. Watch over the games and supplies. Help the teachers, if needed.

Requirements: Familiarity with a variety of period games, and the willingness to learn the ones you don't know.

Teen Friendly? Yes, for the right teens.

# Volunteers Needed: 1 per shift

Shifts: 4 hour shifts, starting at 10 am and 2 pm; Saturday 8/7 - Friday 8/13

 

Contact: Michel Wolffauer, or join our yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pennsicgames/

 

More details at the Games webpage.

Heralds' Point

Heralds' Point is open from August 4 through 13. (Please see the schedule.) Volunteers are needed to fill a wide variety of positions during consulting hours, and even after the tent closes to customers:

Consulting Heralds

Description: Consult with customers to help them find names and/or armory that suit them and are registerable in the SCA. We welcome general consulting heralds and specialists, along with inexperienced heralds seeking to shadow consulters and learn the skills necessary to better help customers.

Special Conditions: A basic knowledge of SCA submissions rules and practices is needed to consult.

Teen Friendly? Yes, if you have previous experience, or want to watch and learn

Shift Length: 1 hour to 3 hours

# Needed: As many as possible.

 

Artists

Description: Artists trace, sketch or draw (depending on their personal artistic ability) the armory submissions taken at the Point. Materials are provided, including an extensive Traceable Art collection.

Special Conditions: None

Teen Friendly? Yes

Shift Length: People are welcome to give as much time as they have available – from 15 minutes to do a single submission to 10 hours to spend the day in good company in a cool tent.

# Volunteers Needed: As many as are willing from about 2 hours after Point opens well into the evening, about 4 hours after closing on busy days.

 

Colorers

Description: Submissions, once drawn and copied, require several sets of colored forms. Colorers use Crayola markers to color these submissions.

Special Conditions: Ability to stay within the lines.

Teen Friendly? Very

Shift Length: As much as people are willing to give. Coloring goes on for most of the day and well into most nights – as late as 1 am on a regular basis.

# Volunteers Needed: As many as are willing.

 

Exchequers

Description: Exchequers are needed to check-out customers who come to pay for their submissions. A laptop with a specific program is provided to record all transactions and a lock box to take all payment.

Teen Friendly? No

Shift Length: 1 hour to 3 hours

# Volunteers Needed: One exchequer at a time during the Point's open hours

Requirements: Must be a Warranted Exchequer or Herald within the Society

 

Greeters

Description: Cheerful and welcoming people act as receptionists for the Point. The greeters determine the needs of people coming in for help, direct questions to the appropriate heralds, maintain provided sign-in sheets and call the line forward as spaces open for consultation. They may also be asked to run errands and shelve books.

Special Conditions: Cheerful and reasonably efficient

Teen Friendly? Potentially

Shift Length: 1 hour to 3 hours

 

Contact: Doña Juliana de Luna, Heralds' Point coordinator before Pennsic, or stop by Herald's Point to volunteer.

 

Pennsic University - A & S Point

A&S Point Shift Supervisor

Description: Supervising table staff, answering more complex questions, helping with overflow crowds, making on-site decisions as needed. Requires a good understanding of the goals and structures of Pennsic University.

Requirements: Should have worked the front desk at least once previously.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 4 through Friday, Aug. 13.

Shifts: 4 hour shifts, 9 am - 1:30 pm and 1:15 - 5:30 pm. Please show up 10 minutes before shift start time to be briefed on current information.

 

A&S Point Front Desk Staff

Description: Staffing the A&S information table, providing information to attendees and instructors, posting notices, other ad hoc tasks as needed. Requires a general understanding of the goals and structures of Pennsic University or a willingness to learn.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 4 through Friday, Aug. 13.

Shifts: 9 - 11:30 am, 11:30 - 1:30, 1:30 - 3:30, 3:30 - 5:30pm.

 

Contact: Helena Sibylla, A&S Point Coordinator before Pennsic, or stop by A&S Point. The Point will also be open from 1-4pm on Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, Aug. 1-3 for volunteer sign-up.

Performing Arts Pavillion

Paint crew

Description: painting the new stage black

Requirements: ability to use paint brush and paint roller

Teen Friendly: Yes!

# Volunteers needed: 4

When: 9am on Wednesday of 1st week

 

Stage Set-up

Description: assembling the stage

Requirements: ability to move 50 lbs and use an electric drill (Strong Back/Weak Mind)

Teen Friendly: Yes!

# Volunteers needed: 6

When: 3 pm on Wednesday of 1st week, 9 am on Thursday of 1st week

 

Tear Down

Description: Disassemble Stage and Pack out

Requirements: ability to move 50 lbs and use an electric drill (Strong Back/Weak Mind)

Teen Friendly: Yes!

# Volunteers needed: 8

When: 9 am on final Saturday of War.

 

Contact: E-mail Sisuile Butler or look for her at Pennsic in McGuire's Marauders (the pink and white pavilion up the street from Performing Arts)

Troll (Check-in)

Greeters

Description: direct people into the appropriate lines and remind them to have their IDs, membership cards and vehicle information ready.

Teen Friendly? Yes.

 

Behind the counter

Description: Assisting people with waiver forms, checking IDs and membership status, writing up receipts and car tags, putting together booklets, and cutting string for tokens. Groups/Households/Orders are welcome to fill entire shifts. Troll has light 24 hours a day.

Requirements: Must be at least 18 years old to help behind counter.

 

For both positions:

# Volunteers Needed: minimum 2 per shift, 10 stations available. We really need the most help for Land Grab and War weekends.

Shifts: two hour shifts starting noon, Friday July 30th, ending midnight, Friday August 13th.

 

Contact: Duena Livia of Ravenswode before Pennsic, or sign up at Troll (the book is available 24 hours a day)

The Watch

Shift Commanders

Description: Oversee activities of the cart patrols and interact with the populace at Pennsic.

Requirements: Must have good people skills and a willingness understand a situation and help find a solution.

Shifts: Daily shifts are 6 1/2 hours each (the actual schedule has not been determined yet). The goal is for the Shift commanders to work one shift every other day. Individuals are needed to commit for multiple shifts. This is a key position in the Pennsic Watch intuitive and continuity is key in the overall success.

Teen Friendly? No person under the age of 18 years may volunteer for Watch duties.

# Volunteers Needed: 6-10

 

See details and contacts at the Watch webpage.

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