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We Need
Volunteers!
The 30th Annual OKHT will be a fantastic two-day
bicycling party this September 8 & 9th. This is your invitation to
help us.
The Old Kentucky Home Tour is the Louisville Bicycle Club's BIGGEST event
and it needs YOU!
This two-day ride is host to 1,200+ riders from across the
country and it cannot happen without volunteers. Volunteers will receive free
registration and a complimentary tee shirt if you give a minimum of 8 hours of
your time to this event.
Volunteering is as simple as sending an e-mail or making a phone call to
the Volunteer Coordinator and providing the areas in which you think you can
be of service. All volunteers must fill out the registration form, write
“VOLUNTEER” in the ride registration area and submit it by mail. (Volunteer
registrations cannot be done on-line).
Volunteer EARLY and Volunteer OFTEN this year as the coveted LBC socks and
mugs presented at the year-end banquet are not guaranteed simply for a
weekend of OKHT duty.
Our new volunteer coordinator is looking forward to working with all of
you. Contact information: volunteer@okht.org
or call 502-241-6220 (email preferable).
Here's exactly where we need your help:
Friday SAG distribution duties. Need at least 4 volunteers early
on Friday (day before OKHT) to help unload the shed, clean water containers
and tables. This is done at Sawyer. Also, we need same 4 volunteers (or additional
4) to help us distribute the purchased SAG supplies and load onto the
rental trucks for SAG distribution on Saturday morning.
Saturday night SAG distribution duties (in Bardstown at Elementary school
after the ride). We need at 4 volunteers to help us divide the food for
Sunday's SAG stops.
We have 8 SAGs on Saturday and 4 SAGs on Sunday. Therefore, we need 12
folks to volunteer to be SAG stop leaders and oversee a SAG stop. We
will provide a fair amount of help; you will have rider volunteers and our
new SAG sponsor teams (at some SAG stops). We need you to direct them (fill
water, make Gatorade, make sandwiches, slice fruit, tidy up).
SAG stops on Saturday - need at least 2 additional volunteers at
each stop to help the SAG leader, and the SAG sponsor team. Volunteer at a
SAG and you can still ride one day of the ride. Volunteer at an Early SAG
and you can ride after your SAG closes.
SAG stops on Sunday - need at least 2 additional volunteers at
each stop to help the SAG leader, or SAG sponsor team.
Sunday Cookie Stop SAG - (this is a special stop) need at least 4 to 6 additional
volunteers to help the SAG leader.
Sunday Cookie Stop traffic calmers - need at least 4 volunteers to slow traffic
and cyclists as they approach the SAG stop. Need to direct them off the
road and completely into the SAG stop area.
Roving SAG. We need at least 7 volunteers on Saturday and at
least 4 volunteers on Sunday. Requires some mechanical knowledge (bike),
have a car that can carry at least one bike, one other person, a cooler of
ice, water, and supplies for the three routes on Saturday. We provide the
supplies but prefer if you bring your own pump (and cooler if possible).
Steve Anderson is the Roving SAG leader. Roving SAG drivers get reimbursed for
their gas.
Parking Lot Volunteers - We have limited parking spaces available
to us again in 2007 but this year the early birds get to park in the paved lot.
Late arrivals will park in the grass lot across the street. Need at least 7
volunteers to slow drivers, direct cyclists/drivers to parking.
Spalding Hall Bardstown SAG - need 2 to 4 volunteers to work the SAG in Bardstown
(as well as direct them to buses, information, massage, etc).
Packet Stuffing - need approximately 25 volunteers to help us
stuff the OKHT packets with pins, cue sheets, info, etc. This will happen
the weekend before the ride (Labor Day).
Cookie Calls - need 4 to 6 volunteers that have time to make phone calls to
all registered riders reminding them to bake, buy, and bring cookies for
the cookie stop.
Route marking - All MAD DOGS to apply - need at least 10
volunteers under the guidance of Mike Pitt to mark the three separate
routes.
SAG Truck Drivers - need 8 volunteers (2 to 4 on Saturday and 2
to 4 on Sunday). EARLY on each day will need 2 people familiar with the
routes to drop off the SAG supplies to each stop. One person to drive and
one person to direct and navigate. Will also need same crew (or additional
crew) to pick up SAG supplies once the SAG has broken down and bring back
to Bardstown or Louisville (depending on the day).
Luggage Truck Drivers - need 4 to 6 volunteers (2 to 3 on
Saturday and 2 to 3 on Sunday). Need a volunteer at each truck to help load
the luggage and drive truck directly to Bardstown. The same arrangement on
Sunday morning. Luggage is unloaded in Bardstown by the football team.
Breakfast - need at least 6 to 8 volunteers to help us with
breakfast set up, clean up, and everything in between.
Post Ride Pizza Party - need at least 4 to 6 volunteers to set up
a queue system, check arm bands prior to getting pizza, remove arm bands.
Post Ride Clean Up - need 4 to 8 volunteers to meet at Sawyer Park
after the ride, clean up and consolidate all the SAG supplies for shed.
Need someone to drive the truck, load shed and call it another successful
year!
Remember, volunteer EARLY and OFTEN at volunteer@okht.org
Thank you,
Sandy Davis
Volunteer Coordinator
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