Officially Volunteering

Hello Everyone:
The time for wordy descriptions and waxing prose is over, from me anyway! Here are the key points we want to take action on ASAP:

TIME SLOTS: It is time to start filling all the time slots for volunteers. Please drop me an email about your schedule if you haven't already done so. Here are the shift times SFN is organizing for all of the food areas in the Taste Hall:


Friday August 29th: 5pm - 10pm
Saturday August 30th: 10am - 3:30pm
Saturday August 30th: 4pm-9:30pm
Sunday August 31st: 10am-3:30pm
Sunday August 31st: 4pm - 9:30pm

There will also be set up and breakdown opportunities for those who love the behind the scenes before & after...

Also, while we think we have enough tea "enthusiasts" with the number of tea people who have generously volunteered, if you know a tea expert who might want to be involved, this is the last opportunity we have to bring them in. Please talk with your tea friends, we don't want anyone left out who might want to be a part of this.

Please email me your specific time requests if we haven't discussed.


COMPLIMENTARY/DISCOUNT TICKETS: While there will be a few complimentary tickets that SFN will give us ( I find out how many on August 5th), you all qualify for a $25 ticket to the Taste Hall(a $45-$65 value). You must apply for this in advance, available on a first come first serve basis. Here is the link where you can sign up for these on the SFN website -- mention in the last dialog box that you are volunteering for a curator.

Wandering around the Taste Hall will not be like wandering around a trade show hall, it will be more like entering 14 different exploratoriums. Each area has an entrance & exit at which you must have your 4 hour ticket stamped in order to enter. Think now if you might have any interest at all in swimming through the nets in the fish area, hand churning your own ice cream or basking in the dappled jar lidded lighting in the pickling/preserves area because you'll want to have an official ticket. If we get enough complimentary tickets we can refund your $25 ticket too. Putting your name in early is a safer bet.

PAPERWORK: Its official, SFN would like you to fill out this donation form in order to track donations and give you a letter confirming your efforts toward a 501 (c)3's cause. This is a google spreadsheet, but you can go through the print option to turn it into a pdf and save it on your own computer. Please shoot me back an email if this causes you any vexing moments and I can easily email you the excel spreadsheet. Once completed, you can email your donation form to Erin (erin@slowfoodnation.org) at the SFN office to complete the official form filling task.

That's enough for now - please be in touch and let me know your thoughts - Alice