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*ARCHIVE Decorate Floats! Portland Rose Festival Parade (age 14+) Referral

Want to be a part of the 2017 Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade? Join us Saturday, June 3rd through Friday, June 9th to decorate floats - no experience necessary!

What do volunteers do?
Volunteer decorators work during the final week before the parade. All construction is done by this time, so volunteer decorators apply the organic materials that cover every visible surface of the float.

Your volunteer hours can support Hands On!
Although volunteer decorators are never paid directly, your time can help make a contribution to an important local nonprofit. For each hour you work, SCi 3.2 (the company that builds the floats) will donate 50 cents to Hands On Greater Portland!

To help us keep track of your hours, always be sure to sign in and out at the volunteer check-in table at the decorating site.

What to expect...
When you arrive at SCi 3.2, you will find a “decorator check-in” tent in the street. The people at the tent will be able to direct you to the float you are assigned to work on.

Note that it is often cooler inside the warehouse buildings than outside, so please come prepared with warm clothes. As a volunteer decorator, you will work with adhesives, wet floral materials, and occasionally paint. You may also be climbing around on dirty scaffolding and ladders. Please wear clothes which can get dirty and possibly damaged.

Volunteers will apply floral materials to constructed floats to get them ready for the parade. For every volunteer hour given, 50 cents will be donated to the Hands On Greater Portland!

Several shifts are available from 9am-1pm, 1pm-6pm and 6pm-10pm. Individuals and groups who are age 14 and older are invited to participate in this exciting opportunity!

To learn more or register as a volunteer, visit the float website: http://www.sci32.com/volunteer.html or click "Express Interest" below and someone from SCi 3.2 will follow up with you.

Opportunity Requirements: 

  • Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older to participate in this opportunity.

**This is a Referral Opportunity, which means it is run directly by one of our nonprofit partners. Once you express interest, someone from the partner organization should follow up with you shortly to discuss confirming you as a volunteer for this opportunity.

**Please note, your hours may not be recorded in your Hands On Greater Portland account since this is a partner-managed opportunity.

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Age Minimum (with Adult): 14+, Minimum Age:14+

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