All kinds of volunteering can make a difference to society, but opportunities like these have community enrichment at their core.

All | Moira | Sharon | Will | Andy | Ray | EmmaM

Wednesday Aug 17, 2011

Feile 2011 - Epic

I really don't know where to start with Feile 2011. I was so much more involved this year and more to grips with everything - it was amazing. Hours and hours of volunteering from volunteer stewarding to volunteering behind the scenes and meeting people from all over the world.

So after the Bikers Festival 'Roaring Meg' it was all go with going through evaluation forms and then onto finding volunteers for all the events. There was so much going on it was unbelievable with Over 100 events since the Roaring Meg and ending with a fantastic very wet Feile Finale. It was amazing Roaring meg selling merchandise, raising money for charity, getting sun burnt and music from the Band Skazz you couldn't beat, it or so I thought. The next event for Feile that I volunteered at (Well I couldn't volunteer at them all) was a Feile version of the TV show 'Take Me Out' and all I had to do was take tickets on the door and sell the few that were left, easy yes? It was until you had to turn people away then I had to find men that would volunteer to be part of 'Take Me out' not so easy but all good fun. Was a bit different in that we had a few rounds and 2 rounds for women and 2 rounds for men. Very busy but fun night.

So after that my volunteering was behind the scenes making sure volunteers knew what events they were volunteering for, completing the Roaring Meg evaluations, making up signs for Feile, enrolling new volunteers, making sure volunteers knew where and when they had to be during the events. Making up Luncheon vouchers for volunteers for the Feile Finale weekend to ensure everyone was fed over the long hours in the sunshine and the rain.

During the Feile Finale I was helping out at the fun day with setup and with running one of the activities at the fun day and taking donations for Feile, which wasn't so long a day which was a good thing as Monday's Feile Finale was fast approaching. I started at 2 and it didn't finish until midnight. During Monday I did work in Volunteer Investment Project office and counted up donations made for Feile just from that afternoon, then put together notices for to let people know there was to be no glass brought into the Gas Yard. Then I ended up on reception from what turned into a few minutes into couple hours got to love Feile time so busy, answering the phone to just those looking to see what was on for the rest of the day and what bands were playing on the night time.

Then straight onto sign up for Kids 'Jog In the Bog' Fun Run, which really started when was on reception as I was given the job of texting volunteers as to where they were to be positioned and telling staff when I caught them where they had to be at what time. The sign up for the 'Jog In the Bog' wasn't to bad but had lots of people signing up so again was non stop. Then I had to eat couldn't do anything else, so quick stop for sandwich and then back to the madness outside in the rain at the Lost children / information area, what a busy night but got to see all the acts too so just a perfect spot. At the end of the night I got autograph and my picture taken with Rubber Bandits after watching them and Cashier No9 just to name a couple, live at the Gas Yard Feile, so all in all fantastic Feile.

Posted by Moira ( 11:44 AM )
Link to this post Comments[0]