VOLUNTEERING  

Contact information:  email: tasteofcalgary@nucleus.com  Taste hot line: (403) 293-2888

Contact:  (403)293-2888
tasteofcalgary@nucleus.com

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Volunteer information

•  When: August 12 – 15, 2010

•  @ Eau Claire Festival Plaza

•  Open 11 am – 9 pm daily

  •  Volunteer shifts - 10:30 am - 4 pm or 4 pm - 9:30 pm

ABOUT TASTE OF CALGARY

This is the 14th annual Taste of Calgary, an international food and beverage sampling festival.  We have about 30 restaurants and 20 beverage companies that serve sample sizes of their menu items.  We also offer live entertainment on the Main Stage throughout the festival.

 Visitors to the festival purchase Taste Tickets for 75 cents each and use the tickets to purchase sample size menu items from the restaurant and beverage exhibitors.  All menu items are 6 tickets or less.  There are three ticket booths on the site – one near Joey Tomatoes, one near the Barley Mill/1886 Café and one near the Daycare.

VOLUNTEERING AT TASTE

When you arrive, check in at the “Tastemobile” ticket booth (It’s an old refurbished motor home) located on Barclay Parade at the North end of the plaza.  We’ll give you a t-shirt and instructions on your role. Some other details include:

• T-Shirts – You will get a t-shirt that you must wear while you are working.  If you work more than one shift, please remember to wear your shirt.  If you spend any personal time in the beverage area you must remove your Taste t-shirt

• Personal belongings – feel free to leave them in the Tastemobile

• Food and Drinks – each volunteer receives 2 Taste tickets per hour of volunteering to try some of the foods and drinks in the show.  See your supervisor for ticket distribution,

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your volunteer work is in the Beverage Garden and your role is to monitor and enforce the following rules:

•    Alcoholic beverages may not leave the fenced area

•    Minors may enter the area, when accompanied by a PARENT.

•    Anyone under 25 must be asked for ID and hand stamped at the same time so exhibitors can identify them.

•   Smoking is NOT permitted anywhere in the Beverage Garden.  Including in and behind the exhibitors booths.

•    When the Beverage Garden has reached capacity, a line up may be set up at the gate.

Additional responsibilities may include:

•   Ticket selling in the beverage garden

•   Keeping track of the number of people in the beverage garden area

•   Informing the supervisor of any potential problems

 Dragonfly Promotions, Inc produces Taste of Calgary.  The company is operated by Dave and Sue Van Aalst and all of our great staff that play a key role in producing the event.  Taste supports charitable organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary, the Raise a Reader Campaign, the Calgary Chinese Services Association, and The Calgary Saracens Rugby League.