Lucketts Fair Volunteers Needed!

The Lucketts Fair is a long standing tradition where we welcome visitors to our village to celebrate the rural traditions of our community.  The whole community benefits from the fair (community center, PTA, Ruritan Club, churches, scouts, etc.), and the whole community needs to come together to make it a success!!! If you live in or around Lucketts, you should be a part of it!!!  It can be a load of fun!!!

Contact:
Call or email to get involved!!!
Lisa Cox: 703-431-9578 or info@theluckettsfair.org.


SET UP
Thursday, August 20th - (anytime 9 am to 6 pm) - Volunteers help set up the grounds and prepare for the arrival of a large number of crafters and vendors. This day involves lots of measuring and physical activity!  You get to see the fair come together literally from the ground up!  Some of the activities this day include:

1. Setup: Setting up tents, entertainment stages and cooling stations
2. Field Prep: Measuring and marking fields for crafter, vendor and demonstrator booth sites
3. Site Prep: Moving straw bales and other heavy objects
4. Signs: Putting up signs around the grounds
5. Baked Goods: Pick up baked goods from Costco (7am)

Friday, August 21st - (anytime 9 am to 7 pm) - This is a very hectic day with around 250 crafters and vendors arriving for setup!  They are generally in large vehicles and/or pulling large trailers and they need help getting their packet of fair information and finding their booths.  At the same time, we are continuing to complete set up of tents, entertainment stages, admission booths, etc.  Lots of activity and excitement and no end of work available!  We are trying to get babysitters to help watch kids so more folks can help out.  Some of the activities this day include:

1. Greeter: Welcoming crafters and vendors, providing them with their information packet and helping them find their booth areas
2. Site Prep: Additional tent and stage and Kid Stop location setup
3. Field Prep: Moving tables and chairs
4. Assistant: Running many types of miscellaneous errands
5. Baked Goods: Pick up baked goods from Costco (7am)

FAIR DAYS

Saturday, August 22nd -- This is it!  The day it all comes together! (6am to 7pm)

1. Check In: Help check in crafters and vendors and help them find their booth areas (6am to 9am)
2. Balloons:  Blow up as needed (6am to 9am)
3. Baked Goods: Pick up from Costco (7am)
4. Petting Zoo:  Volunteers assist a professional petting zoo staff (9am to 6pm) 
5. Contests: Assist with the various contests as needed (1pm to 3 pm)
6. Pedal pulls: Volunteers help move tractors back into place after each pull (various times)
7. Water stations:  Volunteers keep complimentary water stations around the fair refilled. (8am to 6pm)  This involves a golf cart or gator. -Must be a licensed driver
8. Admissions:   Volunteers age 16 and older can assist with collecting admissions fees.  Volunteers are also needed for 2 -4 hour shifts to welcome attendees and hand out fair programs at the gate. (8am to 5pm)
9. Transportation Help:  Assist guests to and from the parking lots.  This requires using a golf cart. (2-4-hour shifts)  Must be a licensed driver ( 8am to 6pm)
10. After Hours Help:  Assist in cleaning tables and chairs, picking up trash from around the grounds (5pm to 7pm)

Sunday, August23rd - (9am to 7pm)

1. Baked Goods: Pick up from Costco (7am)
2. Balloons:  Blow up as needed (7am to 9am)
3. Petting Zoo:  Volunteers assist a professional petting zoo staff (10am to 5pm) 
4. Pedal pulls: Volunteers help move tractors back into place after each pull (various times)
5. Water stations:  Volunteers keep complimentary water stations around the fair refilled. (9am to 5pm)  This involves a golf cart or gator. -Must be a licensed driver
6. Admissions:   Volunteers age 16 and older can assist with collecting admissions fees.  Volunteers are also needed for 2 -4 hour shifts to welcome attendees and hand out fair programs at the gate. (9am to 4pm)
7. Transportation Help:  Assist guests to and from the parking lots.  This requires using a golf cart. (2-4-hour shifts)  Must be a licensed driver ( 9am to 4pm)
8. Contests: Assist with the various contests as needed (various times)
9. After Hours Help:  Assist in cleaning tables and chairs, picking up trash from around the grounds (5pm to 7pm)

Thanks to everyone who helps the fair committee and community organizations in advance of and at the Fair!!!

Still not sure? Click here to find out more about what the Lucketts Fair means to our community.