Organisation

Greater Green Island Community Network

Purpose

The Greater Green Island Community Network is an organisation of like-minded people who have come together with a shared desire to foster a strong community which works together to develop its own solutions.

Description

The Green Island Christmas Market Day event is a chance for families and individuals to come together, enjoy a fun-filled day out, with food, crafts and entertainment. Now you too can help them to build community connection through this awesome event! There will be school performances and many different stalls and foodtrucks at this awesome Christmas market. Now you too can help them to build community connection through this awesome event!

What skills can you bring to help your community? There are lots of different ways who can help make the event run smoothly - The Greater Green Island Community Network would love to hear from you!

Helpers wanted for set up before the event and help with pack down after the event, administration, volunteer co-ordination, first-aid, parking and market wardens.

Pick a role that sounds interesting to you and let them know! You can come for an hour or for the whole day! No matter what you do you will be playing a key role in the smooth running of this awesome event.

As part of the event crew, you could help with:

• Setting up (7am or 8am-10am) - putting up signs, distributing cones, moving furniture, helping stallholders set up, etc

• Stallholder support (10am-1pm) - getting drinks, standing in for stallholders for bathroom breaks, general wellbeing checks

• Parking/traffic management (9:30-11:30am and 11:30am-1:30pm) - parking wardens, monitoring pedestrians and vehicles

• Packing up (1-2:30pm) - taking down signs, collecting cones, tidying up, moving furniture, etc

Benefits of Volunteering:

• Meet other volunteers and community members

• Volunteers can be proud that they are helping to build community connection

Do you have a skill that you would like to share for the day - they would LOVE to hear from YOU!

Requirements

These roles would suit someone:

• who is community-minded

• able to work as part of a team

• friendly, aproachable, and good-natured

Time commitment

• Flexible to suit your availability

• 2-3 hours anytime between 7am to approximately 3pm on Saturday 7 December 2024

• Longer roles for those available

• A volunteer co-ordination meeting may be required the day before.

Event Location: Main South Road, Green Island, Dunedin 9018

How to apply

Please contact Rachelle at admin@greatergreenisland.nz

Please copy (cc) volunteer@otago.ac.nz into your application email