Harvest Festival – Volunteers Needed

Our next Harvest Festival is just a few weeks away, and we need many helping hands to make the event a success.  Continue reading for full details on how you can help.

Volunteering

Volunteers are needed across areas of the event, including .the chai coffee shop, children’s program, NSCF stall, sausage sizzle, raffles, helping with workshops, setting up, cleaning etc. Please put your name down on the Volunteer Board at the farm kitchen, email community@nscf.org.au or phone 0428 364103 to offer your services. For the working bees and art sessions below, please just simply turn up!!!

Art/flags/bamboo/signage prep:
Thursday 11th March, 1pm – 5pm
Tuesday 16th March (including bamboo) 8am – 4pmThursday 18th March, 8am – 5pm

Site prep. working bees:
Thursdays 11th and 18th March, 8am – 4pm
Friday 19th March, 1pm – 7pm
Saturday 20th March, 7am – 11am

Afterwards
Bumping out, cleaning and & prep for the next morning’s markets, 5pm – 10pm
A free Kup Mari (Hungi), will be served to all helpers after the event at 6:00pm.

Coffee Shop Donations

As well as volunteers, we’d LOVE donations of yummy food to sell. Cakes, slices, whatever is yummy! Please see Chris at the Café or email obrienml@bigpond.net.au

Publicity

If you can help us with publicity, such as sending the e-flier through your networks distributing fliers & posters, letter box drops or getting extra copies of the fliers for distribution amongst family, neighbours etc, please contact Kym on kym.bj@optusnet.com.au

Family Area / Children’s Program

Karen is looking for entertainers, workshop presenters and helpers for our Mango stage area. She will share with you the details and requirements through kshapcott@hotmail.com

Raffle

A raffle will be run on the day, with tickets available for sale through the nursery the week beforehand. Lots of great prozes. Tickets $2 each. Prizes drawn at 4:00 pm. We need donations of prizes please and people to help prepare the raffle, and for selling on the day. Email community@nscf.org.au

Environmental Stalls

We are offering Environmental and Social Justice groups the opportunity to hold a stall at the event. No fees. You’d have to be independent with pop-up or whatever, but we will help you as best we can. Contact community@nscf.org.au

Program Details

Program details will be posted on our website by Monday 15th March. General Event details are available from our website, www.nscf.org.au

Comments
  • Marnie says:

    Hi folks

    I’d like to volunteer my and my mum’s (Merlin) services for the Harvest Festival. I was thinking either in the Chai shop, sausage sizzle or raffles.

    Please let me know how we can help. What spaces/times you need filled.

    Looking forward to the day.

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