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It's that time of year again! The 26th Annual Southern Maine Pride Festival will be here faster than you know it, and we're looking for help from you! Please send us a message with your contact information if you are interested in volunteering your time. We greatly appreciate any help we can get, and we hope to see you there!!
Below is a list of needed volunteering duties:
Parade Route Intersection Guards
To the first 40 people to volunteer by responding by email at parade@southernmainepride.org, we will give a FREE TICKET to each for the LIFE Portland Dance Party at Port City Music Hall on Congress Street, the Saturday night of Pride, June 16, from 8PM–1AM. Ages 18+ only.
EMAIL must include your: Name, Cell Phone Number, Email Address & must state 18 years or older. Duties will be check-in at Monument Square at 11 AM, You will be assigned an intersection & receive a safety vest, You & another volunteer will have a light set-up of a barricade, which will be moved into the street at an instructed time, at your location. Duties may include notifying approaching vehicles of on-coming parade, making sure vehicles don’t enter parade route, and keeping the intersection safe for approximately one hour. After parade has passed your intersection, simply return barricade to the sidewalk and break down the 3 light pieces. Intersection Guards will regroup at 1:30pm in Deering Oaks Park at the Information Tent to return their vests & receive their FREE TICKET to the 18-plus Pride Weekend Dance Party Finale! One ticket per person, so get a friend to volunteer with you. Only serious individuals who are able to walk long distances should apply!
Parade Route Monitors
There are 22 locations along the Parade route. Portland Police Department requires that each location must be staffed with 2 volunteers each, during the Parade.
Job - Working in pairs and wearing safety vests, you will be assigned a cross street or feeder street. Barricades will have been pre-placed on the sidewalk. You will errect the barricade and put into place at a specific time. Once the parade has passed your location, you will remove the barricade and return it to the sidewalk the way you found it. After, you may join the Parade and march, or, help carry the "River Of Pride" rainbow flag.
Duties - You will stand guard as the parade passes, making sure vehicles are aware of the parade, vehicles do not try to enter parade route, drivers are explained why the delay and approximately how long the wait will be. You may also be asked directions for an alternate route.
Volunteers will be emailed more specific details.
"River Of Pride" Rainbow Flag Carriers
The Rainbow Flag is 900 feet long and requires 300 volunteers. This iconic symbol of gay pride is scheduled to be the tail of the Southern Maine Pride Parade, again this year.
Job - Show your pride and help carry the flag.
Duties - Meet at the Lady Victory Statue in Monument Square on Congress Street in downtown Portland by NOON. Wear comfortable shoes. The flag is nylon, so it is not heavy, but needs to be held firmly by hand, in the event of wind gusts, etc. We need 150 people per side to accomplish this safely and securely.
Please note, if you are a smoker, we ask you to refrain while marching.
Festival Volunteers
One hour or all afternoon...
The festival is a great way to meet people and have fun while working together as a team.
Feeling butch and want to help set up tables Saturday morning?
Feeling spry and can lend a hand helping vendors check in and set up?
Feeling green and want to help us keep Deering Oaks Park neat and tidy?
Set up, during, or breakdown, many hands make for small jobs....
We need you! and your community does too!
Job - Various, ...let us know your specialty
Duties - Various
Email us your contact info and we will put you on the team!
Email us now to get involved!
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