[RC] tagalong novice crew volunteer - Rides 2 Far
>My problem is that I don't want to go to a ride and just wander >around,
buton the other hand, I'm not sure I know enough to >be a volunteer,
There's plenty of jobs management would nab you for...then throughout the
day as you see how things are run, they may move you to another slot.
Arrival Timer: All you do is stand in one spot. They hand you their card
as they come off the trail. You write the time it is right then, then
hand it back. No skills envolved other than telling time.
Recorder: This is the most educational but you have to fight to get it.
Vet calls out scores. You write them on the card. It's like reading
other people's mail. You learn a lot about other people's horses.
Person who delivers food to workers. It helps if you know people's names
but not necessary.
Call the manager and volunteer *before* the ride to go mark trail. We
always send out trail markers out in teams of 2, so you wouldn't have to
do anything really but provide company, but you'll learn a lot about how
a trail is run...besides get to know people. It also makes it more
interesting to watch the race if you know the trail they just came in off
of.
Volunteer to take markers down. It's a lot more fun because you can go
faster. Management is fried. They *love* people who are willing to ride
the day after the ride to do this and all the riders who had a horse in
shape to compete did. It also gives you a chance to show everyone that
you really *do* have a pony! After watching others ride the whole
weekend, you'll be primed to hit that trail.
Wander around the camp and if you see a rider coming in who has no crew,
offer to hold their horse while they obsess. It's a bigger help than
you'd ever imagine. Allow for them being abrupt. There's not enough
time to throw in, "If it's no trouble please grab a sponge"...it's "Here
grab a sponge". They'll be more gracious afte they've P&R'd.
Go around adding water to people's sponge buckets. That will qualify you
for sainthood!
Offer hay to riders caught in a long vet line.
How are you at adding and subtracting times? After people get to know you
and are sure you'll do it right, you could make yourself available to
figure ride times (if you can concentrate while sitting in the center of
a three ring circus this is the job for you). I can't imagine any newbie
I'd become friends with faster than one who wanted to figure ride times.
There's a million jobs and you don't need skills to do them. You'll find
that a lot of the workers are the ride manager's family members who are
totally non-horsey who are doing them. Any help is *good* help!
Angie
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