It is that time of the year again – Spring Into Dressage at DevonWood, our North Willamette Valley Chapter’s recognized show.

I have “volunteered” once again – to be the “Volunteer Coordinator” for the show -

So I’m sending out this email to ask you to seriously consider how you might be involved this year.

So far – the show is scheduled to run:

• Friday (March 20) for 8am – 6pm
• Saturday (March 21) from 7a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Sunday (March 22) for 6 ½ – 7 hours

The volunteer positions are:

• Scribe Friday and Sunday – would like to break these days into 2 timeframes of approx 3 – 4 hours each -or one full day.
• Saturday - again either 2 full day equivalents  (8hours) or 4 half day equivalents (4 hours).
• Runner (must have a valid ODL) Can break into 2-hour volunteer slots per day
• Scorers Need two Volunteers for each time slot. Can break these into 2 hours each.

So we need LOTS of Volunteers each day

• Announcer Need one Announcer at a time. It is best to have an announcer for 3-4hours, but we can break this up according to your availability.
• Show arena check-in & equipment check: need one person at the gate at a time. Can break-up into two-hour timeframes
• Warm-up arena check-in & gatekeeper: Need one person at the gate at a time. The first gatekeeper of the day must arrive ½ hour prior to first scheduled  ride  per USEF rules
• Gofer – Would like one gofer at all times to help “float”. Will help the Office Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, and be a general ”fill-in” where needed

Please connect with me to let me know what you’d like to volunteer doing, which day, and what time will work best for you.

I am so looking forward to having a ball at this show, like we did last year

(oh, yeah, I almost forgot – we have snow coming in sideways but we managed to have fun anyway with people and horses we love, a heater, blankets and lots of candy!)

Please call me – 503-949-0156 – cell or email me – jackson4@countrycablevision.net.  (I will warn you, our internet provider is new and has lots of problems staying up…so if you don’t hear back from me within a day or two, please call me, because I won’t know you’re trying to reach me.)