Volunteering

All participants are expected to volunteer in some capacity at the gathering. This is how true community is built and we promise that your Firemaker experience will be better for it! There are many tasks that you can help with to support the Firemaker gathering and the efforts of the council. If you can help with any of them, please let us know at the gathering, or prior to the gathering by emailing us. Most volunteer tasks that occur during the gathering will be announced at the gathering.

The Firemaker gathering is organized and run completely by a council of volunteers. Please feel free to help out by refilling the milk at the coffee and tea station or putting a new roll of toilet paper in the outhouse! You might be surprised at how much small acts such as these mean to the council members, the Firemaker community, and to yourself and your own experience at the gathering!

Before the Firemaker Gathering

• donating food and/or supplies
• finding food donations/deals (especially if you have any connection to a farm, grocery store, or food co-op)
• helping to cook in advance at Community Kitchen events
• making signs, setting them up

• assembling/organizing the Info Binder, feedback forms, and community message notebook
• preparing the site before the event
• website upkeep
• fundraising
• archiving (scanning documents into Dropbox)
• catching fish for the Pit Cook

During the Firemaker Gathering

• welcoming arrivals, helping with registration
• updating whiteboards with new workshop information
• site walk-throughs to pick up litter & forgotten items
• cooking
• kitchen clean-up
• bathroom clean-up
• watching over the children's tent (if there is one in a given year)

• being the Timekeeper (see below)
• being on the First Aid crew
• collecting firewood; fire-pit maintenance
• leading songs
• storytelling
• leading games & other activities
• cleaning up the site after Firemaker
• catching fish for the Pit Cook

Being the Timekeeper

We need a person who always has a watch (rare among us, we know) and is willing to do call-outs for all the meals and circle-ups throughout the week. There is a 10 minute call out, a two-minute "come on in" call out, and a "circle up" call out for 3 meals and 2 circles per day. This is a very important job as it makes sure everything runs on time, and we get to spend as much time as possible with our wise instructors, and that we get to the food as soon as possible!! If you are interested in being the Timekeeper, please contact us. Thank you!