Raise money for your organization or group: 

Volunteering for our festivals is a great way for your organization to earn money. We take care of all the big stuff! Your organization signs up and works your assigned shifts. We add up your hours and make a donation back to your group! We do give priority to groups that benefit the Smithfield & Isle of Wight communities, but we need so many volunteers, we also work with other regional organizations. 
How does it work?  
Get started by sending our Volunteer Coordinator an email at [email protected]
Charitable, Non-profit or Service Organizations or Businesses with a charitable foundation or initiative that want to raise money for their cause need to  pre-register with us and provide us a Group Leader. Your Group Leader works with our Volunteer Coordinator well in advance of a festival to coordinate your groups spots.  It takes over 350 volunteers to put on one of our festivals, so whether you have a large or small organization, we can help you raise some money! 

Group leaders are responsible for passing along info & getting their members signed up by the deadline. They need to have general knowledge of what the jobs are for your group's assigned spots and ensuring that the folks signing up are able to perform the jobs they sign up for. We will train & work with new Group Leaders to ensure you understand how it all works and the jobs that are assigned to your group. 

When is it time for a festival, your organization is assigned jobs or "spots" to fill.  We use a on-line program call SIGNUP to manage actually signing up for a specific job  There is a deadline to sign up and if you don't fill all your spots, they are given to other groups. Once you know sign-ups are "live" you can go sign up anytime. 

To sign up for your spot, you visit our VOLUNTEER PAGE and click on the SIGNUP logo and find your organization. View the spots that are assigned. Pick what you want to sign up. The program will send you a confirmation email and a reminder email. When you come work your shift, you will sign in/out on your org's sign-in sheet.  

After an event is over, the hours worked by your group are totaled and we make a donation to your organization, usually about $10-$12 per hour depending on the financial success of the festival.

​Most jobs are during a festival but there are some that happen pre & post festival and then early in the morning on fest day, (LIKE COOKING BACON, or putting out Tableclothes...) Some organizations work a specific task, like the gate, while others have a variety of jobs that might be beer pouring, logistics, checkpoints, bacon cooking, bourbon pouring, wine tent, t-shirt sales, trash, volunteer check in, food serving, cooking oysters, or taking care of our sponsors. 
To see festival dates, sign-up dates or to sign-up for your groups spots after your group gets registered with us, visit our VOLUNTEER PAGE to keep up with current info for all volunteers and to actually sign up for jobs for each festival.  Check it out and then contact us to get your group registered.  

You also can like our special Volunteer Facebook page!