VOLUNTEER & RAISE FUNDS

Scroll down to learn about the types of volunteers we use at festivals. Then use the buttons below to get to various pages related to Volunteers. 
We use about 300-400 volunteers at every festival and all of them raise funds for their organization or favorite charity.  We work with non-profit groups, civic organizations, military organizations and corporations that have foundations or businesses who want to volunteer and donate to their favorite cause. You can also volunteer as an individual and pick your favorite charity or group to donate your hours worked. 
Scroll down to learn more about the types of volunteers we use and how to contact us to get involved. 

Click on buttons above to register, sign up, get current news or buy a shirt.
Have questions?  Email us at:
 [email protected]
TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS: 
​(click on each box for details)
Volunteer groups - SIGN UP ON-Line: 
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 to coordinate with.  

When is it time for a festival, your organization is assigned jobs or "spots" to fill.  We use a on-line program call SIGNUP. 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, click on the SIGNUP logo on this page 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.  

MAKE SURE YOU CAN DO THE JOB YOU SIGN UP FOR! MOST JOBS INVOLVE STANDING OR WALKING, AND SOME LIKE LOGISTICS OR HEAVING LIFTERS, REQUIRE THE ABILITY TO PICK UP CASES OF WINE, CLIMB A LADDER OR DRIVE A GOLF CART. If you have questions about what a job entails, talk to your group leader or contact our Volunteer Manager. 

After an event is over, the hours worked by your group are totaled and we make a donation to your organization, usually paying about $12 per hour.

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.
Individual VOLUNTEERS - Sign up w/ vol mgr:
Individual volunteers need to directly contact our Volunteer Manager (VM) to sign up to work.  

Our VM will let you know what jobs are open and will manually input you into an assigned job in the signup program.  You will get a confirmation email and reminders via our signup program.

​Shifts are usually 4-5 hours or you can choose to work more than one shift. Indiv Vol get an event shirt, and then choose to: a) donate their hours to a charitable cause, b) $15 gift card to a local restaurant.

Contact Cristin at: 
[email protected] 
​757-849-8948
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superstar volunteers - sign up w/ vol Mgr: 
This very special group of folks are part of our "Event Staff" and  supervise an area of the festival or play a key-role in logistics.  They usually work 10+ hours day of the festival, and some also the days before and after a festival. They return year after year, and also assist us in-between festivals.  Donations are made for their hours worked to their favorite charitable organization. ​They get those super cool "Event Staff" clothing that includes shirts & shirts! ​

Contact Cristin at: 
[email protected] 
​757-849-8948
CORPORATE VolunteerS - Sign Up On-LINE
Businesses that want to volunteer on behalf of a charitable cause or that have a non-profit foundation or initiative that they want to raise money for their cause need to  pre-register 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.  

Group leaders are responsible for passing along info & getting your employees 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.

When is it time for a festival, your business 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 on behalf of your business, usually about $10-$12 per hour depending on the financial success of the festival.
SEEKING NEW SUPERSTAR VOLUNTEERS
​Come be part of the leadership team. 
Watch this video that features our current SuperStars to find out why they like being one!
We are looking to expand our leadership team with about (15) new SuperStar Volunteers. If you are interested in finding out more about our SuperStars, email Cristin at [email protected] and also let her know if you can attend our interest meeting. They get paid out for donations at $2 an hour more than volunteer groups and you can be a SuperStar in training this season for one, two or all three festivals. 

SuperStar Interest Meeting:
RSVP by email to:  [email protected] 
July 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM 
302 Jericho Road, Smithfield VA 23430. 
SVAE's HQ at Windsor Castle Park