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Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed! Start the holidays by helping others at the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot.

Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age. Volunteer times are from 7:00 a.m. to 12 noon.

Interested?  Contact Kristin Sulpizio at Second Harvest Food Bank: (408) 694-0011 or turkeytrot@shfoodbank.com.  We’ll send a volunteer application, include more specific volunteer position descriptions and fill you in with all the details. 

A list of volunteer opportunties appears below:

AM Volunteer Check-in

Be on site at 6:15am to greet all volunteers, sign them in - have them sign a waiver form if this has not already been taken care of before hand, give t-shirt, etc. coordinate volunteer assignment. 

 

Breakfast Team

Set-up donated coffee, donuts or muffins, fruit and beverages for volunteers

 

Day of Registration Team

Sign up participants, assign bib number, have participants sign the race waiver form, individuals will also be stationed along the waiting line to help people fill out forms and answer questions

 

Pre-registration

Distribute bibs and chips to pre-registered participants. 

 

Aid & Water Station Team

Give out water, GU or GEL and electrolyte drink @ miles 0.5 for elite/championship 1 mile loop, 1.5 for 5K, and at miles 1.5, 2.5 and 4.5 for the 10K route during the course of the race. cheer on runners along the course, clean up station after race is completed

 

Can Do Food Drive

Collect cans for the food drive and make sure they get stacked and loaded in the van to be taken to the SHFB

 

Lost & Found, Beneficiary and Information Booth

Provide overall race event info and info on charities, serve as main compound for event

 

Floaters

Give breaks to other volunteers in their functional areas, help trouble shoot be on hand to deploy to functional areas that may become impacted at critical points in the day

 

Sweats Check Team

Keep clothing for general population of runners (VIPs will have their own area for clothing check in)

 

Safety Tent

Oversee safety of event, certified EMTs in medical area and at finish line, oversee standby ambulance and help staff the emergency medical tent

 

Festival Area Team 

Keep the areas clear for runners, both start and finish line and work in the festival area. Walk the general festival area to, provide directions to participants, make sure that direction signage stays up and where people can easily see it, keep up with clean up, identify needs/problems, help give direction to vendors, provide overlap for crowd control and safety

 

Course Monitor

Serve as safety monitor & route assistance for course and additional support to the SJPD, and act as cheerleaders for race participants

 

VIP Tent Crew

Greet VIPs, provide secured area for their belongings, stock food and beverages, and provide barrier monitoring to keep area secure

 

Water Station at Start/Finish Line

Provide drinks at the start and end of the race for runners

 

Finish Line Team 

Assist with timing and collect all chips after the race

 

T-Shirt & Goodie Bag Distribution

Distribute  T-shirts and goodie bags.

 

Split Timers

Give out times at all mile markers for both courses

 

Lead Biker Team

Direct lead runners in the correct direction of the course

 

Elite Runner Check-In

Distribute bibs and chips to Elite Runners. 

 

Refreshment Team

Set-up in festival area - Food and Beverage (from Safeway) set up and distribution before and after the event, provide drinks, food, fruit – Carb Load after the event

 

Kid's Fun Run

Help distribute medals, T-shirts and goodie bags to every child who participates

 

Announcement Stage / Awards Table

Help with staff the announcement stage and with the distribution of awards and medals to race winners after the races

 

Elite Athlete Team

Greet runners at the end of the race

 

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Comerica
Guadalupe River Park Trail
Empire Broadcasting
ETM
Fry's Electronics
GreenTeam
KLIV
KNTV-NBC11
Los Gatos Orthopedic Sports Therapy
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Net Logic
PG&E
Robert Half International
Runner's Factory
San Francisco 49ers
San Jose Fairmont Hotel

San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Sharks
San Jose Visitors & Convention Bureau
SVB Financial
Symantec
Xilinx