https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/ Firefly is a participatory event. Not only do all of us create the “Stuff To Do" with events, art and performances, but we volunteer to run the event itself. Everything from managing shuttle buses, to building the website, to clearing the trails, to greeting you when you arrive is done by volunteers. Some positions, like the Board and Conduct Committee, are year-round. The Festival Committee meets and works about 6 months out of the year, and the individual core leads meet and work about 3.5 months a year. Early on in the season it’s 1-2 hours a month, and closer to the event it might be 2-3 hours a week. We are currently looking to expand our volunteer cores. We have about 20 cores and we’d like to see most cores have 3 co-leads. This way the hand-off from year to year is an easier transition. Mostly people wind up volunteering to run a core for a few years (though there’s no requirement to stick around). Most of us enjoy it! It can be an extremely rewarding experience to volunteer to run an event with a fun, like-minded, creative and accepting group of people. This week we’d like to get volunteers for our *Art **Cluster *and our *City **Cluster*. *Our Art Cluster could use:* 1) - Someone to interact with the art grant core and make an at-event tour happen: an *Art Tour Coordinator.* Daytime art tour? Nighttime art tour? You decide. Make it your own project. 2) -* Art Truck *- help with general logistics of, and driving, the art truck. *Our City Cluster needs a few as well:* 3) - Someone to join Mamajean with *Transportation* core. This is shuttle bus and gear truck logistics. Most of this work is before the event. 4) - A few people to help with *Base Camp*. Formerly just the Coffee Kitchen, *Base Camp* is looking to expand and create a larger communal hang-out area around the Coffee Kitchen. 5) - *Gnomes* need a Co-lead! *Gnomes* help make the event run smoothly by filling in wherever a volunteer is needed. They roam the woods and check in on all the other cores. 6) - *Parking *is looking for a third co-lead! *Parking* checks parking passes, gets cars in tight next to one another, and manages shuttle vans to off-site parking. No small task on our hilly terrain. 7) - *Greeters* is looking for a third co-lead as well. *Greeters* are some of the first people you’ll meet at the event. They answer any questions, make sure you know where you’re going if you’re new, and give you a welcome-home greeting if you’re returning. Come get involved! We’d love to meet you. https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/open-leadershi...