Where To Volunteer, Part 5

Here's a test: you're walking down the street and you see a tourist, obviously lost, standing on the corner looking around bewildered, map in hand. Do you:

A. Stop, introduce yourself and cheerily offer to help Mr. Out-of-Towner find his way.
B. Call a cop and report the bumpkin for loitering, tripping him and laughing as he's led away in cuffs.

If you answered B, you may be qualified to be Irish Fest president. If you answered A, you need to be a Site Host.

The Site Hosts are those smiling faces you've seen at Irish Fest every year, those gold t-shirt clad sincerity scouts who are our first line of hospitality at Crown Center. You'll need to be knowledgeable, friendly, outgoing and whatever the polar opposite of shy is. You'll be our go-to guy or gal for answering questions, giving directions, helping our patrons have the best experience they can possibly and legally have while they're with us. The more strapping among you might do a stint carrying strollers up stairs. You might distribute programs at the gates. You might reunite a lost kid with an even loster parent. You might be asked to stall an angry patron while Uncle Bloggy slips out the back.

Bonus: site hosts, as I've said, get a special t-shirt that says "Site Host" in big letters on the back. So cool. It's almost like being issued a halo when you check in.
Bonus: site hosts work with super-foxy Site Host Chairs Sarah Walsh and Amanda Kelly Dennis, who are two giant blazing suns of awesome, and so much fun to work with that you'll feel like and may very well attempt to pay them for the privilege, but don't because remember, they're volunteers just like you.

So join the Site Hosts! Unless you're a cranky, grumpy sourpuss who can't be bothered to actually contribute something useful to Irish Fest. In that case, you might be qualified to be our next blogger.