Where To Volunteer, Part 2

As you eagerly await the May 1st opening of volunteer registration for this year's KC Irish Fest, you may be wondering about some of the jobs you don't hear about. Jobs like beer pourer. Gate and ticket sales. Where are those plum positions?

Taken, sorry. The beer tents are staffed by parents groups from local elementary schools. In exchange for their weekend's service Irish Fest donates a portion of our total sales to the schools, in addition to a cash donation. They also keep all tips for the schools. The gate and ticket sales have long been staffed by members of the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, The Ancient Order of Hibernians and other groups.

So on to the jobs that are available, and trust me there are plenty. Today's pick: The Beverage Committee.

Yesterday we talked about positions for you burly, fit, strapping young guys and gals in the Site Crew. Now you're all buff and ripped and whatnot, but rather working off hours at Irish Fest, you want to be right in the action. I mean really, what's the point of being all muscle-y and stuff if nobody can see it? The Beverage Committee is where you belong. Our bevvies spend the weekend cruising through the fest grounds in those snazzy golf carts and lifting cases of pop and water to warm up and bags of ice to cool down. The only thing bigger and sweatier than your muscles will be the crowds of oohing and ahhing admirers who gaze upon your ripplingness. Of course it's not all hard work. While waiting for the call from a needy beverage tent, the bevvies hang chilly in the shade around the beverage and reefer* trucks, looking like the coolest kids in school. Which of course they are.

So on May 1st, put down the barbell for just a minute or two and sign up for the Beverage Commmittee.


*Reefer in this case means "refridgerated". Sorry. We're not that cool.