Casa Guadalupe is hosting our 4th annual Latin American cultural celebration and fundraiser called “Fiesta Latina” on Sunday, May 22nd, from 11:30am-6pm at Regner Park in West Bend! We will also be celebrating our 10 year anniversary this year!
To make an event of this size a success, we are coordinating volunteers to help out with various duties during the day in 2-3 hour shifts. Here are areas that we’ll need assistance:
- Set up and decorating at the park – need 10-15 volunteers (8am-11:30am)
- Welcoming people into the park – need 2 volunteers at each shift (11-11:30am before bilingual mass, 12:30-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm)
- Sit at volunteer booth at park entrance – need 2 volunteers at each shift (11:30am-1:30pm, 1:30-3:30pm, 3:30-6pm)
- Assisting food vendors – Duties could include taking food orders, working the cash register, giving people their food… you do NOT have to cook anything – need 2 volunteers at each shift (12:30-3pm or 3pm-6pm)
- Assisting drink vendor – We need 1 licensed bartender (must have their license in West Bend) to help serve drinks at each shift (12:30-3pm or 3pm-6pm), along with 2 extra volunteers to help check photo ID’s and distribute wristbands to those over 21, take drink orders, work the cash register, and give people their drinks.
- Security – will monitor the main entrance and roped off perimeter of the park to make sure people are not bringing in carry-ins (alcohol, food & other beverages) and that no one leaves the park with alcohol – need 2 volunteers for each shift (11:30am-1:30pm, 1:30-3:30pm, 3:30-6pm)
- Clean up throughout the event – need 2 volunteers at each shift (noon-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm)
- Help supervise Kid’s Activities and Games **If you’re interested in this, we can go through the games and the game rules that we’ll have at the event. Need 14 volunteers for each shift (12:30-3pm or 3pm-6pm)
- Monitor the bounce house. We are charging $1 a child to jump in the bounce house. Volunteers will collect money, give change, and make sure an appropriate amount of kids are inside at one time and are taking turns – need 2 volunteers at each shift (12:30-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm)
- Take money donations at the photo booth ($1 for each person, $5 for groups larger than 5) – 1-2 volunteers from 1pm-4pm
- Sit at Casa’s booth – represent Casa Guadalupe, give information to those who stop by – need 2 volunteers at each shift (noon-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm)
- Sell raffle tickets to attendees during the event – need 3 volunteers at each shift (12:30-3pm, 3-5:30pm) Raffle drawing will be at 5:30pm.
- Clean up after the event (6pm-8pm or earlier) – need 15 volunteers
**Also, we are in the process of obtaining raffle prizes for our big raffle that day. If you or someone you know has a great raffle prize they’d like to donate, please let me know!
Please advise as soon as you can if you would like to volunteer and let me know the top 3 opportunities you’d like to assist with and what time you will be available. Even if you don’t end up volunteering, we at Casa would love for you and your families to come out and enjoy the event!
