About this event
The Jr Black Achievement Awards Society (JrBAA) is excited to host our Community Picnic in the Park, a lively celebration of our young achievers and community networking. The Picnic in the Park aims to foster a sense of unity, celebrate the achievements of Black youth, and provide a platform for organizations to showcase their work and engage with the community. JrBAA is happy to partner with several community organizations and businesses to showcase their work and highlight their initiatives.
The Need
We are in need of volunteers who are outgoing, warm, and friendly to take photos and capture memories of attendees at the photo booth.
Related tasks
- Confirm your ability to help when contacted by the JrBAA Volunteer Coordinator
- Attend an onsite orientation session on the day of the event
- Log your hours in iVolunteer after your shift
What you will be helping with
- Setting up area and supplies
- Ensuring photo & media release consent forms are completed and signed before photos are taken.
- Ensuring that member and guest email addresses are accurate
- Ensuring that backlighting and backdrops are ready for photos if applicable
- Ensuring any hats, facemasks, and other props used by members and guests are returned after photos have been taken
- Creating a fun, warm and welcoming atmosphere
- Taking photos of members and guests who visit the photo booth
- Keeping the general area around the photo booth clean and tidy
- Packing up supplies and taking down the booth
Additional information
- Please arrive 1 hour prior to the event start time for an onsite orientation session about your role
- The photo booth set-up should take approximately 1 hour
- We welcome and encourage volunteers to rottae time slots to enable networking and social time. We invite you to bring your picnic baskets.
- The take-down should take approximately 1 hour
Sign-up is required. This is not a drop-in volunteer opportunity!
If you require support to sign up to help, please contact candaceknoll@jrbaa.org
Volunteer Requirements
All volunteers must:
- complete and submit your JRBAA volunteer application https://jrbaa.org/volunteer
- complete a criminal record check for the vulnerable sector
- sign United Way British Columbia’s volunteer waiver
Boundaries
Parents are responsible for minors. Volunteers do not supervise minors or provide child-minding services. Volunteers cannot accompany children to the washroom.
Benefits
- Be a part of grassroots critical systems change
- Empower black youth and their families
- Enjoy live entertainement and games
- Network at event social
- Ask us for a letter of reference!
Your health and safety are important to us.
Please refer to the provincial health guidelines for current updates.
If you are unwell, please stay home and do not volunteer. If unsure of your health status, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s online self-assessment tool is available at https://covidcheck.gov.bc.ca/.
Disclaimer
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