Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Girls on the Run! The Girls on the Run 5k is a non-competitive run/walk event to celebrate the culmination of our Girls on the Run season. More than 1,700 girls 8-14 years of age will participate, along with their coaches, friends, family, teachers and community members. During the course of our ten-week programs, the girls learn about self-respect and healthy living while training for the 5k with the help of their incredible volunteer coaches. As girls from across Southeastern Michigan come together to achieve their goals on 5k day, they will depend on volunteers like you to help them have a safe and inspiring experience!
Minimum age: 12 and up
Registration for ALL volunteer events can be found at https://www.raceplanner.com/register/index/GOTRSEMI5kvolunteer2017
Pre-Event Volunteer Positions
Prep Day: Volunteers will help load the supply truck, sort t-shirts for pre-registered participants and organize supplies for the event (shifts throughout the day).
Packet Pick-Up: Volunteers will assist with packet pick up for 5k participants (shifts from 10 :00am-8:00pm)
Event Set-Up: Volunteers will help set up the signage and equipment at the event venue outside of Eastern Michigan Unviersity's Convocation Center (arrival time 3:30pm)
Event Day Volunteer Positions
Course Set-Up: Volunteers will help set out the signage along the course and lane dividers for the out and back portion of the course.
Course Marshal: Volunteers will be stationed throughout the course to provide direction to keep participants on course, alert medical support if participants need medical attention, monitor that the route remains safe, and cheer for participants (18 and older).
Water Station Set-Up: This set of Water Station volunteers arrive a little earlier to help set up the tables and get the supplies to the water station locations.
Water Station: Water Station volunteers hand out water to participants and cheer them on! Each of our water stations has a theme and costumes will be provided!
Registration: Volunteers assist in checking in participants.
Post-Event Refreshments: Set up and hand out food to participants at the finish line.
Start Line: Volunteers help set up the barricades along the starting line and direct participants to the start. Once all participants begin the 5k, Start Line volunteers help transform the Start Line into the Finish Line.
Finish Line: Volunteers help set up the barricades along the finish chute and organize the finisher medals. Finish line volunteers cheer for the finishers and help tear-down the chute when the 5k is complete.
Celebration Expo: Energetic volunteers help set up the Celebration Expo area and make sure families are enjoying the Expo activities.
Green Team: These awesome volunteers stick around after the 5k and Celebration Expo are complete to get things back in order! They finish the clean up of the UM lots, load the supplies into our trucks and unload them at our local storage unit.
Course Entertainment and Spirit: If you have a performance group (cheer team, musicians) who would like to perform at our 5k Event, please contact us for more details!
