Two Employment Positions & Volunteer Opportunities for Lowell's Folk Festival - Available:

Thank you!

May 30, 2008

Hello, Folk Festival Volunteers & Friends!

The Lowell Folk Festival is an amazing event where nearly two thousand volunteers come together to stage a massive three-day festival, the largest free folk festival in the country. Many of you have volunteered for the festival and the park in the past. Some of you may have helped during other events such as canal clean-ups, Lowell Summer Music Series, and Doors Open Lowell.

Here is your chance to get a head start volunteering for the Lowell Folk Festival! We have many different types of jobs and you can check those that interest you. You will find a description of the volunteer positions at www.lowellfolkfestival.org/volunteer. We would like to have your volunteer application on the attached form by June 16, if possible. By sending in your form early, your chances of receiving a t-shirt in your preferred size will be the best. If you have questions about the jobs, give us a call at 978-275-1740.

(Click the "Downloads" Link and download the Volunteer Application File: MASTER-FF08-application.rtf)

For individuals, we are looking for volunteers to commit to assigned tasks and schedules, ranging from the logging of performer music and the escorting and transportation of musicians to helping visitors find their way around the event.

For volunteer groups, we are recruiting teams from businesses and organizations to do such things as: collect donations at festival stages and throughout the festival grounds; assist in set-up and take-down of stages and seating areas; and help with the collection of recyclables from event sites.

If you can give at least four hours, please fill out and send the attached volunteer form to the volunteer office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! You will also soon be able to apply directly via the webpage, www.lowellfolkfestival.org/volunteer, or email it to: Lowell_NHP_Volunteers@nps.gov. The mailing address is: LNHP Volunteer Office, 67 Kirk St., Lowell, MA 01852. Please call with any questions: 978-275-1740.

Independent Contractor to work as a Sales Account Rep & Delivery Person. Duties will include: Sales - acquiring commercial accounts for pick-up/drop-off service, Marketing - local marketing efforts, and Delivery - picking up and dropping off laundry orders. Must have reliable vehicle. Expected travel includes the Greater Lowell Area.

Reliable, personable, and responsible individual with a reliable car. For the successful sales individual, this position may eventually branch off into two separate positions.

Duties include: marketing and establishing pick-up/drop-off site (on-campus). You set your hours for students and others to pick up completed orders from you. (Individual may use on-campus dorm room if approved by school). Orders to be filled out and properly identified within laundry bags. The established drop-off and pick-up site may be on, or near, campus to provide a convenient drop-off/pick-up site for our customers.