AFS/TWS Booth at the Insect Festival

This volunteer opportunity is for anyone interested in doing outreach and teaching people about the connections that aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems have with insects!

IMPORTANT: Please sign up at the official volunteering link here: https://bit.ly/ifestvolunteer to get an official assignment. Once you have gotten confirmation from the Ento & Plant Path department, then you'll be able to log your hours on this platform!

Event details:

📍 Location/map: Washington County Fairgrounds (map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rtrW2bDHhj1Ucz6n6).

🚗 Parking/Check-in: The attached map shows the volunteer parking and check-in. The blue arrows indicate the entrance to volunteer parking. The volunteer check-in room is located under the covered sidewalk before you enter Thompson Hall—look for the door with the “Insect Festival Staff” sign. This is the room where you will get your festival t-shirt and volunteer assignment. If you volunteered to wear a costume—you will get your costume here.

🍕 Food/drinks: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, more snacks, and drinks will be provided all day in the Insect Festival Staff room for VOLUNTEERS ONLY. Only volunteers should be allowed in the Insect Festival Staff room. All volunteers must have registered online prior to the event—walk-up/day-of volunteers are not allowed.

☕ Prize drawing: All volunteers will be entered in a drawing to win Tropical Weather Coffee, Earl Grey Tea, or an Emblem Diner Mug donated by Onyx Coffee Lab. Winners will be selected on Nov 4 and emailed instructions on where to pick up their prize on Nov 5.