Children’s festival

Now is the time to get involved in St. Albert’s International Children’s Festival, May 27 to 31. Opportunities to volunteer are many and varied for volunteers aged 12 and up. Assist with events, artist activities, crafts and face painting or be an information guide, driver or usher. Please call 459-6666 to join the volunteer team for this year or visit www.childfest.com.

2008 Corporate Challenge

The June 1 St. Albert Triathlon needs 15 volunteers for four-hour shifts to set up and route marshal. Call 459-6666 for more information.

Hosting

Be one of more than 300 volunteer hosting staff to help showcase this blockbuster exhibition to thousands of visitors June 13 to Oct. 13. Welcome the public, respond to questions and help direct visitors. Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and remain standing for extended periods of time.

Health/medical specialist

Bring your medical skills to this volunteer team and help showcase this exhibition June 13 to Oct. 13. Work at an educational touch table station and share your knowledge of human anatomy to engage visitors in medical information and respond to their questions.

Underwear Affair

Have some fun for a great cause, raising monies for cancers below the waist. Help out at check in, on the course and at check-in points along the route. Event day is June 14.

The Works

Thirteen days of visual art, live music and free fun, June 20 to July 2. Fifteen different volunteer positions available, from assembling and dismantling exhibits to working in the beverage gardens or as exhibit attendants. Choose the position and the time to match your schedule.

Summer reading program

A number of volunteers aged 14 and up who enjoy working with children, love books and are mature and dependable are required June 26 to Aug. 20. Shifts are just three hours and flexible to accommodate volunteer’s schedule.

Circulation department

Student volunteers aged 14 and older are needed to re-shelf paperback books. Position runs June 26 to Aug. 20 and shifts are two hours twice a week, weekdays and Saturday.

Family keepsakes

What a wonderful gift to capture life stories of Edmonton elders. Interviews have been conducted, now volunteers who wish to develop their artistic and writing skills are needed to assist with transcription, story writing and/or layout and design. This unique volunteer opportunity can be done from your home.