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Volunteers during Saline Celtic Festival week not only get a free pass to the Festival—Friday, July 8 (evening) and all day Saturday, July 9—but there are two opportunities to be entered into drawings for $50 gift cards.
“High school students are encouraged to sign up,” says organizer Terri Murphy.
“No experience necessary! Help includes setting up tables and chairs, hanging banners and distributing equipment throughout the festival locations. Each 3-hour shift for pre-Festival set up gets your name in a drawing for a $50 gift card and free admission to the festival—and Saturday volunteers will be entered into another drawing for a $50 gift card.”
Interested? Here’s how you can help:
Tuesday, July 5
Meet at the Mill Pond Park Pavilion at 10:30 a.m., to help when tents, gear and equipment roll in.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, July 6, 7, 8
Volunteer any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., or in the evening.
Put tables, chairs, equipment and gear in place, hang flags and banners, golf carts and Gators are delivered, and administrative duties are finalized. Help vendors and merchants set up on Friday.
Thursday, July 7
Thursday afternoon volunteers are needed to help put the mechanical “Millie the Mill Pond Monster” and her family into the river! Fun, fun, fun!
Friday, July 8
Gates open at 5 p.m., activities start at 6 p.m. Help at the gate, assist visitors, and more.
Saturday, July 9
Help at Wee Folks Island, the gate, assist visitors, and more.
Sunday, July 10
Morning: Roll banners, pick up trash, and load trailers.
Email Volunteers Chair Heather Koepfle at salinecelticvolunteers@gmail.com with contact information and a general description of what interests you; or sign up at this online form
Check out Festival activities, and ticket prices, at https://www.salineceltic.org/.
Patchy rain nearby, with a high of 66 and low of 39 degrees. Don't forget your umbrella! Sunny for the morning, thundery outbreaks in nearby in the afternoon, clear overnight.
Nice idea. Thank you to the kids who support this. Seems a bit of diversity in the make-up of the kids leading the group would go a long way to making "everyone" feel welcome. Sadly, not seeing it, at least in what is presented here.
Awful, racist perspective. There is nothing wrong with the "make-up" of these four kids.
Not saying there is anything wrong with those four kids. Really appreciate what they are doing and think it is great. Hardly find it racist to think having folks representative of other "groups" leading the group would go even further to making everyone feel welcome.
As we noticed the rapid deterioration and indentation of the road from all of this truck traffic, which presumably will only get worse as the weather and road surface gets warmer, we have wondered just who is responsible for the cost to repair/replace these roads?
Did anyone ask the nearby residents if they want a party palace in their neighborhood? Traffic, parking, crowds, trash, noise: was any of this considered when making this decision?
The organizers are required to submit an application to the City of Saline for this event. If you wish to provide input, comments can be sent to the City Clerk or made in person at anytime or more specifically when their application appears on the council agenda.
Providing input just like the data center had input given. When a decision is made around here, it has already been made.