Volunteer Opportunities

Spencer Pride offers a generous donation to organizations that bring volunteers to help tear down the Pride festival at the end of the event. This work involves taking down and storing pop-up canopies, tables, and chairs.

We will have a booth at the apple butter festival, and will be looking for volunteers to help man the space. The festival spans over two days, and we will need people for both days.

The Coal City Community Volunteer Fire Department puts on a fish fry each year as a fundraising event for the station. We are looking for volunteers to help serve food during the event.

We will have a booth at the Gosport Lazy Days and we will be walking in the parade. We are looking for volunteers to greet people at our booth or who would like to ride/walk in the parade. The event spans multiple days, starting August 13th and ending August 16th.

The first Friday of each month we volunteer at the Historic Tivoli Theater in Spencer, IN. We meet at 6pm, and the work is typically completed by 9pm. We work the concessions stand, serving popcorn, drinks, and candy. After the movie starts, we restock and clean up, and finally sweep the theater once the movie finishes.

OC Dems run a booth at the Owen County Farmers Market, the proceeds of which go to fund initiatives like the Veterans Fund and the Little Food Pantry Project.

Help Needed:
PIcking and packing produce on Friday. Try to avoid heat of the day so either early morning (8 -10)or late afternoon (after 6:30). Packing and cleaning of produce can be done in the shade and sitting down. Picking beans and other produce requires kneeling or bending over repeatedly.

Each Monday, a team of volunteers distribute food to each of the little free pantries in Owen County, as well as delivers food to homebound residents in need.

We meet at HQ at noon, at which point boxes are packed for each of the deliveries. Once the volunteer who is delivering the food to HQ arrives with the homebound food (typically between 12 and 12:30pm), that food is divided among drivers, and then each person delivering runs one or more routes.

Each route typically takes 1 hour or less to deliver.

OC Dems run a booth at the Owen County Farmers Market, the proceeds of which go to fund initiatives like the Veterans Fund and the Little Food Pantry Project.

Help Needed:
Setting up for the market 8:00-8:30 on Saturday mornings. Includes setting up the table and arranging produce for sale, putting out signs, putting up and securing pop up tent and unloading produce from the truck which Involves some lifting of some heavy items - max of 40 lbs., but most things much lighter.

Each Thursday evening, at 6pm, a delivery team meets at HQ to pack boxes for the 14 little free pantries we fill throughout the county. Once all boxes are packed, routes are divided among the drivers, and each delivers a box of food to each little free pantry on their route.