Volunteering at the Festival

Some of the greatest performers at the Syracuse Festival of Races each year are its volunteers. To show them how much we appreciate their efforts on behalf of community fitness, we do everything we can to make their volunteer experience enjoyable, fulfilling, and rewarding.

What do we give our volunteers?

Choice.
You tell us what job you'd most like to do, and we'll do our best to have you doing exactly what you request. Want to help before race day? After race day? Race morning after you run the 5K yourself? Refreshments? Course? Finish area? Technical work? Grunt work? We'll start by asking you what you'd most like to do!

A Great Shirt.
Like the registered runners and walkers at the Festival, each of our volunteers receives a colorful, 100% cotton volunteer t-shirt, which we order in sizes small, medium, large, extra-large, and even extra-extra-large. We want your volunteer shirt to fit you, so that you can wear it with pride!

Good Old-Fashioned Hospitality.
All volunteers will be welcome to help themselves to a variety of beverages, Freihofer's and Entenmann's products, and P&C Food & Pharmacy refreshments in the volunteer check-in tent.

Personal Satisfaction.
Because there's no event in Syracuse quite like the Festival, there's no feeling quite like that experienced by the Festival volunteers. It's a great feeling to know that you've significantly contributed to a masterpiece of a community event!

If you're interested in joining our outstanding team of race weekend volunteers, please e-mail us at daveoja@festivalofraces.com.

If you think you might be interested in joining the SFoR Race Committee, contact Dave Oja, 446-6285 or daveoja@festivalofraces.com.