Spa Running Festival

• Post Race Food Area
• Water/Aid Stations Volunteers
• Start / Finish Line Area
• Course Monitors
• Squirt Race
• Packet Pickup (Expo and Race Day)

Post Race Food Area Medium Priority

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November 15, 2025

8:00 am CST - 11:30 am CST (At least 18 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Mike Harrison, Post-Race Food Coordinator or the Volunteer Coordinators will assist in coordinating duties in this area.

Assignments may include:
** Assist staff in serving/monitoring the different food areas for the athletes.
** Handing out bottled water to the participants.
** Beer Tent Area - must be 21 years to be assigned to this area. Checking ID, serving beer and monitoring entrance/exit.
** Provide athletes with their finishing time/race results.
** Pick up trash as needed.

Location

134 Convention Blvd.
Hot Springs, AR

Post-Race Grill Masters and Servers Medium Priority

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November 15, 2025

8:00 am CST - 11:30 am CST (At least 12 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Mike Harrison, Post-Race Food Coordinator will assign volunteers to the grill.

Cook burgers, veggie burgers, and grilled cheese for the runners. We need at least 3 volunteers to man the grill and 4 to serve food to the runners. The remainder of volunteers will assist where needed. Please be flexible; the assignment may change at a moment's notice.

Location

134 Convention Blvd
Hot Springs, AR

Food Area - Clean-Up Medium Priority

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November 15, 2025

10:30 am CST - 1:00 pm CST (At least 4 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Pick up trash, empty ice chests, consolidate food and drinks into smaller containers, stack tables, take down canopies, assist other race personnel to break down the food court barricades.

Location

Post-Race Food Area at the Start/finish area
Convention Blvd. (in front of Embassy Suites)
Hot Springs, AR

Aid Station #1 - Fountain Street at Hot Springs Mountain Drive Entrance

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November 15, 2025

6:30 am CST - 9:00 am CST (At least 5 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

The Aid Station Captain is Allan Lonas of Spa City Therapy.

Volunteers will hand out water and Gatorade to half marathon athletes. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer duties and shift arrival times prior to the event from the aid station captain or the Volunteer Coordinators.

Location

Fountain Street at entrance of Hot Springs Mountain

Aid Station #2 - Hot Springs Mountain/ North Mountain Summit

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November 15, 2025

6:30 am CST - 8:30 am CST (At least 5 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Aid Station Captain is Kristen Herron. This group is assigned to National Park Medical Center.

Hand out water and Gatorade to half marathon athletes. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer assignment and shift arrival times prior to the event from your aid station captain or the Volunteer Coordinators.

Location

Hot Springs Mountain Dr/North Mountain Summit Intersection

Aid Station #3 Whittington split (5k)

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November 15, 2025

7:30 am CST - 10:00 am CST (At least 5 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

The 5k table will be managed by the employees Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic (CCMC), under the direction of Sallie Culbreth.

Hand out water and Gatorade to the runners. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer duties and shift arrival times prior to the event from your aid station captain or the Volunteer Coordinators.

Location

At the Whittington Avenue split.

Aid Station #4 - Half Marathon / 10k

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November 15, 2025

12:00 am CST - 10:30 am CST (At least 5 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

The half/10k table will be managed by Friends of the Parks, with Ned Skoog as the Captain.

Hand out water and Gatorade to the runners. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer duties and shift arrival times prior to the event from your aid station captain or the Volunteer Coordinators.

Location

Whittington Avenue split

Aid Station #5 West Mountain Triangle

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November 15, 2025

7:00 am CST - 11:00 am CST (At least 11 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

This aid station is managed by Elevation Physical Therapy.


Hand out water and Gatorade to half marathon and 10k athletes. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer assignment and arrival times prior to the event from your aid station group captain or the Volunteer Coordinator.

(1) person exclusively for directing half marathon runners up the mountain to the West Mountain summit.

Location

Triangle Intersection on West Mountain

Aid Station #6 - Quapaw & Flint Streets Low Priority

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November 15, 2025

7:30 am CST - 11:00 am CST (At least 6 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Quapaw/Flint Street Aid Station Captain is Dale Hamilton.

Hand out water and Gatorade to half marathon and 10K athletes. You will receive further instructions regarding your volunteer assignment and arrival times prior to the event from your aid station group captain or the Volunteer Coordinators.

Location

Quapaw and Flint Streets beside the Methodist Church

Start / Finish Line Area Medium Priority

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November 15, 2025

7:30 am CST - 11:00 am CST (At least 5 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Start/Finish Line is managed by Finish Line Captain,
Charity Shaw. Duties will be assigned by the Finish Line Captain or the Volunteer Coordinators:

Assignments may include:
Help runners locate their start corral
Assist with crowd control
Answer questions
Hand out finisher medals to the runners
Monitor entrance/exit point of finish area
Move foot traffic along, as needed

Location

Start/finish line area
Convention Blvd. (in front of Embassy Suites)
Hot Springs, AR

Course Monitors

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You must be 16 or older to volunteer for this task.

November 15, 2025

7:00 am CST - 11:00 am CST (At least 26 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Volunteer will work at one of the assigned locations along the racecourse, directing athletes to turn or stay along the course.

Hot Springs Police Department will direct traffic at busy intersections, while the volunteer directs the runner.

The main goal is to ensure the race participants continue along the course towards the finish line.

Location

Various locations

Squirt Race

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November 15, 2025

10:30 am CST - 11:30 am CST (At least 15 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Assist Squirt Race Director, Megan Greeson, with corral starts, crowd control, hand out finisher medals, and awards.

Location

Convention Blvd in front of Embassy Suites

SRF Expo Packet Pickup Medium Priority

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November 14, 2025

12:00 pm CST - 3:30 pm CST (At least 12 more needed)

3:30 pm CST - 7:00 pm CST (At least 12 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Hand out SRF bibs and SRF race shirts to runners during the Expo.

We use a digital check-in system and may ask you to download the app on your cell phone in order to check runners in. If you do not wish to download the app, please advise the Packet Pickup Coordinator upon arrival for your assignment.

Location

Hot Springs Convention Center
Exhibit Hall B
134 Convention Blvd.
Hot Springs, AR

Race Day Packet Pick-up Medium Priority

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November 15, 2025

6:00 am CST - 7:45 am CST (At least 6 more needed)

Volunteer

Details

Hand out race bibs and race shirts to runners on race day.

We use a digital check-in system and may ask you to download the app on your cell phone in order to check runners in. If you do not wish to download the app, please advise the Packet Pickup Coordinator upon arrival for your assignment.

Location

Bank Ozk Arena Lobby at Convention Center
134 Convention Center
Hot Springs, AR