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Melrose Run for Women

Sun May 11, 2025

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Packet Pickup & Registration

Packet Pickup (Pre-Race)

May 8, 2025

May 9, 2025

May 10, 2025

Details

Distribute bibs, t-shirts, and Fitzgerald PT swag to pre-registered participants and register new participants if needed. Please be comfortable learning/using RunSignup app. Please bring a smart phone or tablet with you (as backup devices).

Location

Melrose Marathon Sports

Packet Pickup (Race Day)

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

May 11, 2025

Details

Distribute bibs, t-shirts, and Fitzgerald PT swag to pre-registered participants. Please be comfortable learning/using RunSignup app. Please bring a smart phone or tablet with you (as backup devices).

Location

Pine Banks

Registrations (Race Day - kids' race & 3.5-miler)

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Assist on mobile devices for online registrations. No paper registrations. Please be comfortable learning/using RunSignup app and webpage on mobile browser.

Location

Pine Banks

Pre-Race Preparations

Race Route Papering (Pre-Race)

May 9, 2025

Details

Put flyers on Sylvan and part of Lebanon streets to let residences know about MRFW and road closure. Shift time can be flexible with your availability; shift ends once all flyers are distributed.

Site Setup

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Location

Pine Banks

Special Assignment - Starbucks Pick Up

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Pick up donated coffees and supplies from Starbucks Melrose store.

Location

Starbucks Melrose store pick up and bring to Pine Banks.

Special Assignment - Shaw's Pick Up & Mile Markers/Signs

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

This volunteer task is full.

Details

Pick up donated Stonyfield yogurts stored at Shaw's Melrose store and bring to Pine Banks. Drop off and pick up mile markers/signs.

Location

Shaw's Melrose store, Pine Banks & course.

Day-Of Roles - Pine Banks

Parking Attendant

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Direct cars to park at Hunt's Photo & Video and tell participants where to go for race festivities. Let participants know to vacate the parking lot before 11:30AM.

Location

Hunt's Photo & Video Parking Lot

Kids' Race - Team Leader

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Leads the 3 kids' races.

Location

Pine Banks track

Kids' Race - Adult Helpers

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Helps keep parents off the track for kids races.

Location

Pine Banks track

Kids' Races - Ribbon Helpers

May 11, 2025

Details

Hand out finisher ribbons to participants who finish the kids' races. Kids age 10+ are great for this role.

Location

Pine Banks track

Food Tent

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Assist with laying out food donation items on tables and manning lines/supply of items post-3.5-mile race. Set up wagon for snacks post-kids' race to distribute outside of food tent.

Location

Pine Banks

Meet & Greet

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Meet & greet participants; direct towards registration/packet pickup areas, restrooms, water, etc.

Location

Pine Banks

Port-a-Potty Line Manager

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Manage lines for the port-a-potties by directing participants to form appropriate # of lines while waiting.

Location

Pine Banks

First Aid Tent (CPR)

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Location

Pine Banks

Flowers to Finishers

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Adult helper to recruit kids from kids' races to hand out flowers to 3.5-mile race finishers.

Location

Pine Banks

Emcee, National Anthem Singer, & Music Liaison

May 11, 2025

Details

Coordinate with Emcee for announcements & awards, play music and control volume/pauses, coordinate with national anthem singer for race start.

Day-Of Roles - On Course

Course Marshals

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Report to Pine Banks to check in with Course Marshals Coordinator. On race route, direct and cheer on runners/walkers as they pass your point. Ensure no one gets lost or takes a wrong turn.

Location

1-Corner of Sylvan St and Lebanon St (wait for runners to loop back to this corner!)
2-Corner of Lebanon St and Swains Pond Ave (Convenience Store)
3-Corner of Swains Pond Ave and Beech Ave
4-Corner of Beech Ave and Lebanon St
5 Corner of Lebanon and Sylvan
6-Sylvan to Finish Line

Water Stop (On Course - Swains Pond Ave)

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Unload supplies and set up water stop on the street in front of blue house #287 Swains Pond Ave. There is a stone wall. Do NOT set up on grass - this is personal property. Park in the grass directly across the street at the Knox Memorial Trail opening.

Supplies needed: SLR table, waters, cups, trash bags and rake. Pick up supplies at Pine Banks on race day.

Location

**287 Swains Pond Ave.** See details above!

Photographer

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Location

Race Route and Pine Banks

Sweeper

You must be 18 or older to volunteer for this task.

May 11, 2025

Details

Last runner for the race!

Location

Pine Banks

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