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Annual Fun Run for Charities

Sat August 30, 2025 Red Lodge, MT 59068 US

Pre Race Publicity Medium Priority

Minimum met, 2 volunteer spots remaining.

Details

Distribute posters and registration forms throughout businesses, schools, and other community spaces in: Red Lodge, Billings, Cody, Powell, Roberts, Joliet, Fromberg, Bridger, and Belfry and up to 2-hour drive radius. Requires an automobile and multiple times of distribution throughout August. Volunteers will deliver registration mailers and posters in the first week of August.

Data Entry

July 30, 2025

August 6, 2025

August 12, 2025

August 19, 2025

August 26, 2025

August 28, 2025

August 29, 2025

Details

Assist in entering manual participant registration information into a spreadsheet from July to September. Each timeslot will take about an hour of time to enter. The time shown shows the time frame the data needs to be entered.

Resources Needed

Laptop - 1

Early Registration and Pick Up High Priority

August 28, 2025

August 29, 2025

Details

Hand out T-shirts and race bibs to early registrants, answer general event questions, and assist with 5k/10k registration the Thursday and Friday before the event at the RLACF Office.

Location

The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation - 122 S Hauser Ave
Across the street from the Red Lodge Post Office

Finish Ceremony Medium Priority

At least 1 more volunteer needed.

Details

Organize and decide on which prizes go to 5K & 10K Female/Male 1st, 2nd & 3rd place race finisher prizes before the event. Help distribute prizes on event day to race winners.

Water Tables Medium Priority

At least 9 more volunteers needed.

Details

Pick up water dispensers, cups, trash cans, and liners Pre Event. Provide water to participants along the route on event day

Location

Race course

Moose Mascot/Hander - Art Walk Fun Run promo Low Priority

July 12, 2025

August 9, 2025

Details

Represent the Fun Run at the July or August Art walks as Maurice Moose!

Handler: Assists the Moose as they move through the crowd and interact with participants, as vision in the costume is limited. Helps hand out past year t-shirts.

Mascot: Wear the Moose mascot costume. Wave, dance, be animated, and pose for pics with all ages.
Cation - moose costume can get hot on hot days. Bring lots of water and take breaks. The actual time for one person in the costume is usually an hour or less.

Plan to spend about 1 hour promoting the Fun Run at the Art Walk somewhere in the 2 pm - 6 pm window that the event runs for.

Location

Pride Park - meet at the Foundation Building

Moose Mascot/Handler - Race Day High Priority

August 30, 2025

Details

Handler: Assists the Moose as they move through the crowd and interact with participants, as vision in the costume is limited.

Mascot: Wear the Moose mascot costume. Wave, dance, be animated, and pose for pics with all ages.
Cation - moose costume can get hot on hot days. Bring lots of water and take breaks. Actual time for one person in the costume is usually an hour or less.

Location

meet at Carbon County Arts Guild back door/back room

Race Course Set up Team High Priority

No volunteer spots remaining.

This volunteer task is full.

Details

Assist course activities primarily on event day with some before/after tasks to include set up of cones and signs, course marking with spray paint the day before the race, break down of cones and signs, and crowd control,

Location

race course

Resources Needed

Van or Truck - 1

Photography Team High Priority

At least 1 more volunteer needed.

Details

Capture the moments that define the Fun Run at selected locations along the route and in Lion’s park on event day using cell phone or digital camera

Location

Race course and Lion's park

Resources Needed

Camera or phone - 1

Race Day Registration High Priority

August 30, 2025

Details

Distribute pre-registered T-shirts and race bibs. Help with day-of registration, T-shirts and race bibs, donations, and selling sundries. This is a fast-paced team tech saavy team. Be ready to bring your best customer service to help registrants sign up, get their t-shirts, and make a donation! You will be using the RaceDayCheckIn app on your smart phone.

Location

Registration booth at the end of all Fun Run charity booths at Lion's Park

Route Monitors High Priority

August 30, 2025

Details

Monitor course to ensure public safety for participants and street traffic. Dispense traffic cones, candle sticks, flags, safety vests and stop signs at designated points along route

Finish Line Cheering Medium Priority

At least 10 more volunteers needed.

Details

Cheer on 5k/10k participants at the turnaround point and finish line on event day.

Clean Up High Priority

At least 10 more volunteers needed.

Details

Regularly clean during and post-event, make a sweep of park and event areas, plus monitor cleanliness and paper product needs for public restrooms and port-a-potties. Clean during the post-event sweep of park and event areas, plus monitor cleanliness and paper product needs for public restrooms and port-a-potties

Location

Lion's Park

Steering Committee High Priority

At least 3 more volunteers needed.

Details

Meet with the Fun Run Race Coordinator after the event and provide insight to what worked well can what can be improved.

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