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Beginning with the 2023 Rose Festival, Portland NET and the [https://www.rosefestival.org/ Portland Rose Festival] are working together to keep Portland's most prominent celebration safe by recruiting volunteers as Parade Guides. Parade Guides monitor vehicular traffic at barricades and serve as a general information source for paradegoers. This is a planned event deployment NET/PBEM reserves for the Rose Festival; NET does not generally deploy for Parade Guide responsibilities for any other event. | Beginning with the 2023 Rose Festival, Portland NET and the [https://www.rosefestival.org/ Portland Rose Festival] are working together to keep Portland's most prominent celebration safe by recruiting volunteers as Parade Guides. Parade Guides monitor vehicular traffic at barricades and serve as a general information source for paradegoers. This is a planned event deployment NET/PBEM reserves for the Rose Festival; NET does not generally deploy for Parade Guide responsibilities for any other event. | ||
This article serves as a general job aid and volunteer position description for volunteers (both NET and non-NET) serving as Parade Guides. Please do not feel intimidated by the amount of information on this page! It is intended to answer all the questions anticipated so you can feel confident going into your volunteer shift. | This article serves as a general job aid and volunteer position description for volunteers (both NET and non-NET) serving as Parade Guides. | ||
Please do not feel intimidated by the amount of information on this page! It is intended to answer all the questions anticipated so you can feel confident going into your volunteer shift. If you read this article and still have a question, email it to [mailto:jeremy.vankeuren@portlandoregon.gov jeremy.vankeuren@portlandoregon.gov]. | |||
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Volunteer Guides deploy to each of the Rose Festival's parades: the [[wikipedia:Starlight_Parade|Starlight Parade]], the Junior Parade, and the Grand Floral Parade. Each Parade Guide will receive via email an [https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Parade_Guides_at_Barricades#What_To_Expect:_The_Operations_Plan '''Operations Plan'''] that includes relevant contact information, check-in locations, radio frequencies, and other details specific to each event. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Event-specific information is NOT included in this article;'''</span> if a Parade Guide has not received their [https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Parade_Guides_at_Barricades#What_To_Expect:_The_Operations_Plan Operations Plan] three days before the event, they should email [ | Volunteer Guides deploy to each of the Rose Festival's parades: the [[wikipedia:Starlight_Parade|Starlight Parade]], the Junior Parade, and the Grand Floral Parade. Each Parade Guide will receive via email an [https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Parade_Guides_at_Barricades#What_To_Expect:_The_Operations_Plan '''Operations Plan'''] that includes relevant contact information, check-in locations, radio frequencies, and other details specific to each event. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Event-specific information is NOT included in this article;'''</span> if a Parade Guide has not received their [https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Parade_Guides_at_Barricades#What_To_Expect:_The_Operations_Plan Operations Plan] three days before the event, they should email [mailto:Jeremy.vankeuren@portlandoregon.gov jeremy.vankeuren@portlandoregon.gov] to request it. | ||
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