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Are you a returning volunteer? —Please choose an option—NoYes
If “YES” — How many years have you volunteered? Where and when?
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Race Headquarters – The Lakefront, Anchorage, A Millennium Hotel Please check the areas you wish to work
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Volunteer Registration Desk
Call Center: Customer Service, Technical assistance, Race Information.
Return Dogs at the Lakefront or trail
Vet Techs – prior to race (ECGs and bloodwork)
Sales Please check the areas you wish to work
HQ Sales
Start Sales
Restart Sales
Tech Team Please check if you wish to work
A group of tech-savvy individuals who are able to assist groups with computer setup, troubleshoot digital connections at the hotel and on the trail, and help set up and assign trail computers and other communication tech. Tech team members will work in Anchorage and be available from a week before to a week after the race.
Anchorage Start, Saturday Please number your top 3 preferences for the areas you wish to work..
Musher Parking – Early Saturday Morning Provide early morning security and assist Mushers in locating their staging/parking place.
Trail Guard – Public Relations/Safety, Start Day (Saturday) Positions available from 4th Ave to BLM Headquarters. Duties include keeping trail clear of pedestrians; adding snow back to the trail at roadway/trail crossings.
Security – Public Relations/Safety Duties include keeping public separate from race participants, staffing public crossings of staging areas and keeping the trail open within the staging area.
IditaRider Program Volunteers – Assist with the Friday IditaRider meeting and as needed, may include some assistance on Saturday.
Dog Handlers, Special training & certificate required. Volunteers should be physically fit! Volunteers will assist mushers from parking space to Starting Line on 4th Ave..
Yes Check here if already certified (MUST be 18 years or older). If you are not certified you will need to take the Dog Handler class, contact Dog Handler Coordinator to register. Class is filled on a first come basis. Limit 75.
Wherever Needed, Start Day
End of Anchorage Start at the BLM BLM Volunteers needed in multiple positions: Dog Handlers, Security, and Trail Guard. Volunteers should be familiar with Anchorage and have transportation.
Re-start, Sunday Please check the areas you wish to work..
Volunteer Check-in, 6am first shift – 4pm last shift. Check in and registration of volunteers as they arrive for duty. Includes verifying registration status, dispensing armbands, and helping volunteers locate their assigned position. (Restart Day: Sunday)
Load Truck – (Saturday) Wasilla ITC
Unload Truck – Willow, Saturday, usually late afternoon or early evening – Load/Unload areas: Involve loading all equipment and fencing at the storage facility in Wasilla and transporting it by truck to Willow and unloading it. Some set up maybe included. This takes places on Saturday afternoon/evening. (The equipment is then reloaded on to the truck on Sunday evening after the event and transported back to Wasilla, where it will be unloaded and returned to storage Monday morning.)
Early Sunday Morning Setup, Restart Day – Includes assembly of fencing to secure staging and chute areas as well and set up of other equipment required at the event. These activities occur on the the early morning of the Restart.
Yes Check here if you have any physical restrictions that would prevent you from walking through potentially deep snow or impair your ability to lift/carry heavy objects. (For areas of Load/Unload/Set Up)
Sunday Morning Musher Parking, Restart Day/Sunday Provide early morning security and assist Mushers in locating their staging/parking place.
Sunday Morning and Afternoon Grill burgers for volunteers
Trail Guard A trail guard is an individual that would be placed at a street or road crossing to control vehicle as well as pedestrian traffic. These locations typically are somewhat further away from the re-start line. The goal being to ensure the safety of both dog teams as well as spectators. You might have to walk thru deep snow or lift and carry heavy objects or be required to add snow back to the trail at crossings that are heavily trafficked.
Security – Public Relations/Safety Typically positioned at public crossings in and around the chute and staging area. Their goal is to keep the public separated from the competitors, controlling the flow of spectators passing through those crossings, maintaining the integrity of fencing, and keeping the trail cleared for the competitors.
Traffic Control/Parking
Staging and Chute – Only indicate this area if the coordinator has approved you for this job assignment and/or you have worked this area a previous year..
Dog Handlers – Special training & certificate required. Volunteers should be physically fit! Volunteers will assist mushers from parking space to Starting Line..
Yes Check here if already certified (MUST be 18 years or older). If you are not certified you will need to take the Dog Handler class, contact: Dog Handler Coordinator to register. Class is filled on a first come basis. Limit 75.
Tear Down, Evening after Restart
Race Communications
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Headquarter Comms at Lakefront Anchorage
Checkpoint Comms (Trail dates depend on checkpoint assignment)
Before Race Week
Make Foot Ointment – Wasilla HQ
People Food Drop – Airland Transport, Anchorage.
Straw Drop – Airland Transport, Anchorage.
Musher Food Drop – Airland Transport, Anchorage.
Hauling Food Drop Load Out – Willow Airport, Anchorage
Jr. Iditarod – Wasilla.
Media Conference
Banquet Hostess..
Additional Needs During the Year
Help at Volunteer Picnic (Last Saturday in June) – Wasilla HQ
Unloading Trailers at ITC – Date to be announced (after the race, about 2nd week of April)
Checkpoint Trail Positions – (This is not Race Communications/Comms – please read the description carefully before checking this area.) Checkpoint Trail positions for volunteers are limited. These volunteers are generally responsible for set-up, maintenance, and dis-assembly of the Checkpoint. Assignment to these positions is most often based on previous experience and current skills. Many positions are held by volunteers who live along the Trail Route. These positions require long hours and work is performed outside in the winter weather during the Race. The time availability requirement for these Checkpoint Trail positions is a minimum of 6 days and some assignments can be as long as 16. To be considered for a Checkpoint Trail position, prior experience as a volunteer in other areas of the Race is a must. You must also be a member of the Trail Committee. Please renew your membership in advance. (DO NOT SIGN UP HERE for Trail Comms positions. Comms volunteers: please sign up in the appropriate area even if your assignment is at a checkpoint. Thanks!)
Yes Checkpoint Trail Position – (Do not check here if you are registering for COMMS)
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Yes Please agree: *Volunteers are not permitted to take photographs or video while on volunteer shifts. Going live on Facebook in restricted areas is not permitted under any circumstances due to copyright and media policy.
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