A Variety of Volunteer Opportunities!
Volunteerism and support from the community make Western Welcome Week a success year after year. There is a variety of volunteer opportunities: from office work, BBQ's, pancake breakfast, silent auction, arts & crafts festival, and MORE! Become a volunteer — just complete and send the Volunteer Participation Form to Western Welcome Week. The following events currently have volunteer opportunities available:
| Event | 2012 Dates | Volunteer duties | Shifts |
| WWW Office Assistance 5890 S. Bemis St. |
May through August |
Clerical, phones, computer input, mailings, deliver brochures/posters, errands, etc. | Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; any hours between 10am and 3pm |
| Taste of WWW Littleton Center Courtyard |
Thursday, August 9 | Provide assistance to restaurant and distributors, i.e. water, ice, trash, etc. | • 5-7pm OR • 7-9pm |
| WWW Silent Auction (part of the Taste of WWW) Littleton Center |
Thursday, August 9 | Auction tables monitors, assist with closing of silent auction | • 5-7pm OR • 7-9pm |
| Lion's Community BBQ Sterne Park |
Friday, August 10 | Set up, servers, clean up | • 4-5pm OR • 4:30-6pm OR • 6 – 7:30pm |
| Stampede for Open Space! Carson Nature Center, South Platte Park |
Saturday, August 11 | Serve free food and beverages to attendees | • 10am-1pm |
| Deliver lunches to volunteers | • 11:30am-12:30pm | ||
| WWW Pancake Breakfast Arapahoe Community College Cafeteria |
Sunday, August 12 | Set up, serve, wait tables, flip pancakes, sausage makers/cookers, clean up | • 6:30 – 9:30am OR • 9:30am– 12:30pm |
| Old Fashioned Cake Contest Arapahoe Community College Cafeteria |
Sunday, August 12 | Set up, tabulate votes, cut and serve cake, clean up | • 7:30 – 9:30am OR • 9:30 – 11:30am |
| Kids Games of Old Arapahoe Community College (lawn) |
Sunday, August 12 | Set up, run games, clean up | • 7:30 – 9:30am OR • 9:30 – 11:30am |
| Arts & Crafts Festival Downtown Littleton |
Saturday, August 18 | Block captains, general information, assistance to crafters, direct to booth space, etc. | Crafter set-up: • 5 – 8:30am Crafter tear-down: • 4:30-6pm |
| Crafter Hospitality: donut/coffee distribution | • 7-10am | ||
| Crafter Hospitality: cookie/water distribution | • 1-4pm | ||
| Festival Day Information/ Hospitality Tent Downtown Littleton |
Saturday, August 18 | Serve as hosts, information, lost and found, etc. | • 8-10am OR • 10-noon OR • Noon-2pm OR • 2-4pm OR • 4-6pm (tear down) |
Additional volunteer opportunities at other events may open as we get closer to the festival. Please contact the Western Welcome Week office at 303 – 794-4870 for updated volunteer opportunities.