Guidelines and Suggestions for Volunteers
Working in the Peace Booth (PB) is your opportunity to
influence fairgoers about peacemaking & justice issues. The
following are some guidelines and suggestions that we feel will
make this opportunity even more fun, effective and beneficial.
- Have FUN! Enjoy yourself! In stressful situations, relax
and listen!
- Stand so you can meet people! Eye level contact is best
for all.
- Arrive at least 15 minutes early. Remember that The
RED Book has the
list of volunteers and a place for your suggestions and
needs, plus a page where you or others may sign your name and
address in order to get our mail about next years fair.
- Don't hawk the Peace Booth to fairgoers. Loud talk often
drives people away.
- Only 2 people should be at the PB each shift. This
reduces overcrowding in our small space and 2 people
should be there at all times
- Don't take breaks during your shift. Please don't eat
during your shift.
- One teenager and an adult on a shift works very well.
Teens help with attracting the children.
- Stay in the PB until your replacement arrives. Call your
Coordinator if you have a problem.
- The PB committee pays for your ticket to the fair on the
day you choose to work. Please return any unused tickets. Put
them in a pocket in the back of the Red Book.
- Persons over 65 years of age do not need
a ticket for the Fair, but the ticket should give you
admission to park in the concessionaire parking off of
Hillsborough St.
-
And, ... at the State Fair staffers should
find themselves very busy with the following:
- inviting children in to work on the children's
activity.
- providing fairgoers with an opportunity to sign
various petitions.
- pointing out the information contained in each
petition's backup material.
- using stickers to engage children and adults. Don't
just hand them out.
- giving people who ask for information about the Peace
Booth a bookmark. Don't just give them to everyone.
- asking people if they know what their faith teaches
about "peace and justice" and giving them a statement
written by their faith community if they wish.
- inviting fairgoers to review and take free copies of
other materials.
- creating an inviting booth by picking up, and doing
general housekeeping.
- listening to anyone who wants to talk about peace and
justice, how we can make this a better world or many
other subjects.
- learning that listening is a key peacemaking skill.
Practice.
- meeting new volunteers from other organizations
interested in a peaceful and just world and hearing new
ideas on how to bring this about.
- If anyone requests a peace statement from their
church and we don't have it, give them a bookmark. Add
their name and address on the mailing list sheet legibly.
You may
call Leo Klohr and Judy Occhetti-Klohr if you have any
questions. 919/782-0667.
Thanks so much for your continued help and support for
peace and justice. The Peace Booth Steering Committee.