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LABOR DAY WEEKEND "2021"

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We need 100+ volunteers to work with Festival organizers during the months leading up to the Festival and throughout Festival week to help produce a successful event. Shifts range from two to five hours and many volunteers sign up for multiple shifts throughout the Festival.

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Participating in the Festival as a volunteer is a highly rewarding experience!  Volunteers enjoy “behind-the-scenes” access to Festival concerts and events; face-to-face cultural exchange with visiting attendees and immense satisfaction knowing they contributed to the success of this prestigious international events. 

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...IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A REAL "PEOPLE-PERSON" The South Padre Island Jazz & Latin Music Festival offers outgoing individuals like yourself an opportunity to utilize your unique skill set among event attendees from across the nation.

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Teddy Roosevelt wrote:
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..."
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As a volunteer within our organization, we look forward to you epitomizing the above statement.

 

​We appreciate your support!

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Our Commitment to Volunteers

• provide adequate supervision, training, and orientation

• provide meaningful work with similar space, equipment, and working conditions given to paid staff doing similar work

• maintain records of volunteer hours, performance, and projects and respect the confidentiality of these records

• provide letters of recommendation upon request

• accord the volunteer respect and responsibility

 

We believe that...

• volunteers are an integral part of the SPI Jazz Festival Experience and are critical in the production of a successful event

• every hour contributed by a volunteer is a valuable gift that deserves to be managed, recognized, and honored

• all volunteers have the right to understand the big picture of the SPI Jazz Festival Experience and to see where their efforts fit into the overall structure and mission

• it is the primary responsibility of the volunteer coordinator to place the volunteer in a position that fits both the interest and ability of the volunteer and the needs of the SPI Jazz Festival.

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Commitment By Volunteers

• represent and support the SPI Jazz Festival and its organizers in a positive way;

• attend orientation and training required for assigned work;

• carry out agreed tasks to the best of their ability and consistent with instructions provided, and in accordance with any procedures as set out by the Festival;

• visibly wear a Volunteer ID name tag and T-shirt at all times while on duty as a volunteer;

• meet agreed commitments with respect to attendance and time, providing advance notice of inability to attend where possible;

• understand the function of paid staff, maintain a smooth working relationship, and stay within the bounds of volunteer responsibility;

• work constructively and cooperatively with staff, Festival guests and volunteers;

• ask for support if required;

• maintain the dignity of the SPI Jazz Festival and its integrity with the public, and honor confidential information;

• adhere scrupulously to any relevant security procedures;

• be receptive to performance appraisal, advice and feedback;

• provide any relevant information reasonably required by the Festival and allow this to be used for statistical or reporting purposes; and

• contribute to the maintenance of a safe and secure workplace

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