HOW DO I BECOME A VOLUNTEER IN THE GARDEN d'LIGHTS PROGRAM?
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1. Sign up for and attend a class OF YOUR CHOICE during the months of March or September. The regular class schedules for March and September are posted on the Bellevue Botanical Garden website under Garden d’ Lights. (The September schedule is posted in August). When you attend your class you will be taught the basic techniques of light construction and actually create a light formation of some kind. What you create in the class goes into our display. You get to keep the instruction sheet you received, and can purchase supplies for making your own personal items, if you wish. Class fee: $15.00 for non-Society participants, $5.00 for Society Members. Garden d'Lights Classes OR 2. Sign up for and attend a New Volunteer Class held once a month from April thru August. The schedule for the New Volunteer Classes will also be posted on the Bellevue Botanical Garden website. We are offering these interim classes for those who did not have the opportunity to register for regular class sessions, or heard about the program mid-year and are anxious to join our program as a volunteer. When you attend this class, you will NOT have a choice of what you will be making, but you will learn the basic techniques of light construction. What you create will also go into our display, and you will be able to keep your instruction sheet and purchase supplies for making your own personal items, if you wish. There is no charge for the New Volunteer Classes. After attending either a regular class, or a new volunteer class you are welcome and encouraged to come to our regular work parties, which are usually scheduled at least once a week from April thru August. At work parties you will learn more skills and techniques in flower building. Each time you attend a work party, you may take a copy of instructions for a light creation with no charge. Work parties are held on an “open house” format: come when you can and leave when you have to. We do not provide meals for those staying over lunch or dinner hours, but usually some “goodies” are provided. Work party schedules are e-mailed to those who have given us their e-mail address when they attended classes. This is a private e-mail list which is used only for Garden d’ Lights information e-mails. When you have volunteered a total of 10 hours or more during work party times (classes do not count) you are invited to some to our special light viewing party, which is traditionally held the Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving. It is a potluck social, and we have the park and the wonderful display we have created all to ourselves for the evening. I WANT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT DON’T WANT TO MAKE LIGHTS? CAN I BE OF HELP? YES! If you want to volunteer, but are not interested in learning how to make the lights, we welcome volunteers during Light Installation (the month of November), during the actual Light Show (performing a variety of tasks), and during the Take Down process (usually the two weeks following the last night of the light show). Please remember to dress for the weather. We are working outside in the WINTER. Good rain gear, waterproof shoes, gloves, etc. will make your time outdoors in the elements much easier to handle. We do not work during high wind storms and driving rain, but knowing that we live in the Northwest, there are days when it is raining and cold out there, and proper apparel is a must. Volunteers helping during install, show time, and take down do not have to attend a class to learn how to make flowers. After you have put in ten (10) hours with Garden d’Lights, Lisa Scott, Volunteer Program Coordinator for the Garden, will contact you. She will provide you with a Volunteer Application, a WA State Patrol Background Check authorization form, and invite you to a volunteer orientation. |
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CONTACT US
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Phone: Volunteer at the Garden: 425.452.2750 Volunteer for events: 425.451.3755 Membership information: 425.451.3755 Special events and programs: 425.451.3755
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