Festival Home Performers Tickets Festival Sails Festival Info Stage Schedules Activities Volunteer Donations Travel Vendors & Exhibits About Clearwater Join our Email List and get Festival updates: Clearwater Home Volunteer   Volunteer Welcome Page   Committee Descriptions   Application Form   Volunteer Testimonials Details About Volunteering What the Festival Gives You Weekend Pass to the entire festival Official volunteer T-shirt Seven meals, Friday evening through Sunday evening, plus drinks & snacks in between Friday night Volunteer Welcome Two parties on Saturday night: a live band at Dance Stage and an acoustic song jam at Kitchawan Lodge Camping on-site all weekend Opportunity to be a part of the community of festival volunteers Opportunity to develop new skills and interests An interesting “community service” item for your resume Opportunity to contribute to Clearwater’s environmental work and outreach What You Give to the Festival Your Volunteer Donation of $45 helps defray part of Clearwater’s costs for your meals, T-shirt, sanitation and administrative efforts. You are expected to act in good faith, arrive on time, serve your shifts honestly and act as a good-will ambassador for Clearwater, treating the audience and other volunteers with generosity and respect Volunteer Camping is divided into “Quiet Camping”, where there should be no noise or music after 9pm, and “Night Owl Camping”, where music and visiting are permitted at any time. Everyone will be happier if you abide by these guidelines. Benefits of Clearwater Membership Eligible to volunteer at the Clearwater Festival Eligible to crew for a week aboard the sloop Subscription to our newsletter, Clearwater Navigator Discounts on tickets, Special Sails on the sloop Clearwater and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater merchandise Vote to elect Clearwater’s Board of Directors Having your voice heard on regional environmental issues Helping to bring Clearwater environmental education programs like Classroom of the Waves to disadvantaged schools in the Hudson Valley Deadline for Applications Submitted by May 31, 2010; Received by June 4, 2010. Please be kind to your Volunteer Coordinator and your Committee Coordinator by honoring this deadline If you come upon this website after the deadline, call Volunteer Coordinator at 845-265-8080 X7102 to see if volunteering is still a possibility for this year Acceptances are on a “first come/first served” basis to get your choice of committee Final acceptance letter and passes will be sent out in the mail by the second week of June. Arrival and Departure Plan to be at Reception at the Festival site in Croton-on-Hudson, on Friday, June 18th between Noon & 11pm to check in. Some committees need their volunteers to arrive earlier (see Committee Descriptions). Please carpool! Most volunteers complete their work and depart on Sunday evening. Some committees need their volunteers to stay later on Sunday or to work on Monday (see Committee Descriptions). Dogs, Pets, Bikes, Fires Dogs or other domestic animals (except working service dogs) are NOT allowed anywhere on the site, including Volunteer Camping. Please note that the Park permits dogs, but NOT on the Festival grounds. You will not be admitted into the Festival grounds with them. Bicycles are hazardous in crowded conditions, even in Volunteer Camping, where young children may be running about heedlessly. So, please, NO BICYCLES. Fires in designated fire pits ONLY. Options For Paying & Submitting This Application Depending on your individual needs and software, your application can be submitted in one of the following ways: Pay by credit card and transmit your filled-out Volunteer Application online. To use this option you must not be requesting a subsidy, and must be paying by credit card. Print out the Volunteer Application in PDF, fill out the form and send it with a check or money order (no cash, please) to:     Attn: Volunteer Coordinator Hudson River Sloop Clearwater     724 Wolcott Avenue     Beacon, NY 12508 OR Fax to 845-831-2821 with your credit card number. If you need to be subsidized, call 845-265-8080 x7102 or email volcoord@clearwater.org for instructions on how to submit your application. Please proceed to the Committee Descriptions and select your first, second and third choices for your assignment.