Volunteering

We highly encourage camp members to volunteer both for the event and for the camp. We keep track of what camp members are taking what volunteer shifts, so we can ensure everything that needs to be done for the camp is covered, but also so that people can sign up together for event volunteer shifts (or go visit fellow camp members when they are volunteering for the event!)

Check with the specific event to find out how to volunteer. If you are new to the event, veteran camp members can give you a good idea of what each shift is like. It's a great idea for first-time burners to sign up for at least one volunteer shift, since it's an important part of the community and is what makes the events work!

We have a number of volunteer shifts internally in the camp. Camp members should sign up for whatever they are comfortable with. Remember, if no one signs up for a thing and it needs doing, it just means someone is going to get stuck doing it who didn't expect to! (or it won't happen at all, and people will be sad)

Cooking and cleaning for the nightly camp dinners is a great way to contribute to the camp. Check out the food page for more information on these roles. There are two cook slots and two cleaner slots for each full day of an event, and each slot should take 1-2 hours.

About once a day, someone needs to rotate the dishwater, meaning fetching new water from the local stream, discarding the greywater appropriately, and adding bleach to the sanitization bucket. This task should take about half an hour.

This isn't a required volunteer shift, but we keep track of it anyway, so that people can reserve the sound system for a particular time slot if they want. Camp members are generally welcome to use the sound system at times that it is not reserved, as long as they have had appropriate training to be able to use it correctly.

We try to host special events inside the camp from time to time. If you are leading an event, you can put the date/time of it on the spreadsheet so that camp members know about it and can help advertise it to the general public!