Volunteer
Volunteer at the Harvest Home Fair!
The Harvest Home Fair is a tradition older than Cheviot itself, and it's going to take the community coming together to keep it going for generations to come! We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Harvest Home Park Lodge at 6:30pm to plan the fair!
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It takes a LOT of volunteers to make the Harvest Home Fair happen every year and we always need new people to help out! We need people to be part of the planning process, chairing committees as well as people to work the parade and fair. It's a lot of fun and volunteers get free entry to the fair, we also offer service hours and have many fundraising opportunities for local non-profits. Keep scrolling to find out out about all the ways you can help out at this years fair!
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Volunteers that helping with setup on Wednesday are welcome to attend the kick-off luncheon that will be catered this year by Maury's Tiny Cove. The luncheon is held inside the Lodge at noon. On Thursday volunteer lunch is provided by BLOC Ministries. We want to share a special thank you to BLOC Ministries for feeding the volunteers and being a big part of our annual tradition!
Volunteer Opportunities
Gate / Parking Volunteers
We're looking for volunteers to cover the parking gates and guest entrances to the fair. Since these volunteers are dealing with cash, we're asking for volunteers that are Harvest Home Association or Kiwanis members, family & friends or are members of local community organizations that participate with the fair. Please show up 15 minutes before your shift starts.
Thursday, September 5th - Vehicle Gates Only
12:00pm - 3:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
6:00pm - 9:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Friday, September 6th - Vehicle Gates
8:00am - 11:00am: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
11:00am - 2:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
2:00pm - 4:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
4:30pm - 7:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
7:30pm - 10:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Friday, September 6th - Admission
4:30pm - 7:30pm: Northbend or Davis Gate
7:30pm - 10:30pm: Northbend or Davis Gate
Saturday, September 7th - Vehicle Gates
8:00am - 11:30am: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
11:30am - 2:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
5:30pm - 8:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
8:30pm - 10:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Saturday, September 7th - Admission
11:30am - 2:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
5:30pm - 8:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
8:30pm - 10:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Sunday, September 8th - Vehicle Gates
8:00am - 11:30am: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
11:30am - 2:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
5:30pm - 8:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Sunday, September 8th - Admission
11:30am - 2:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
5:30pm - 8:00pm: Northbend or Homelawn Gate
Kitchen Volunteers
It takes a lot of volunteers to run the Kitchen and we hope you'll sign up to help out!! We need help setting up the kitchen in the days leading up to the fair, cooking, serving, selling and cleaning up. It's a BIG job working with a great crew! You need to be 16+ to volunteer in the kitchen, and we offer service hours for students.
Thursday, September 5th
8:00am - 12:00pm: Set Up
12:00pm - 4:00pm: Set Up
4:00pm - 8:00pm: Set up, Cook & Serve
8:00pm - Close: Cook, Serve & Clean up (Fair Closes at 10:00pm)
Saturday, September 7th
8:00am - 12:00pm: Set Up
12:00pm - 4:00pm: Cook & Serve
4:00pm - 8:00pm: Cook & Serve
8:00pm - Close: Cook, Serve & Clean up (Fair Closes at 10:00pm)
Monday, September 10th
8:00am - 12:00pm: Clean Up
Friday, September 6th
2:00pm - 6:00pm: Set Up - Food Prep
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Cook & Serve
10:00pm - Close: Cook, Serve & Clean up (Fair Closes at 11:00pm)
Sunday, September 8th
8:00am - 12:00pm: Set Up
12:00pm - 4:00pm: Cook & Serve
4:00pm - Close: Cook, Serve & Clean up (Fair Closes at 10:00pm)
Flower Show Volunteers
Local garden club will handle the intake of Flower Show entries and setting up of the Floral displays, but we need some additional volunteers to help do the "heavy lifting" to set up the barn for the Flower Show and take it down after the fair.
Wednesday, September 4th
8:00am - 12:00pm: Set up Flower Show area. Cover Shelves w/ Plastic, Tables/Chairs. Be our guest at the Official Fair Luncheon at noon to kick-off the Fair weekend.
Friday, September 6th
7:45am Start Time: "Heavy-Lifting" supplies in & out of trailer. Registration area, set up & put away bottles, water, etc. Lunch Included.
Sunday, September 8th
6:00pm - 8:00pm: Door Attendant, help with exhibit removal, water, trash, etc.
Monday, September 9th
8:00am - 10:30am: "Heavy-Lifting"
Staging Take-Down and putting supplies back in the trailer.
Art Show Volunteers
The art show volunteers take in and return art entries and hang/display the artwork in the barn. For more information please email the Art Show Chair about how you can get involved!
Wednesday, September 4th
5:30am - 7:00pm: Take in Artwork
Thursday, September 5th
8:00am Start Time: Hanging Artwork.
General Exhibit Volunteers
Help set-up, take-in & curate the General Exhibit Entries, work with the judges and return items to entrants at the end of the fair!
Wednesday, September 4th
1:00am - 3:00pm: Set Up - Begins after the Luncheon (Noon at the Lodge)
Thursday, September 5th
7:30am - 11:30am: Entry Collection & Display
11:30am - 3:30pm: Entry Collection & Display
3:30pm - 6:00pm: Entry Collection & Display
7:30pm - 10:00pm: Entry Collection & Display
Friday, September 6th
7:30am - 12:00pm: Assist Judges & Display Ribbons
Sunday, September 8th
6:45pm - 9:00pm: Return Entries
Ride Ticket Sellers
We're looking for volunteers to sell the ride tickets out of the (2) air conditioned ticket booths. Since these volunteers are asked to handle money we're looking for Harvest Home Fair Association & Kiwanis members along with their friends & family and member of local community groups that are working with the fair to help with the ticket sales.
Saturday, September 7th
11:45am - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 10:30pm:
Thursday, September 5th
4:45pm - 7:30pm
7:30pm - 9:45pm
Friday, September 6th
4:45pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Sunday, September 8th
11:45am - 2:30pm
2:30pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Kiwanis - Split the Pot
Kiwanis Club & Harvest Home Fair Association Members please help us staff the membership / Split-the-Pot fundraiser booth! This is a double booth that we will also use as the volunteer sign-in booth. We're hoping to have 2-4 people in the booth and another 1-2 to roam the park selling Split-The-Pot tickets.
Friday, September 6th
4:45pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday, September 7th
11:45am - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Sunday, September 8th
11:45am - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 8:00pm