September 10-13, 2026
Volunteer
Volunteer at the Harvest Home Fair!
We have volunteer meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Harvest Home Park Lodge at 6:30pm from May - August! EVERYONE is welcome to come and get involved!
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If you can't make the meeting, but still want to volunteer at the fair, send us and email here, and let us know how you'd like to help!
The Harvest Home Fair is a tradition older than Cheviot itself, and it's going to take the whole community coming together to keep it going for generations to come!
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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 Werkhaus Pizza. 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!
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.
Gate Chair: Margaret Ungar
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These volunteers will either check IDs, help with wristbands, or take payment via cash or credit cards.
There are (2) Ticket Gates, One on Northbend and one on Davis and we need a minimum of 5 volunteers per location to keep up with the lines. We do ask that any volunteers that are handling cash be Harvest Home Fair Association or Kiwanis members, family & friends or members of local community organizations that participate with the fair. Must be 18+
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Times Needed:
Friday, Sept. 11th
4:45pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 12th
11:45am - 2:30pm
2:30pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 8:30pm
8:30pm - 11:00pm
Sunday, Sept. 13
11:45am - 2:30pm
2:30pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 8:00pm
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There are (2) Vehicle entrances to the park and due to the limited parking available we need volunteers to make sure that all vehicles that enter during the fair have the proper parking pass to get into the fairground. During the fair, what would be the 3rd entrance, on Davis Avenue is a pedestrance ticket entry and vehicle exit only.
Since these areas are disconnected from the main fair areas we use radios so that you can alert others if there are an issues or if you need help. We sign-off on service hours for those that need them.
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Times Needed:
Thursday, Sept. 10th
11:00pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday, Sept. 11th
8:00am - 11:00am
11:00am - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 12th
8:00am - 11:00am
11:00am - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday, Sept. 13
8:00am - 11:00am
11:00am - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 8:00pm
KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS
The Kitchen is one of the big money makers for the fair that allow us to invest money back into the community and it takes a lot of volunteers to run the Kitchen and we hope you'll sign up to help out!!
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In addition to running the Kitchen during the fair we have to set up the area with additional equipment a few days before the fair and take it down afterwards. During the fair we need volunteers to help with the cooking, serving, selling and cleaning up. It's a BIG job working with a great crew!
Volunteers need to be 16+ and this is a great way to get you're school's service hours in!
Gate Chair: Eileen Borgmann
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Times Needed:
Thursday, Sept. 10th
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
Friday, Sept. 11th
8:00am - 12:00pm - Set Up
2:00pm - 6:00pm - Set Up / Food Prep
6:00pm - 10:00pm - Cook & Serve
8:00pm - 11:00pm - Cook, Serve & Clean up
Saturday, Sept. 12th
8:00am - 12:00pm - Set Up
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Cook & Serve
4:00pm - 8:00pm - Set Up, Cook & Serve
8:00pm - Close - Cook, Serve & Clean up
Sunday, Sept. 13
8:00am - 12:00pm - Set Up
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Cook & Serve
4:00pm - Close - Cook, Serve & Clean up
Sign-up Here​
Flower Show
The Flower Show Committee along with members of local garden clubs handle the intake of entries and setting up the displays. We need a few volunteers to help set up the barn to be ready to receive the displays and take it town after the fair.
The duties include setting up the tables/chairs and applying the covering the tables and shelves. Lunch is included on Wednesday!
Gate Chair: Stefanie Hawk
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Times Needed:
Wednesday, Sept. 9th
8:00am - 12:00pm Set up Barn
Friday, Sept. 11th
7:45am - 11:00am - Assist with Intake
Sunday, Sept. 13
6:00pm - 8:00pm - Attendant - Return Entries
Monday, Sept. 14
8:00am - 10:30am - Tear Down
ART SHOW
Each year during the Harvest Home fair the annual Art Show offers local artists the opportunity to display their work and it takes several volunteers to turn a Barn into in an Art Studio! We need volunteers to help take in artwork, monitor the exhibit & sell raffle tickets and help return artwork to entrants at the end of the fair.
Gate Chair: Amy Smith
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Times Needed:
Wednesday, Sept. 9th
5:30pm - 7:00pm - Take in Artwork
Thursday, Sept. 10th
8:00am - 12:00pm - Take in Artwork
Friday, Sept. 11th
5:00pm - 8:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
8:00pm - 11:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
Saturday, Sept. 12th
12:00pm - 3:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
6:00pm - 8:30pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
8:30pm - 11:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
Sunday, Sept. 13
12:00pm - 3:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
6:00pm - 8:30pm - Monitor Exhibit & Sell Raffle
GENERAL EXHIBITS
Be a part of this long tradition of celebrating the hard work of our community. Whether they're growing tremendous crops to enter, bringing homemade baked goods/wines or showing stunning needlework and crafts there will be many wonderful entries that we need help putting on display!
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! We sign-off on service ours for those that need them.
Gate Chair: Maria Sonderman, Annie Wegman, Marsha Hon
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Times Needed:
Wednesday, Sept. 9th
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Set Up
Thursday, Sept. 10th
7:30am - 10:30am - 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, Sept. 11th
7:30am - 12:00pm - Assist Judges & Display Ribbons
Sunday, Sept. 13
6:45pm - 9:00pm - Return Entries
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