VIP Special Projects MS Walk Corrections

[VIP Special Projects]

*Hey Volunteers!!!*

*The previous email regarding the MS Walk had a couple of mistakes. Here is
the revised email!*

*Walk MS- May 3rd, 2009 - Meadowbrook Park *- *Urbana, IL*

The Walk MS, coordinated by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, is an
opportunity to join the thousands of people walking and volunteering in your
community on Sunday, May 3 at the Meadowbrook Park located on S Race St & W
Windsor Rd in Urbana, IL. The proceeds from the event will benefit the more
than 20,000 people living with MS in Illinois. The Walk will be from *9am-
12pm*:
*
Duties*
*Greeters* - Welcome and direct walkers to the appropriate areas; ensure
that registration lines are moving quickly and walkers have all registration
materials completed; answer questions

*Registration* - Check in walkers; collect pledge envelopes, answer
questions

*Breakfast *(if applicable) - Set up supplies; prepare and serve
refreshments; keep area clean

*Volunteer Tent *- Check in registered volunteers; distribute T-shirts to
volunteers and hold onto lost and found items

*Traffic Control *- Hang directional signs; direct cars to parking spaces;
direct walkers and volunteers to site; answer questions

*Route Support *– Pick up walkers along the route and bring them to the
finish line (must have an Illinois drivers license and a minivan and/or
large sedan)

*Rest Stop* - Set up rest stop supplies; prepare and re-stock snacks and
refreshments for walkers; keep rest stop clean at all times; answer
questions

*Communications *- Have your own radio equipment and group of volunteers to
be stationed at different points along the route, monitor and report
progress to designated site leadership


If you are interested in volunteering or want to learn more about the event,
please go to www.WalkMSillinois.org <http://www.walkmsillinois.org/>. The
deadline for registration is *APRIL 20th* so please sign up early if you are
interested. *Please email me ASAP with what day you plan on registering and
what you would like to do for the event (i.e., volunteer tent, registration,
etc.). We will be providing transportation to the event as a group, so it is
important that you email me*. As always, there are semester incentives :).

*Registration instructions are as follows:*
 1. Go to www.WalkMSillinois.org <http://www.walkmsillinois.org/>
2. Click on "Register Now"
3. Select "Urbana" and from there select "Register as a Volunteer"
4. Select "Volunteer- Urbana/Champaign" and Next
5. Fill out all the information needed. On question 9, select "A member of a
volunteer group" and in 10, write in "*Volunteer Illini Projects: Special
Projects*". Fill out the appropriate shift time and the task duty
interested.
6. Once everything is filled out click on next step, read the terms then
click on agree.

*If you have further questions or comments, feel free to email me*!
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Sheena Johnson
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Volunteer Illini Projects
Special Projects Director 2009
vip.special.projects at gmail.com
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