VOLUNTEER for HARVEST FEST at Palmer Park - 2024

Volunteer all day, or for a few hours. We appreciate all help!

In the morning, 10 am-12:30 pm:

• we will be setting up tents, tables and chairs
• getting the grill going to roast the corn
• setting up pumpkins in the patch and scarecrows in the garden
• clean up and preparing the site for the event

Shift 1: 12:30-3 pm

• Helping children pick and decorate pumpkins
• Arts & Crafts: decorating the pumpkins and making nature crowns
• Coloring & creating "my story" books for kids
• Serving cider, apples, donuts
• Grilling and serving corn-on-the cob
• Entertainment coordinating
• Supervising safety at the petting zoo
• Helping with the Hayrides (including riding, helping children get on and off the flatbed, etc.)

Shift 2: 3-5:30

• Same as above, but includes clean up and breakdown

Clean Up: 4-5:30 (a few more folks to help breakdown the tents, tables, etc.)

Harvest Fest, a free, all ages family-friendly festival presented by People for Palmer Park, will celebrate the turn of seasons with dance, music, storytelling, art-making, pumpkin picking, and harvest-related foods on Saturday, September 21 from 1-4 pm in Palmer Park (set up beings at 10 am and breakdown at 4 pm), in the lawn adjacent to the Palmer Park Community Center, 990 Merrill Plaisance, Detroit, 48203.

Host or Publisher People for Palmer Park