Volunteer Opportunities

Wide assortment of roles still available on Challenge Day!

What's better than participating in the Challenge? Volunteering for it!

Saturday, June 19, is our annual Rachel Carson Trail Challenge. We have some vital volunteer roles that are still up for grabs. Please consider helping out! You'll get a cool Rachel Carson T-shirt, karma points for volunteering and a guaranteed good time! (Karma will seal the deal for getting into next year's Challenge) You may sign up via our online Volunteer Roster.

Some of the roles that are still available include:

Friends and Family Hike: work at the check-in table
Trail sweeps
Supervisor at Sample Rd "mini" aid station
Recorders (scanning ID tags of participants)
Announcers
Picnic set-up help at Harmar Pavilion; transporting supplies in particular. (Contact: dstolz@pitt.edu or text at 412-303-6102)
Log Cabin checkpoint: aids and water marshals
Shaffer Run Rd checkpoint: aids and water marshals
Cooks and aides at the finish

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Donna Stolz (call or text: 412-303-6102). Donna is happy to provide more details and information.

There will be a Volunteer Meeting on Monday, June 14. Click here for details.

Please go to our Volunteer Roster to secure your volunteer spot or to read descriptions of all the volunteer roles available. (if prompted for credentials, use rctc for user name and password)

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