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Welcome to the Virginia Regional Festival of FLIGHT! This is the 11th annual Fly-In sponsored by the Virginia Aviation Council and our first at Suffolk Airport (SFQ). Volunteers are the life-blood of the Virginia Regional Festival of FLIGHT. We could not have our Fly-In without the support of a dedicated group of individuals who give their time to make this event a success. Since we have moved our location to Suffolk, many of our volunteers at Petersburg may not be available to help out in our new location. We are working to add volunteers from the Tidewater area in 2008. Information in this guide is intended to help make our Festival more enjoyable for you. We have a variety of jobs available that cover all aspects of the Fly-In. You do not have to be a pilot, all that is required is a love of aviation and a volunteer spirit. We even have a variety of jobs for people with limited mobility. A brief description of the volunteer jobs may be found here.
Our on-line registration form is set up to collect just enough information to allow us to contact you and your preferences for volunteer jobs. Your personal information will remain private and will only be used for the Fly-In activities. If you register at least five days before the Fly-In, you should receive a confirmation card showing your job selections. You may also print a copy of the registration form and mail it to our Volunteer Coordinator, instructions are on the form. If at any time you need to make changes to your registration form/availability contact Donald Reid. Specific descriptions of the jobs, schedules, duties, and what to expect can be found in the Committee List on the website. Questions can be directed to individual Committee Heads or to our Volunteer Coordinator, Judy Pastusek. Most of the shift assignments are broken down into 4-hour segments, 8AM to Noon and Noon to 4PM, but there are some exceptions. Please refer to the registration area of the website for the basic schedule for each volunteer area and contact information. When you arrive at the Fly-In, please check in with the on-field Volunteer Coordinator, Judy Pastusek, in the Volunteer Tent. There will be a list of all our pre-registered volunteers as well as areas where we still need help. She will send you to the correct committee head to direct your activities. We certainly accept walk-in volunteers but scheduling is much easier when we know who is planning to attend. It also makes it easier to plan for lunches and dinners. Our volunteers are welcome to use the Pancake Breakfast tent as a place where you can sit down throughout the day to get out of the sun and rest. During the Fly-In, we try to take care of the needs of our volunteer staff with lunches and cold water, but don’t forget to bring anything else that you might need such as:
Our Luau Dinner, 6:00PM Saturday Night, is free for those registered volunteers who have worked at least four hours before or during the Fly-In, or are scheduled to work at least four hours with the field take-down crew on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Our own Carrie Shedd and her volunteers prepare the dinner. It will be held on the field beginning at 6:00PM. We usually have a dinner speaker with interesting topics for all. We will post additional information when it becomes available. If you have further questions please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Judy Pastusek or call her at (703) 271-8008. |