4th of July Volunteer Opportunities

We need your help! It takes about 200 volunteers to make the Kirkland 4th of July event a community success.  Make it a family affair!  Celebrate in the best way possible by donating your time and help us make this day our best yet!

How do you volunteer?  Send us an email and tell us what you’d like to volunteer for!  We’ll confirm your spot or give you options.

Email here:  pennysweet@verizon.net  Or phone 425-765-5576

Here are the OPPORTUNITIES:


Tuesday, July 1 4:00 PM 6:00 PM Need 6 volunteers.  Early prep for the kids and volunteers at The Grape Choice by folding and organizing the volunteer t-shirts, getting all the tattoos, pinwheels and decorations ready for the kids event.        


Wednesday,JJulyy   

12:00 - 1:30 PM at the Marina Park Auxiliary parking lot. We need 6 volunteers to put together and “sign” the barricades.

1:00 - 2:30 PM  at the Marina Park Auxiliary parking lot we need 10 bodies and 5 pickup trucks to put them out.

6 PM Pre meeting for staging volunteers at the Grape Choice.  



Thursday, July 3

12:00 – 1:30 PM We need 6 people for 1.5 hrs to decorate light poles and put up flags.   Phase one of decorating Help us make Kirkland beautiful for the parade!  Have a ladder?

2:00 - 4:00 PM Help make Boutonnieres at the Grape Choice. We need 12 people to make flower boutonnieres for our Veterans, active service members and POW’s.  You’ll leave ready to set up your own florist



Friday, July 4

7:30 - 9:00 AM 12 people needed if you have a truck that helps.! Stake and sign participant numbers for the parade participants.  You get to mark the spots for the parade entries; we have the tools and if you have a pick up truck that will help!

8:00 - 9:30 AM Decorate the Town.  We need 12 volunteers to join us at 8:00 to put the final touches on downtown with streamers and balloons.  Bring a ladder!

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM we need 10 people with a take no prisoners’ attitude to help all those parade entries find their spots in the lineup, an organized fast thinking on your feet person likes this fast and furious job.  This requires a pre meeting, (6PM Thursday night) at the Grape Choice for radio instruction and logistics.

9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon  Children’s Decorating – Marina Park Pavilion – Need 10 volunteers to help with the tattoos and making up the kids and their bikes and then we need walkers in the parade to help make sure no one wanders off.

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM-ish Parade Route Monitors – We need about 50 of you to keep things running smoothly while the parade is going on.  We’ll have a quick training session before the parade.  This is one of our most important and most fun opportunities.

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Rotary Picnic - Need 6 volunteers for 2 hr volunteer shifts

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Barricade Pick Up – We need 4 people with trucks and 4 people to help pick up.  This takes less than an hour and makes clean up so much easier the next day. 
        


Saturday,JJuly55 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Clean Up – We need 10 volunteers to come and help clean up Marina Park and the Parade Route.  It goes quickly and is a great way to rehash the 4th of July stories from the day before.


Thank you in advance!

Questions?  Email us at pennysweet@verizon.net