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Our UNBOUND Gravel event offers numerous volunteering opportunities that you can choose from based on your interests or skills. Help your community and athletes achieve their health, fitness, and bucket list goals by volunteering with us! Our volunteer program allows volunteers to work a minimum of 10 hours and bypass the 2024 lottery. Registration fees apply, you must select in the signup you are volunteering to bypass lottery, hours can be paid forward to a family or friend, volunteer hours cannot be deferred to the following year. If you have any questions, please email unboundgravel@ltevents.zendesk.com
Shifts (112)
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet Stuffing | 6:30pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Help us put together the bags that riders will receive when they come for Packet Pick Up in the two days before the race. We will be in the top floor of the Lyon County History Center. We need to stuff about 3,500 total bags! | 15/15 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet Stuffing | 6:30pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Help us put together the bags that riders will receive when they come for Packet Pick Up in the two days before the race. We will be in the top floor of the Lyon County History Center. We need to stuff about 3,500 total bags! | 16/26 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packet Stuffing | 6:30pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Help us put together the bags that riders will receive when they come for Packet Pick Up in the two days before the race. We will be in the top floor of the Lyon County History Center. We need to stuff about 3,500 total bags! | 5/20 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck Loading | 12:00pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | 12/15 | Over | |
| Packet Pickup Setup | 6:00pm (CT) | 8:00pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers are needed to assist PPU setup! Tables, Hang signage, Organize t-shirts! | 15/15 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Things Gravel Expo - Wednesday Load-In | 7:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 716 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers are needed to assist with setup and exhibitor load-in. This a physical task so wear your sneakers! The first shift will be setup and the second shift will be Check-in/Load-in of exhibitors. | 15/15 | Over |
| All Things Gravel Expo - Wednesday Load-In | 11:30am (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | 716 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers are needed to assist with setup and exhibitor load-in. This a physical task so wear your sneakers! The first shift will be setup and the second shift will be Check-in/Load-in of exhibitors. | 15/15 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNBOUND Gravel 100 & 200 Packet Pickup (Kiosk/laptop) & Bike Plate | 3:30pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers will use laptops to check in athletes and hand out packets. | 15/15 | Over |
| UNBOUND Gravel 25 & 50 Packet Pickup (Kiosk/laptop) & Bike Plate | 3:30pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers will use laptops to check in athletes and hand out packets. | 6/10 | Over |
| UNBOUND Gravel 25 & 50 Packet Pickup T-shirts and Swag | 3:30pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers will hand out t-shirts to athletes and keep the t-shirt cart stocked and organized and help with athlete swag items. | 6/6 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expo Tear Down | 6:00pm (CT) | 10:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | Assist with take down of Expo and prepare for race day. Move beer garden fencing form Expo area to Finish festival area. Assist with vendor clean up and take down. | 10/10 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshal Hwy 99 @Madison | 2:00pm (CT) | 7:00pm (CT) | Madison, KS | Help keep our riders safe as a traffic marshal for points where the courses cross fast-moving traffic! The role of our traffic marshals in the safety plan is to help keep an eye on cross traffic and make sure no riders with their heads down in race mode or otherwise... | 3/4 | Over |
| Marshal Old 50 @ Emporia | 2:00pm (CT) | 7:00pm (CT) | Emporia, KS | Help keep our riders safe as a traffic marshal for points where the courses cross fast-moving traffic! The role of our traffic marshals in the safety plan is to help keep an eye on cross traffic and make sure no riders with their heads down in race mode or otherwise... | 2/2 | Over |
| UNBOUND Gravel 200 Checkpoint #2 - Madison | 2:30pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | Madison, KS 66860 | Volunteers will be needed for setup/teardown. Also, directing crew support traffic to their assigned color selection. Some volunteers might be placed in areas to direct riders along the route through town. | 25/25 | Over |
| Finish Line Items | 3:00pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | 11 West 8th Avenue Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Cheer in our riders as they finish their events! We will have several tents set up outside the back of the finishing chute with recovery drink, snacks, and finisher items (stickers, patches, glasses, etc). It is the duty of this role to offer these nutritional amenities to riders as they... | 12/12 | Over |
| Hamilton Water Oasis | 3:00pm (CT) | 8:00pm (CT) | 102 Main Street Hamilton, Kansas 66853 | A small town oasis to save a rider's day! This course point is a spot where 200 Mile and XL riders can refill on water and buy snacks from the local convenience store and/or local fundraiser. It is not a location that riders' individual support crews are allowed to come... | 15/15 | Over |
| Marshal 12th & Commercial | 3:00pm (CT) | 7:00pm (CT) | Emporia, KS | Help keep our riders safe as a traffic marshal for points where the courses cross fast-moving traffic! The role of our traffic marshals in the safety plan is to help keep an eye on cross traffic and make sure no riders with their heads down in race mode or otherwise... | 4/4 | Over |
| USADA Chaperones | 3:00pm (CT) | 8:00pm (CT) | 11 West 8th Avenue Emporia, Kansas 66801 | You will stay with your assigned athlete after the race until they get drug tested. More information and training will be provided the day of. | 9/10 | Over |
| Finish Line Crossing Guards | 4:00pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | 11 W. 8th Ave. Emporia, LYON 66865 | Assist with keeping the finish line area clear of pedestrians. | 2/2 | Over |
| Volunteer Assistant | 5:00pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND Operations Emporia, KS 66801 | We are looking for volunteers to help with volunteer check-in. This person will be located at the UNBOUND Operations location on 11 west 8th Ave and check in volunteers, make sure they have their t-shirt and direct them to their volunteer shift. | 1/1 | Over |
| Drop Bag Pick-up | 6:00pm (CT) | 1:00am (CT) | 714 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Helping riders retrieve their supply bags that were dropped with the Crew For Hire teams. The CFH crews will deliver them to the back garage door of Unbound HQ at the alleyway. Volunteers will need to organize bags by rider bib number and help riders pick them up! | 0/12 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Cleanup Section 6 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Eureka, KS | Let's keep the Flint Hills beautiful! Help us go out the day after the UNBOUND race finish to clean up the course. And we don't mean just the dropped wrappers and ejected bottles, we mean EVERYTHING. We have found car tires, mattresses, fence posts, many many beer cans along the... | 3/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 7 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Eureka, KS | Let's keep the Flint Hills beautiful! Help us go out the day after the UNBOUND race finish to clean up the course. And we don't mean just the dropped wrappers and ejected bottles, we mean EVERYTHING. We have found car tires, mattresses, fence posts, many many beer cans along the... | 2/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 8 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Eureka, KS | Let's keep the Flint Hills beautiful! Help us go out the day after the UNBOUND race finish to clean up the course. And we don't mean just the dropped wrappers and ejected bottles, we mean EVERYTHING. We have found car tires, mattresses, fence posts, many many beer cans along the... | 2/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 9 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Eureka, KS | Let's keep the Flint Hills beautiful! Help us go out the day after the UNBOUND race finish to clean up the course. And we don't mean just the dropped wrappers and ejected bottles, we mean EVERYTHING. We have found car tires, mattresses, fence posts, many many beer cans along the... | 5/5 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck Unloading | 4:00pm (CT) | 8:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | 12/12 | Over |
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Susan Tucker wrote on February 15th, 2023
Unbound Gravel volunteering is a great experience- make new friends, understand how things work, give the riders a big welcome and calm those nerves! Best fun ever!
Susan Tucker wrote on February 15th, 2023
Unbound Gravel volunteering is a great experience- make new friends, understand how things work, give the riders a big welcome and calm those nerves! Best fun ever!
Susan Tucker wrote on February 15th, 2023
Unbound Gravel volunteering is a great experience- make new friends, understand how things work, give the riders a big welcome and calm those nerves! Best fun ever!
