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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 2025 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
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Shifts (100)
| 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! | 16/15 | 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! | 27/28 | 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! | 19/20 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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! | 14/15 | Over |
| Truck Loading | 12:00pm (CT) | 5:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | 15/15 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Things Gravel Expo - Wednesday Load-In | 7:00am (CT) | 1:00pm (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.  | 11/15 | Over |
| All Things Gravel Expo - Wednesday Load-In | 12:30pm (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.  | 14/15 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Things Gravel Expo - Thursday | 12:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | 11 West 8th Avenue Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers will be needed for Exhibitor Check-in/Load-in, info booth and directional help. This a physical task so wear your sneakers! | 8/8 | Over |
| All Things Gravel Expo - Thursday | 3:30pm (CT) | 8:00pm (CT) | 716 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers will be needed for Exhibitor Check-in/Load-in, info booth and directional help. This a physical task so wear your sneakers! | 8/8 | Over |
| UNBOUND 100 & 200 PPU T-Shirts, Crew Support Lanyards and Swag | 9:00am (CT) | 1:00pm (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Volunteers are needed to hand out t-shirts and help athletes with swag bag items, and keep tables stocked. | 10/10 | 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. | 25/25 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Emporia Traffic Marshals | 2:30pm (CT) | 7:30pm (CT) | UNBOUND Operations Center Emporia, KS 66801 | It is the role of downtown traffic marshals to ensure no wayward automotive drivers find their way to the end of the race course. New for 2024, we will have full road closures from the edge of town all the way to the finish line. This is still a long... | 15/15 | Over |
| Downtown Emporia Traffic Marshals | 7:00pm (CT) | 11:59pm (CT) | UNBOUND Operations Center Emporia, KS 66801 | It is the role of downtown traffic marshals to ensure no wayward automotive drivers find their way to the end of the race course. New for 2024, we will have full road closures from the edge of town all the way to the finish line. This is still a long... | 2/10 | 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! | 12/12 | Over |
| Finish Line Items | 9:00am (CT) | 3:00pm (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... | 15/15 | 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... | 15/15 | Over |
| Finish Line Items | 9:00pm (CT) | 3:00am (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... | 6/6 | Over |
| Saturday Morning 25 & 50 Packet Pickup | 7:00am (CT) | 9:00am (CT) | 711 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 | Check in 25 and 50 Mile and hand out t-shirts to athletes and swag | 12/12 | Over |
| Finish Line Crossing Guards Afternoon | 4:00pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | Assist with keeping the finish line area clear of pedestrians. | 8/8 | Over |
| Finish Line Crossing Guards | 11:00am (CT) | 1:30pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | Assist with keeping the finish line area clear of pedestrians. | 6/8 | Over |
| Finish Line Crossing Guards Evening | 6:30pm (CT) | 9:00pm (CT) | Assist with keeping the finish line area clear of pedestrians. | 5/20 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Cleanup Section 10 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Alta Vista, KS | -Near Alta Vista- 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... | 5/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 9 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Alma, KS | -Near Alma/Alta Vista- 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... | 5/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 8 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Alma, KS | -Near Alma- 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... | 4/5 | Over |
| Course Cleanup Section 7 | 8:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Alma, KS | -Near Alma- 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... | 5/5 | Over |
| Truck Unloading | 9:30am (CT) | 1:00pm (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | 12/12 | Over |
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canceled | 10:00am (CT) | 10:01am (CT) | UNBOUND HQ Warehouse Emporia, KS 66801 | This shift is no longer needed. We appreciate your willingness to help out. Have a great summer! | 6/0 | Over |
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Nyla Gibbons wrote on February 29th, 2024
I have heard that organizations can volunteer and receive a donation to the organization. Is this a possibility?
