Opportunities From: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Unloading and distributing supplies, setting up tents, tables, and chairs, hanging banners and signage, decorating tents and tables.

Assist staff in managing the check-in, paperwork and assignment of volunteers. Volunteers will be looking to you to help guide them to their assignment location and to review their volunteer responsibilities, as well as answer any questions they may have.

As a First Aid & CPR certified volunteer your responsibility is to use your training in the event of minor medical incidents. If there is a medical emergency, please dial 911.

Welcome participants with excellent customer service, help participants register if they have not yet done so, provide information on how to make donations, receive donations, and answer any questions they have.

Helping staff with various tasks throughout the event, setting up/tearing down event site, communicating with other volunteers, filling in for others on an "as needed" basis.

Marking event route with signage to indicate the direction participants should follow. Often this task is completed in collaboration with a staff member, committee member, or another volunteer utilizing a vehicle or golf cart.

Set up and organize food service area, handing out food to participants, cleaning up area and putting away supplies. Keep food and beverage stations set up and stocked throughout the day.

Formerly known as “Living With MS,” The Center is an area where Walk MS participants can find information about how the MS Society can support them. Volunteers help set up and break down the area, help manage supplies during the event and speak to participants who come to the Center.

Set up the area, manage supplies and keep them stocked for the duration of the event. This area has Bibs that participants can decorate and share their reason for participating in Walk MS.

Set up the area, manage supplies and keep them stocked for the duration of the event. This area has Bibs that participants can decorate and share their reason for participating in Walk MS.

Roamers will “wander” through the crowd with baskets of circle fans, passing them out to participants, volunteers, sponsors, and staff. The tent volunteer role involves setting up, taking down, and managing the Circles of Support tent. Additionally, volunteers here help participants understand what the circles represent and how to use them during the Program.

Top Fundraiser Volunteers will help with: 

TFA Registration:  

This opportunity is registration specific to our Top Fundraiser Area. The participants registering here are our highest fundraisers of the year, and have a spot reserved in our Top Fundraiser Area (TFA). Volunteers will help with normal registration duties like assisting with check-in, handing out credentials, answering questions, and possibly taking donations. Volunteers for this position must be at least 18 years old and pass a background check.  

TFA Greeters:  

Within the Top Fundraiser Area there will be a station set up for photos. There will not be a specific photographer assigned to this area, so the TFA Photo Area Volunteers will assist the participants in using the photo area. This includes inviting participants to use the photo area, showing them various props, and using their personal camera/phone to take the photos. Being a part of the TFA Food and Beverage team means you help with the set up and tear down of the food and beverage area, and man the station for the duration of the event. Snacks and beverages vary from event to event, but self-serve snacks should be lain out and replenished periodically. If coffee is not self-serve, please serve as participants would like some. It is also important to keep this area clean. 

Gather testimonials, in-person interviews during the event or distributing the Volunteer Interview flyer to participants and volunteers during the event. You’ll work with the Volunteer Photographer to make sure we have a photo of the participant/volunteer being interviewed.

Use personal photography equipment to capture event photos and upload quality capture to the Society’s Flickr Group Account. Volunteer Photographers are expected to share full rights to digital media and will be asked to focus on a Shot List, provided prior to the event.

Set up/taking down Rest Stop. Welcoming and encouraging participants, serving beverages, icing down beverages, and replenishing supplies as needed, keeping hydration area clean

Hydration Station volunteers get to be a smiling face and a source of water on the Walk MS route! Volunteers are in charge of the set up and tear down of the hydration area, often at the half way point on the walk route. Some routes may have 1 station, others may have 2. Be an encouraging face along the route and restock beverages as needed. Try to keep the area around the hydration station relatively clean throughout the walk.

Shuttle participants along the route as needed. If driving a vehicle, prior training and approval required. If driving a golfcart, individual must be 16 years of age

Stand at the start/finish line to cheer on participants as they begin and finish the route. Some supplies may be provided but feel free to bring signs or cheering swag from home to the event.

Picking up event route with signage. Often this task is completed in collaboration with a staff member, committee member, or another volunteer utilizing a vehicle or golf cart.

Packing up and loading supplies, taking down tents, tables, chairs, decorations, banners and signage.