The Green Neighbors Education Committee, Inc.

GNEC will take the lead in organizing volunteers for set up and tear down. Does your organization have a volunteer program? Would you be willing to get Boston GreenFest 2016 listed as an event to volunteer at?

 

Boston GreenFest Set up and Tear down Crews

Boston GreenFest is the Northeast’s largest FREE ecological, multi-cultural music fest with performances to entertain you, speakers and over 100 GREEN exhibits to inform you.

 

 

 

            Set up crew:  Starts on Boston GreenFest Thursday, August 18th, at 10:00 AM. Meet in front of the three Flag Poles in front of Boston City Hall’s main entrance.

 

 

Lightgivers – Using a step ladder, place two clip-on spot lamps in each of the vendor and Welcome desk tents.

The lamps should be in the upper corners of the tent. Do not place them diagonally across from each other.

Keep them on the same side. For stability, clamp the lights onto the guy wire supporting the tent near the loop.

Run a tie-wrap through the guy-wire loop and around the lamp securing the lamp to the guy wire. Attach both

lamp cords to an extension cord. Tuck the lamp cords and if necessary the extension cord behind the pipe sup-

porting the tent canopy. Use tie-wraps if needed. Connect the extension cord to the heavy-duty extension cord

on the ground. Run heavy-duty extension cords to the power cords the City has set up. Use triple outlet heads

where necessary. Test the lights. (Really very easy.)

 

 

Table Titans – Set up folding tables in the tents. Unfold the legs and stand them up. Place six (6) tables on each

side of the twenty by forty-foot tents leaving a corridor down the middle. Place one (1) table in each of the ten

foot tents.

 

Chairleaders – Push stacks of chairs on four-wheel dollies over to the tents. Unfold and set-up three (3) chairs

at each table. Put the dollies into the Eco-tent when you are done.

 

 

 

           

 

Tear down: We start at 4:00 PM on the last day of Boston GreenFest, Sunday, August 21st .  Meet at the Flag Poles in front of Boston City Hall on the plaza.

 

 

 

Lightbinders – Using a step ladder, take down the clamp-on lamps and extension cords. With a partner to hand items down to, cut the tie-wraps with wire cutters or scissors or a knife. Unclamp the lamps. Wrap the cord around the lamp and place in large green contractor bag.  Roll up the extension and heavy-duty cords and bag them as well. When done, bring the bags to a pod to be secured.

 

Table Knockers – Knock ‘em down. Put the tables on their sides, fold up their legs and stack them on the ground, top up. Do not stack them more than five high.

 

Chairbenders – Fold up and stack folding chairs. Place them on the four-wheel dollies. The chairs fit together when stacked. Do not stack more than 20 chairs high. Push the stacked chairs that are on the dollies over to the Isaac’s truck.

 

Contact Owen Toney to sign up for the set-up or tear down crews.
Call 617-427-6293 or email otoney@comcast.net and tell me the team you want to be on.

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Download the flyer and share it with your lists: 

 

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Sign up for some of the other Volunteer opportunities with us at Boston GreenFest 2016! Go to: http://bostongreenfest.org/volunteer.html

 

 

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Please stop by the Green Neighbors booth and sign up to share your Green Tech skills with the students at the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (Owen's alma mater) and/or to teach with our programs in Liberia!

 

 

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In 2014:

The Green Neighbors will sponsor two other events at Boston GreenFest 2014:

• Solar Cellphone Charger workshop - In this two hour workshop we will build a small solar cell phone charger that will recharge any cell phone except the Apple iPhone (since that phone has a special circuit to check that the charger is a Real, /authentic Apple device).  We will also talk about how photovoltaic cells operate and how they are made.  Dr. Richard Komp, the workshop presenter will use his more than 30 years of experience in the solar industry to answer any questions you might have about solar cells and the solar industry.  The workshop is free but a participant will be able to take home one of the solar chargers for a $25 fee. Register at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solar-cellphone-charger-workshop-registration-12536895191

 

• Green Agriculture seminar - Join Dr. Richard Komp, Solar Scientist and inventor, as he gives a talk on his adventures connecting green technology and techniques with agriculture around the world. Register at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-agriculture-seminar-registration-12537699597