Kudos to our Super Volunteers!!
We love and appreciate all of our 55 fabulous volunteers who gave their time and energy to make the 11th Annual Festival such a success! But we drink an extra glass to those of you — our SUPERSTARS — who went above and beyond and dedicated extensive time, energy and creativity to the Festival – – you guys truly rock!
Hannah – who worked three shifts (!!!), took initiative, and brought a great positive spirit!!!
Margaret – who spent countless hours creating our Reusable Cup Campaign and worked a full day from dawn to dusk at the festival!!!
Chris – who helped set up and then managed our music stage all day!!
Regina – who set up and then managed our Taste of Ballard Beer Garden all day!!
Tim – who spent countless hours helping “schlepp” stuff from storage and back to storage, set up the festival, take down the festival, run errands, and more!!
Susanna – who reached out to Ballard breweries and got eight of 11 to participate in our Beer Garden!!
Vic – who worked a full day helping out everywhere, from Beer Garden to merchandize to Green Team!!
Todd – who worked all day with uncanny motivation and zest, from set up to hospitality to Green Team to tear down!!
Alina – who helped at work parties, created our Green Home display, designed and modeled a Trash Fashion outfit, and organized, planned and activated the Kids Zone all day!!!
John – who designed, built, housed and put together our Main Stage, and designed and implemented all our electricity needs at the park!!
Christy – who pulled together the smashingly successful Trash Fashion Show from start to finish!!
Bill – who recruited activities and participants for our Urban Farm area including goats, cider pressing, bee harvesting, seed saving, cloches and straw bales. Then helped with set up on Saturday, transported our sound equipment and engineer to and from the fest, and helped out all day at the fest from set up to tear down.