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I started preliminary planning for the backyard haunt for next year. It's a Halloween night-only, backyard haunt. Last year was our first year, and despite low turn-out, I would consider it a success. I had a blast! Of course, I want to do better next year.
One thing I want to do is organize my volunteers earlier and more effectively. I asked as many people as I could last year, and ended up with a small handful of people. I would love at least 10 volunteers from family and friends. After I chatted about how much fun it was last year, a number of people said to give them more notice and they would really enjoy volunteering.
I got to thinking, how do you all manage/organize volunteers? How intensely do you work with actors to play their part? Do you feed them? Do you give them any gifts as a thank you? I provided costumes, but do you allow/encourage volunteers to bring their own if they want to?
Last year everything was very rushed, especially the eating part. I put my husband in charge of ordering pizza, and instead of calling like a regular person, he had to order it with his fancy new Iphone app. Of course, it went wrong and nobody ate until just before the ToT's came. I would love the idea of actually cooking a Halloween meal (baked pumpkin, perhaps) and having everybody sit down, but that seems like more work that I don't need.
So, what do you do? What are some ways to keep the volunteers coming back every year? Thanks friends!
One thing I want to do is organize my volunteers earlier and more effectively. I asked as many people as I could last year, and ended up with a small handful of people. I would love at least 10 volunteers from family and friends. After I chatted about how much fun it was last year, a number of people said to give them more notice and they would really enjoy volunteering.
I got to thinking, how do you all manage/organize volunteers? How intensely do you work with actors to play their part? Do you feed them? Do you give them any gifts as a thank you? I provided costumes, but do you allow/encourage volunteers to bring their own if they want to?
Last year everything was very rushed, especially the eating part. I put my husband in charge of ordering pizza, and instead of calling like a regular person, he had to order it with his fancy new Iphone app. Of course, it went wrong and nobody ate until just before the ToT's came. I would love the idea of actually cooking a Halloween meal (baked pumpkin, perhaps) and having everybody sit down, but that seems like more work that I don't need.
So, what do you do? What are some ways to keep the volunteers coming back every year? Thanks friends!