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For media inquiries regarding The 27th Annual Vegetarian Food Festival, please contact media@veg.ca.

 

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 Be part of the largest vegetarian festival in North America!

All positions take place at the 27th Annual Vegetarian Food Fair from Friday, September 9th to Sunday, September 11th (unless otherwise noted).

SET-UP/TAKE-DOWN:



RETAIL MERCHANDISER

  • Duties: Setting up TVA’s exhibit spaces into fabulous display areas to promote TVA’s programs, offer free literature, and sell TVA books at the Food Festival.
  • Qualifications: Must be creative, self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision. Experience setting up retail displays or other types of displays preferred.

LOADING CREW FRIDAY

  • Duties: Loading TVA display materials, books and merchandise from the TVA office into our cargo van. Unloading materials from our cargo van at Harbourfront Centre. Transporting materials to appropriate venues at Harbourfront Centre as marked on boxes.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions and perform moderate to heavy lifting down a flight of stairs. Must travel from TVA to Harbourfront Centre once loading is done at TVA in order to complete unloading at Harbourfront Centre. TTC tokens will be provided.

LOADING CREW SUNDAY

  • Duties: Loading TVA display materials, books and merchandise from tables at Harbourfront Centre into our cargo van. Unloading materials form our cargo van at the TVA office.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions and perform moderate to heavy lifting up a flight of stairs. Must travel from TVA to Harbourfront Centre once loading is done at TVA in order to complete unloading at Harbourfront Centre. TTC tokens will be provided.


DURING EVENT:



FOOD FESTIVAL INFORMATION CUSTOMER SERVICE

  • Duties: Staffing the food festival information booth. Answering people's questions about upcoming speakers, cooking demonstrations, and helping to direct people to various exhibitors. Promoting upcoming talks and cooking demos, and generally answering attendees questions while at the fair.
  • Qualitfications: Must be outgoing and have excellent customer service skills.

BOOKSTORE CASHIERS

  • Duties: Processing payments for book sales and memberships at the TVA Bookstore.  Clearly marking and recording all purchases.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions, and be friendly and outgoing. Cashier experience preferred.


TVA BOOKSTORE SALESPERSON

  • Duties: Staffing the TVA bookstore. Helping shoppers select cookbooks and books, answering people’s questions about books and directing them to the cash for payment.
  • Qualifications: Must have knowledge of the latest vegetarian cookbooks and authors. Must be outgoing and have excellent sales and customer service skills. Volunteers with retail sales experience preferred.


TVA OUTREACH TABLER  - Must be Vegetarian

  • Duties:  Staff TVA tables where you’ll provide information regarding the organization, and the programs we offer to support vegetarians. Provide information on the benefits of vegetarianism and answer the public’s questions about TVA and a vegetarian diet. Encourage people to join TVA and handle sales of membership donations, including processing payments.
  • Qualifications: Must be outgoing and have excellent sales and customer service skills. Great verbal communication skills, friendly disposition and be knowledgeable about vegetarianism and TVA.  Must be vegetarian.

 

COSTUME WEARERS AND ASSISTANTS

  • Duties: Wearing one of TVA’s fruit/veggie costumes to promote the Food Festival. Costume Wearers will be assigned in pairs (1 costume wearer and 1 assistant) to roam the site at the Food Fair and apply temporary tattoos to interested patrons or distribute programs and vegetarian directories. Please note in your application if you’re interested in being a costume wearer or assistant, and if there is someone you would like to be paired with.
  • Qualifications: Must be friendly, outgoing, and willing to wear a costume. Must be willing to have your picture taken by Food Festival visitors.


THEATRE ASSISTANTS

  • Duties: Distributing survey forms to visitors as they enter the lecture/workshop venue at the Food Festival. Collecting completed survey forms as visitors leave. Recording attendance to all lectures and workshops and reporting this information back to TVA staff.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions.



VOLUNTEER CHECK IN ASSISTANTS

  • Duties: Assisting TVA staff with checking in and checking out TVA volunteers at the Food Festival.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions and help volunteers in a friendly manner. Excellent customer service skills and a friendly, outgoing demeanor required.


VEGGIE CHALLENGE  CREW -  Must be Vegetarian

  • Duties: Explaining the Veggie Challenge to the public at the Food Festival and encouraging people to participate.
  • Qualifications: Must be vegetarian. Must have excellent verbal communications skills and a strong understanding of vegetarian issues. Volunteers will be asked to complete the Veggie Challenge prior to the food festival if you have not already done so.  http://www.veggiechallenge.com


COOKING DEMO CAPTAIN - NEW!

  • Duties: Assisting the Cooking Demo Manager and taking the lead in organizing/orienting ushers and food prep assistants.  Being on call for duties that come up throughout the day, allowing the Cooking Demo Manager to take breaks throughout the day.
  • Qualifications: Experience working with cooking demos in the past, willing to commit to one full day (with breaks) in the cooking demo area.


COOKING DEMO USHERS - NEW!

  • Duties: Recording attendance to all sessions and reporting this information back to TVA staff. Assisting visitors in finding their seats. Arranging book signings at the end of cooking demo sessions.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions and perform general cleaning tasks, including some light lifting.


COOKING DEMO FOOD PREP ASSISTANTS - NEW!

  • Duties: Cleaning the cooking demo area and demo equipment in the cooking demo venue at the Food Fair. Helping cooking demonstrators with setup, teardown, and all other items as needed. Distributing demo samples to the public.
  • Qualifications: Must be able to follow instructions and perform general cleaning tasks, including some light lifting.


PROGRAM DISTRIBUTORS - Family- Friendly Position

  • Duties: Distributing free Food Fair programs to visitors entering the Food Fair. Program Distributors will typically be assigned in pairs to stand at specific entrance areas at the Food Fair.  Some Programs Distributors will also be asked to go off site and hand out programs in the neighbourhood/at the ferry docks.
  • Qualifications: Must be friendly and outgoing. Parents and children may volunteer together.


EXHIBITOR SERVICES ATTENDANT

  • Duties:  hand out parking passes to exhibitors. Respond quickly to inquiries. Inspect booths to make sure they are in compliance with Food Fair Exhibitor Policies.
  • Qualifications: good verbal communication skills, exceptional time management skills and professional demeanor.


TVA EXPERT (FLOATER)       Must be vegetarian.

  • Duties: This is an “on-call” position for experienced TVA volunteers who can fill in for a variety of volunteer positions in the case of no-shows or volunteer shortages. Positions may include tabling, cashiers, program distributors, volunteer checkin and veggie challenge crew.
  • Qualifications: Must be vegetarian. Must have experience volunteering with TVA, and must complete TVA’s Key Messages Online Training if not yet completed. Should be flexible, outgoing and have great customer service skills.


TVA BOOTH CAPTAIN – NEW!

  • Duties: Taking a leadership role at the TVA Information Booth for a full day or more at the Festival. Acting as a mentor to new volunteers, offering tips for engaging people and answering questions about technical things such as how to process a membership. Ensuring that everyone is aware of the goals for the day and motivating other volunteers to reach those goals.
  • Qualifications: Must have experience volunteering at TVA outreach events, and have completed some form of TVA training. Must be outgoing, have excellent verbal communication skills, friendly disposition and be knowledgeable about vegetarianism and TVA.  Must be vegetarian.
  • Time Commitment Required: Booth captains are expected to commit to being on site at the Food Festival for at least one full day. During that day, they will be expected to spend 30 minutes once every three hours at the TVA booth, when they will meet with the other volunteers, go over the goals and answer any questions volunteers have.


BOOKSTORE MANAGER – NEW!

  • Duties: Overseeing the TVA Bookstore for a full day or more at the Festival. Acting as a mentor to new volunteers, answering questions about technical things such as processing sales, and ensuring that the shelves are well stocked. Ensuring that everyone is aware of the goals for the day and motivating other volunteers to reach those goals.
  • Qualifications: Must have knowledge of the latest vegetarian cookbooks and authors. Must be outgoing and have excellent sales, customer service and communication skills. Must have experience volunteering at TVA outreach events.
  • Time Commitment Required: Bookstore managers are expected to commit to being on site at the Food Festival for at least one full day. During that day, they will be expected to spend 30 minutes once every three hours at the bookstore  when they will meet with the other volunteers, check if shelves need restocking, go over the goals and answer any questions volunteers have.