And so, Preciousses of The Lake. We arrive at our final Volunteer Sneaky Peak. I know - its like the last episode of Season 3 of Game of Thrones - you just dont know what youre going to do without all that excitement until Season 4 comes along. A great chasm of blackness and depression looms... But fear not, little ones: At Lakeview our crazed and seething minds are always a-froth with new and exciting ideas. We wont be quiet for long. So. We are Talking Tokens (note, this is different from Talking Tolkiens, which involves hobbitses, orcses and other whatsitses. We dont have any of those at Lakeview. Only Kookaburrases). There are various tasks associated with tokens, which transform them from a reeking pile of sweaty plastic into sanitary, ordered rows. Handing the no. 1 Lakeview Runner a token that says 173 would not end well. Bad words would be said. In fact, it would be Handbags At Dawn. So the tokens must be sorted and placed in numerically ordered rows so that they can be handed out correctly at the next parkrun, and parkrunners can go home without doing violence. If your spices are ordered alphabetically, your spanners sorted by size, or your coins piled by denomination, this could be the job for you. You should be able to count without the use of your fingers (although moving your lips is acceptable). You will also require the constitution of an ox and be fully up to date with your shots - handling those things is about as safe as swimming in the Okavango swamp naked, sampling a tasty streetside bowl in downtown Delhi, or a wild night out in Amsterdam. In short, Penicillin may be required. You are going to find this hard to believe, but some parkrunners actually FORGET THEIR BARCODES! Some less evil individuals have barcodes that for some reason wont scan. The Forgetful dont get a time, but the Smudged may receive mercy. Their names and details must be recorded by hand. The results must be manually entered by the RD later. This is the job of Token Support volunteers. They must be able to do all their letters without drooling as this smudges the result sheet. They should also be able to do their letters without muttering as this frightens the children and the wildlife. Another task reserved for only the most highly skilled... And so you see, parkrunners, volunteering is easy. Why, it is like frolicking in an angels armpit; like combing a gorillas chest; like tickling a kittehs tummy. Its easy. Its crazy fun. Its soothing and satisfying and life-enhancing. You meet amazing people (and we medicate the mad ones). So come and join us - speak to any of the Run Directors or their minions at any of the events and give a little back to parkrun
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:30:41 +0000
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