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VOLUNTEERING AT LE MONDIAL CHORAL

If you wish to break with the hustle of every day life and experience something new, why not share your talents and your know-how with our team. You’ll meet generous and interesting people and you will find growth and experience the thrill of participating in an event the size of ours.

Time spent with us at the Mondial Choral is not only time well spent, it is time well invested.   

If you are dynamic and filled with joy; if you are always ready to be part of a team and have a flexible schedule, join us. We are looking for passionate, generous people as yourself. You need only be 16 years and older and have a minimum of four hours to give us. By volunteering, you will ensure that our beloved event is a success.

A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM 

To help you choose what and how you can help us, here is a description of the many responsibilities volunteers share in organizing the grandest choral gathering in North America: Le Mondial Choral Loto-Québec in Laval.

From June 20 to June 29

1. Accompanying guest choirs (for both indoor and outdoor sites)
   Acting as dedicated hosts for visiting choirs is central to those choirs’ appreciation of their stay with us. To this end, our volunteers are expected to
   
   • Answer choristers and choir leader’s questions and requests
   • Make sure choristers are well taken care of
   • Take choirs to their destinations
   • Encourage and make choirs feel welcome and safe
2. Arrival and Accreditation
   Our Accreditation center is at the heart of choirs’ stay with us. As they arrive in Laval, all choirs are asked to visit the center. Volunteers at this post must:
   
   • Welcome choirs
   • Give basic information about the stay and the city
   • Answer choristers’ questions and requests
3. Souvenir shops (both indoor and outdoor)
   Paraphernalia is sold on our site. Volunteers must:
   
   • Follow kiosque protocol
   • Sell paraphernalia and occasional guest merchandise
   • Hold inventory
   • Give out basic information to guests and patrons 
4. Venues (halls, churches and chapels)
   Volunteers are always on site and make sure activities are held as scheduled. They must:
   
   • Welcome choirs
   • Work as relay person between choir leaders and technical crew on site and MC.
   • Partake in parking responsibilities on site
   • Sell and distribute water to patrons and, in some cases, receive non mandatory monetary participation from the crowd
   • Accueillir le public
   • Distribute our event’s official program
   • Fill out Surveys
   • Make sure the venue is clean and classy
5. Tending to the needs of our guest Stars
   We take care of our guest stars as best we can. Our volunteers are asked to:
   
   • Prepare catering
   • Welcome guest stars
   • Answer requests and questions
6. Cafeteria (Choir Headquarters)
   Volunteers serve hot meal and partake in the uptake of headquarters and Cafeteria. They must:
   
   • Prepare Cafeteria before meals
   • Serve meals
   • Inform guests on our menu 
   • Maintain cleanliness
7. Surveys (indoor and outdoor)
   To better serve our patrons, we proceed with regular surveys during our event. To this end, volunteers must:
   
   • Collect information on every site
   • Inform patrons on our programming

Volunteering, a year long cause
We can also use your help the whole year through. Whether to handle the phone, to partake in the preparation of databases or in the promotion of the event, we can always use a hand.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of every volunteer
* Volunteers are ambassadors of our event. Their actions and words are not meant to put down our event but to better it.
* Volunteers are to seek staff members before deciding on questionable situations.
* Volunteers must be honest and efficient.
* Volunteers must be open about the reasons that have inspired them to participate.
* Volunteers must be willing to follow directives and be supervised.
* Volunteers must feel free to share their ideas and suggestions to supervisors and staff members.
* Volunteers must think of the consequences of their actions and the reflexion of those actions on them and on our event, including actions that may not concord with our pledge to sustainable development.
* Advise staff members and supervisors in the case of any absence.

Responsibilities of our staff members
* Assign tasks that fit our volunteers’ experience and wishes.
* Make sure volunteers have all the information they need to do their job.
* Consider all volunteers as full members of our Mondial Family.
* Listen to volunteers.
* Be thankful for volunteers’ participation and support.

PRIVILEGES

To show our appreciation to all our volunteers, many privileges are granted to those who invest time in energy in us. 

Basics
* Volunteer t-shirt
* 25% discount on all paraphernalia on opening night NEW!

Meals 
* A meal will be offered to those who work more than 4 hours on site between 9h00  and 19h00. NEW! 
 
Parking
* Parking will be provided at Collège Montmorency or at Centropolis for those hours you volunteer upon presentation of badges.

Personal Growth
* As a volunteer, you get to share your abilities and your knowledge with our team
* You make new friends
* You contribute in our event’s endgame: success

INFORMATION AND TRAINING SESSIONS

Monthly information and training sessions will begin in March. You may learn what the Mondial Choral Loto-Québec can mean to you at these informative assemblies.

Informative sessions

Centre communautaire Saint-Louis-de-Montford
25, St-Louis Street, Laval ROOM 105

St-Louis Street is situated 3 streets north of De la Concorde boulevard, east side from Des Laurentides boulevard.

Tuesday, March 18^th at 7PM 
Tuesday, April 8^th at 7PM
Wedesday, May 7^th at 7PM

Reserving your place is mandatory. To do so, please contact Valérie Gagnon.

Information sessions are not compulsory to volunteer at the Mondial Choral Loto-Québec. However, the Mondial Choral Loto-Québec’s organizing committee cordially invites you to these information sessions to tell you all you need to know about the festival’s fourth edition.

Training session
Sunday, June 8^th, 2008

It is in everyone’s interest that you acquire all necessary information to effectively fill out your functions and tasks.

When subscribing as a volunteer for the Mondial Choral, you will automatically be registered to the electronic newspaper La Note du Mondial that will keep you well informed about the Mondial Choral’s activities.

If you have any question or comment, do not hesitate to contact Valérie Gagnon 514.935.9229 extension 232, or by electronic mail at vgagnon@mondialchoral.org

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