It's less than a month until the Amgen Tour of California begins and volunteers are still needed for the cycling event that rolls out Feb. 17. The Tour is a huge, moving campaign that relies on volunteers to keep it going.
Many of the volunteers are drawn from the host communities where the eight-stage bicycle race begins for finishes for the day. The cities are Palo Alto, Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Modesto, San Jose, Seaside, San Luis Obispo, Solvang, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, and Pasadena.
How many are needed? One host city alone, Modesto, needs 250 more people to volunteer about a half day of their time at the beginning of Stage 3 on Feb. 20.
Some of the jobs that are available in each community:
Course marshals — Keep their section of road open for cyclists;
Media — Help distribute press credentials;
Medical control — Escort athletes to medical tent for testing;
Security — Control access to pre-race and post-race events;
Decoration — Help setting up and tearing down banners, hospitality areas, and more;
Lifestyle Expo — Assist in setting up, packing up, or running the expos at each city;
Sweepstakes — Ensure fans enter the sweepstakes in order to gain information about viewers;
Volunteer check-in — Check-in and assign folks like yourself.
You can find out about volunteering and register online by going to the volunteer page at the Amgen Tour of California website.
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