SCARE for a CURE Volunteer Incentive Program

The success of SCARE for a CURE wouldn't be possible without the contributions of our dedicated and tireless volunteers. Our volunteers bring new ideas and energy each year to everything we do; we couldn't do it without you!

As part of our Volunteer Recognition Program, SCARE for a CURE hosts a Volunteer Appreciation Party in November. We also have fun and informal teambuilding social gatherings, ranging from bowling to paintball.

This year we are introducing a new component to volunteer recognition -- the Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP). This program is another way to say "THANKS!" to our volunteers for all your contributions.

Here's the scoop:

1st Day

• Can buy work shirt at cost (pictured above)

10 Hours (2 work days)

• Invitation to Volunteer Party
• 1 Raffle Ticket (raffle at party)
• Water Bottle (2nd day)

20 Hours

• All 10 hour incentives
• +2 (3 total) Raffle Tickets (raffle at party)
• Event button

40 Hours

• All 20 hour incentives
• +2 (5 total) Raffle Tickets
• 2 Dress Rehearsal Tickets
• Event t-shirt at cost

80 Hours

• All 40 hour incentives
• Bandana w/SCARE logo
• +2 (7 total) Raffle Tickets

100+ Hours

• All 80 hour incentives
• T-shirt
• 10 total Raffle Tickets
• Highlighted listing on SCARE Web site

To receive credit for your hours, don't forget to sign in and out of at SCARE for a CURE activities during the Build at the LAB or the BUNKER, and during run nights as well. You can also submit other SCARE related activities through the Volunteer Hours Tracking form. This information helps us track volunteer hours for our organization and your incentive!

Our Volunteer Incentive Program also recognizes those groups that volunteer together. We will feature volunteer groups on our web site as well. Check out our blog post "Opportunities for Volunteer Groups and Service Organizations" if you know an organization that would like to join our efforts as we raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas and other local charities.

Not a SCARE for a CURE volunteer yet but want to be? Read our blog post on how to get started.

Opportunities for Volunteer Groups and Service Organizations

Are you with a fraternal or service organization that's looking for an opportunity for community involvement that is fun and unique? Does your workplace have a volunteer activities program? We've got a great experience for you!

We've begun our build for this year's haunt, and it's going to be better than ever. We couldn't do this without our volunteers, and welcome group involvement. Our build days are currently scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am - 5 pm, although we will expand our days and run later as we get into cooler days and closer to opening. Lunch is provided for volunteers at 1 pm.

Upcoming available dates:

• Saturday, September 2 - Monday, September 4 (Labor Day)
• Saturday, September 11
• Saturday, September 18 - Sunday, September 19
• Friday September 24, 5 - 10 pm
• Saturday, September 25 - Sunday, September 26
• Friday, October 1, 5 - 10 pm
• Sunday, October 3
• Friday, October 8, 5 - 10 pm
• Saturday, October 9 - Sunday, October 10

If you would like to participate, please send an email to volunteer@scareforacure.org with the following information:

1. Dates that your group would like to participate
   
   
2. Times that your group is available (all day? half day? if half day, staying/arriving for lunch?)
   
   
3. Estimate of the number of people who would be involved
   
   
4. Primary contact name(s) and phone number(s)
   
   

Please encourage your volunteers to bring refillable water bottles. Folks should dress comfortably, with sturdy closed toe shoes (no sandals) as the terrain is rugged in some areas. Jeans are recommended, but shorts are fine.

Once I receive this information, I'll send a confirmation email with more information including a liability waiver that must be filled out for each individual participating.

Thank you again for your help with this year's SCARE for a CURE event. We look forward to seeing you!

Volunteer for SCARE for a CURE: How to Get Started

As volunteer manager for SCARE for a CURE, I get a lot of questions about how to volunteer for our event. We have a lot of great plans for this year, and hope that you are as excited as we are! We've not announced our Casting Call yet, but sign up so you'll get the news about this and upcoming special events.

Here's what you need to get started as a volunteer:

1. Submit your information through the Volunteer Registration Form. If you represent a group or organization, you can also use this form -- just be sure to complete the final questions. If you have any questions or difficulties with the form, please email me at volunteer@scareforacure.org.
   
   
2. Join our Scare-build email listserve. By doing so, you will be kept up to date on all current build related projects as we get ready for this year's haunt. Go to this page and follow the instructions. You can choose how to receive updates by editing your subscription.
   
   
3. Come out to the SCARE for a CURE Build site this weekend at 10 am. Our build days are Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, but any time that you can commit is appreciated! The site is located at 7400 Coldwater Canyon Dr., Austin, TX 78730. Just head west on FM 2222, go past 360 to City Park Road. Follow the road about mile, at top of hill turn left onto Bridge Point Pkwy. Follow road down and take a right at the dead end onto Coldwater Canyon Drive. Enter through the gate.
   
   
4. Check in with the SCARE for a CURE gatekeeper. Follow the signs to the pop-up tent for Volunteer Check in. If it is your first time, you must fill out a liability waiver -- you will need to get your parent to sign as well if under 18 years of age. After that you will need to check in and out so we can track your volunteer hours -- which count towards your volunteer incentive awards!
   
   
5. As directed by the gatekeeper, check in at the Job Board for further orientation, including location of portapotty, tool check out, snacks, etc. This is also where lunch is provided to volunteers about 1 pm.

Be sure to wear comfortable clothes that you don't mind getting dirty, and closed toe shoes. Some of the terrain is a little rugged, so it's recommended to wear old shorts or jeans and sturdy shoes that are easy to walk in.

If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask. You can find out more information also on our Volunteer FAQs page. There's plenty of different skills we can use on our projects, so don't worry if you don't have any special skills or experience.

VOLUNTEER CALL: Crunch time for build and need help on Run Nights

We are down to the last few days of building out the most fabulous interactive adventure for SCARE for a CURE, benefiting a special organization Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas (BCRC). I don't know about you, but I'm REALLY excited!! Here's what still needs to happen:

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY
The move/rain/illness has everyone working down to the wire, and we really need your HELP! Folks are onsite now building, painting, getting sets together 24/7. The build managers including Jarrett, Edwin, Matt, Paige, et al. are exhausted. We need folks to come out between 10 am and 10 pm to help—even just a couple hours will get us further to our goal of having the BEST interactive haunted adventure in Austin!

Dress comfortably in clothes that can get dirty, closed toes shoes, and bring a refillable water bottle. We have snacks and drinks available, and lunch and dinner are provided as well. Location 7400 Coldwater Canyon Drive is the location, and here is the MAP http://scareforacure.org/haunt/map.php

RUN NIGHTS start FRIDAY (includes Dress Rehearsal this Thursday)
We need TECHS to help with boo scares and very special effects, parking, comfort assistance, and other miscellaneous tasks. There is something for everyone. Recommended that you arrive by 6 pm for dinner and assignments. If you have a particular skill or area you'd like to work, please email volunteer@scareforacure.org

MAKEUP AND COSTUME VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
If you have requested to help in this area, all makeup and costume volunteers are invited to come to the Bunker on Wednesday at 6 pm for an orientation and tour.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS
We need 2-3 volunteers to help with facepainting fundraiser and SXSW swag bag raffle this SATURDAY, 10/24 from 12 - 6 pm at the Ginger Man Austin's Oktoberfest Celebration at 301 Lavaca. You will be provided with food and drink (bring ID if over 21). Please contact our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@scareforacure.org if you can help, even if only for 3 hours.

HELP SELL TICKETS by telling all your friends, family, and co-workers about SCARE for a CURE Blood Ritual.

Thank you everyone for your time and support!

Extended Work Hours: Your help needed NOW!!

We only have 2 more weekends to get this thing built!!!

Due to the rain and ACL Fest we had a pretty low turnout this past weekend. Regardless, those that came out did an incredible job in getting things done.

If you are an actor or actress in this year’s Blood Ritual, we need you to come out and give us a few hours of labor or we will not be ready on Opening Night.

If you have been planning on coming out to help… this is the weekend to do it!

I can’t stress this enough… WE NEED HELP!

SCARE has always been a team effort and the team needs to come together. Please join us and become a part of the team.

Let’s not forget why we do this. The money we raise will directly help support hundreds of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas needs our help. We benefit a worthy cause and have a lot of FUN in the process.

Work Hours (7 days a week!):
Monday – Thursday, 6pm – 9pm or later (contact Paul at p_sicard@earthlink.net)
Friday, 4pm – 9pm or later
Saturday, 9am – 6pm or later
Sunday, 10am – 6pm

Location: 7400 Coldwater Canyon (off City Park Rd.)

If you have an artistic flair, contact our Art Director, David at dbessenhoffer@gmail.com and we'll put you to work helping with props and set dressing.

If you can sew or want to help with fundraising, contact SCARE Vice-President, Norma at njcrippen@austin.rr.com

Please check out the Volunteer Page here, the FAQ page for details, or email volunteer@scareforacure.org.

No matter what your skill is… we need you!

Home stretch push! SCARE for a CURE needs YOU this weekend!

Here's the details:

Work days will now take place at the NEW haunt site called The Bunker at 7400 Coldwater Canyon (take City Park Rd. to Bridge Point Parkway, turn left and then right onto Coldwater Canyon). [view map]

DEBBIE CERDA

Here is the schedule for this weekend:

Friday 9/25, 4 pm - 10 pm
Saturday 9/26, 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday 9/27, 10 am – 6pm

Please come out to help even if you can only work for a few hours. There will be plenty of things to do for ALL skill levels…you might even learn a skill or two.

Want to earn FREE tickets to Dress Rehearsal?

The first 25 volunteers to work 20 hours in the next two weeks will get 2 tickets to the Dress Rehearsal of Blood Ritual. Be the first to see this year's most extreme haunt! Come out and help!

Something that would be a big help would be to RSVP if you’re able. If you can’t RSVP we totally understand—please don’t let this prevent you from coming out at the last minute. It just helps us get a handle on food and work crews. RSVP at volunteer@scareforacure.org.

Thank you to everyone for your time and support in this fun event benefitting an important cause in our community!

SCARE for a CURE Needs YOUR Help this Weekend!

Here's the details:

The move to the new site and the rain has severely put us behind schedule but if we can have a great turnout this weekend we can put things back on track.

We have moved everything from our old site and additional storage location…it’s all at the NEW site.

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Work days will now take place at the NEW haunt site called The Bunker at 7400 Coldwater Canyon (take City Park Rd. to Bridge Point Parkway, turn left and then right onto Coldwater Canyon).

Here is the schedule for this weekend:

Friday 9/18, 4 pm - 10 pm
Saturday 9/19, 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday 9/20, 10 am – 6pm

Please come out to help even if you can only work for a few hours. There will be plenty of things to do for ALL skill levels…you might even learn a skill or two.

Something that would be a big help would be to RSVP if you’re able.

If you can’t RSVP we totally understand—please don’t let this prevent you from coming out at the last minute. It just helps us get a handle on food and work crews.

RSVP at volunteer@scareforacure.org.

Thank you to everyone for their time and support in this fun event benefitting an important cause in our community!

Tips for the Sharp-Minded Volunteer

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Whether you’re working in “The Bunker” or “The Lab,” following this advice from our friendly neighborhood police detective will help us stay organized as well as keeping you safe! For information on volunteering, please email volunteer@scareforacure.org.

RSVP when you can (but don’t let that stop you from just showing up if you can’t).

Wear good shoes. No sandals!

Bring work gloves if you’ve got ’em. (We have plenty if you don’t.)

If you bring your own tools, label them! We have duct tape and markers on site.

Respect other people’s tools and equipment.

Don’t wander away from the work site or pass any “Do not cross” yellow tape.

If you don’t know, ASK.

Be sure to sign in when you get there and sign out before you leave.

I have not spotted any poison ivy yet so long pants are not mandatory, just suggested.

Bring a water bottle if you have one. Keep it filled.

Have FUN!


Finally…
The work day isn’t over until everything is cleaned up and put away! Please don’t just walk off leaving tools and materials lying around. It makes more work for those staying late.

Thanks and I hope to see you this weekend!!!

Volunteer Opportunities This Weekend

There are several volunteer opportunities for SCARE for a CURE this weekend, so here's a brief summary:

9 am - 4 pm:
The bulk of people will be fetching and hauling materials from storage this morning, and that's vital and necessary work. Meet at Comfort Suites near 183 and Anderson Mill Rd. tomorrow at 9 AM rain or shine, to move Creepshow stuffout to the new site. Dress appropriately! How to find it - Address: 13681 N Highway 183, Austin, TX
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11 am From there moving on to the site to unload -Richard Garriott's new uncompleted Britannia Manor 7400 Coldwater Canyon Dr., just off 2222. You turn at City Park Rd. You can text Debbie at 512/785-6813 if you want to know where we folks are.

Lunch at 1 pm, be sure to stop for a restroom break before coming out to the build site.

10 am to 2 pm (or later) Open Lab Weekend -- Drop on by or give EDWIN a text message at 512.809-8918 to make sure he's at the lab.

7 pm Lightning Strikes Benefit at La Zona Rosa - We will need just a few extra folks to help with set up and manning the concessions table, so please contact Debbie at volunteer@scareforacure.org or text me (please include your name) at 512/785-6813.

Sunday:
10 am - 4 pm Build Site 7400 Coldwater Canyon Dr.
10 am to 2 pm (or later) Open Lab Weekend
11 am COSTUMES - Please come with your colored pencils, drawing paper, sewing machines, and any fabric, patterns, notions or ideas you want to donate. Please also bring any clothes or shoes you want to donate. We'll have a cast list, character list, measurements, and a bunch of clothes to start with, and we can begin designing the pieces we'll need to build or acquire. Anyone who can DRAW and SKETCH is needed and welcome! Contact Robin C. McShaffry for details and location.

Need more details? Contact the contact person listed, check the emails sent out to the Build GoogleGroup, or email me at volunteer@scareforacure.org. If you aren't on the Build group but would like to be, please send me an email. Keep in mind that it is a high traffic list, but there's some great ideas and projects shared.

SCARE Work Day Saturday, September 5

When: Saturday Sept. 5th, 9am till 4pm - FREE Lunch at 1pm

Where: Starting at the Austin Elks Lodge #201, 700 Dawson Rd.

Details: We will be doing a lot of lifting and moving. SCARE will provide gloves, water, Gatorade, sunscreen and bug spray as needed. Please wear shoes or boots, no sandals. I suggest jeans or pants. A ball-cap or hat would also be handy. It is preferred that you bring your own refillable sports bottle of water. We will provide
water but we are trying to minimize the amount of trash and recycling we need to pack out.

Yes, the rumors are true. SCARE has found a new home, a better home. A home that will shock and amaze you!!!

This Saturday is your first opportunity to see the new site. You will not be disappointed. But we have lots of work to do and we need your help.

We have to get EVERYTHING to the new site A.S.A.P.!

If you have access to a truck or trailer, or any vehicle that can pull a trailer, please bring it. The sooner we get everything over there, the sooner we can get started on building the most amazing haunt Austin has ever seen.

Please contact me at volunteer@scareforacure.org if you have any questions. If you will need to arrive any time after 10 am, please text or call me at 512/785-6813 cell to find out where we are at.

Thank you again for your support, and we hope to see you this weekend. We expect to be out there as well from 9-4 pm Sunday and Monday.