BKDBC Volunteer Sign-Up
We could not exist without the tireless effort of our many volunteers – people just like you. Team up with other friends, fans, and alumni. Volunteering will give you the opportunity to be a close observer of the development of a championship team.
How do you volunteer?
Note – For the safety of all of our participants, volunteers, staff, we are requiring everyone at our in-person camps and clinics to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
When and how can you help?
- When to Help
- How to Help/Job Descriptions
Denver Monthly Camp Volunteers (November – April)
- Shop for food and supplies (Sam’s Club, King Soopers, …) [1-2 people]
- Load supply truck with food and equipment at corps hall and drive to the housing site [2-3 people]
- Unload supplies at the housing site [2-3 people]
- Kitchen Crew – Assist the Head Cook to prepare and serve four meals per day (up to 200 per meal) [4 to 10 people per meal]
- Provide medical assistance to sick or injured members and staff [1 person with medical qualifications]
- Make van airport shuttle runs for incoming and departing members and staff [2 people]
- Handle merchandise/souvenir sales on Sunday [1 – 2 people]
- Help with uniform fittings and possibly alterations. [2-4 people at Feb. – Apr. camps]
- Pack up after last meal [3-4 people]
- Top to bottom cleaning of the kitchen [3-4 people]
- Drive supply truck back to corps hall and unload [2-3 people]
Denver Pre-Tour Camp Volunteers (mid-May to mid-June)
- Shop for food and supplies (Sam’s Club, King Soopers, …) [1-2 people]
- Pre tour prep and load of food trailer [6 people for about 6 hours]
- Kitchen Crew – Assist the Head Cook to prepare and serve four meals per day (up to 200 per meal) [4 people per meal]
- Provide medical assistance to sick or injured members and staff [1 person with medical qualifications]
- Make van airport shuttle runs for incoming and departing members and staff [2 people]
- Make van food and supply runs [1 person every couple of days]
- Help stock reload the food trailer after food deliveries [4-6 people about one a week]
- Help with uniform fittings and possibly alterations. [2-4 people once or twice a week]
National Tour Volunteers (mid-June to mid-August)
Life on the road starts in earnest in mid-June in roughly two halves – a southwest/western/nothwest tour loop back to Denver and Drums Along the Rockies, and an southern/eastern/midwest tour loop culminating in DCI championships in Indianapolis, IN followed by a bee line back to Denver. We need a great deal of volunteer help during this period. For any newbies to the activity our recommendation is that you limit your time on tour to one week or less. No sugar coating here. It is hard and relentless work, but oh so rewarding. This is a great time for non-Denver area folks to come on board and help out as we swing through your region. Please note that traveling on the road for tour can be physically and mentally demanding with the majority of sleep taking place on a bus or in a van and a fair amount of physical labor involved for some positions. Please be sure to consider this when volunteering for tour. If you have concerns about tour, we would still love to have you volunteer locally when the Blue Knights are in your area.
- Kitchen Crew – Assist the Head Cook to prepare and serve four meals per day (up to 200 per meal) [4-6 people per meal]
- Make van airport shuttle and errand runs and transport volunteers and admins [4 people]
- Help with uniform repairs and possibly alterations. [1-2 people once or twice during tour]
- Handle merchandise/souvenir inventory and sales at all events [2-4 people]
- Uniform washing (Dates TBD) [6 people for about 5 hours @ each washing]
- Social Media [# people vary]
- Tour Admins (vetted through Director and Tour Manager) [2-4 people]
Denver AdHoc Volunteers (any time of year)
- Post tour unload and winterization of food trailer [6 people for about 4 hours]
- Warehouse cleaning and organizing [8-10 people for about 8 hours]
- Vehicle repairs [varies]
- Warehouse repairs [varies]
- Prop construction [varies]
- Pre tour prep and load of food trailer [6 people for about 6 hours]
- Uniform washing (mid-tour and post-tour) [6 people for about 5 hours @ each washing]
- Merchandise sales at events [2-4 people per event]
- … and many other items like these.
Job Descriptions:
Blue Knights Kitchen Crew
Can you slice, dice, dish out food, and clean up after meals? We typically serve the members, staff, management, and volunteers four healthy meals a day. You don’t need much more experience than how to boil water, open cans, slice meat and vegetables, measure ingredients per recipe, spoon food onto the plate of a grateful corps member, and wash dishes. Don’t have that experience? We will gladly help you develop it.
Medical Team
Are you in the medical field? Medical personnel are needed to ensure the physical well being of the members, staff, management, and volunteers while touring the country.
- RN or similar – The Blue Knights are looking for licensed Registered Nurses with at least two years of current Medical/Surgical, Intensive Care Unit, or Emergency Room experience.
- Sports Medicine or similar – The Blue Knights are also looking for Sports Medicine, Physical Therapists, Physicians, and other licensed healthcare professionals who may be interested in volunteering over the summer.
Transportation Team
Uniform Team
Do you have basic sewing skills? You can help our Blue Knights look sharp with uniforms through minor care and maintenance of before and during our Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps. We also need several washing a season as uniforms get smelly and dirty for some reason.
Social Media Team
Blue Knights Marketplace Team
Do you like engaging with people? Do you have retail experience? Selling Blue Knights gear is an important part of supporting the Blue Knights. The Blue Knights Marketplace provides much-needed financial support to the Blue Knights through the sale of popular merchandise at each contest during the Blue Knights tours. Typically, the Blue Knights personnel manage inventory, set-up the merchandise trailer before each event, engage with customers, fans, family, and alumni during the contest and ensure the operation is closed down and everything is accounted for at the end of each event.
Tour Management Team
volunteer@ascendperformingarts.org