BKDBC Volunteer Sign-Up

Take a look at our Volunteer Opportunities page and find something that you can help with. These often have online signups so use those when available. If you don’t necessarily see something but have a suggestion to offer; we would be glad to hear that. Any questions or to express your interest in volunteering, please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you promptly.

We have some sort of activity happening basically year round with various needs.  Below, we’ll show you our typical needs somewhat chronologically.  FAQs and full descriptions can be found further down the page and in the document list on the right of this page.

One weekend a month we will take over a local school facility for members to audition and/or rehearse.  These camps run from about 6pm Friday to mid-afternoon on Sunday.  The list below shows the basic jobs that need to be performed at each camp and an idea of how many people are needed.  Most do not require any special qualifications.  These camps are a great opportunity for parents of prospective and returning and local and non-local members to come along and experience the corps too.  If you wish to save the expense of a rental car and local hotel room, you are welcome to bring your bedroll and bunk in the volunteer sleeping quarters during the weekend. As long as you have signed up as a full volunteer we will house and feed you and provide airport shuttle service.  Please don’t just show up unannounced expecting to be housed or transported as space is limited.  Sign up first and communicate with the volunteer coordinator!.  Drop-in volunteers are more than welcome, but we can’t necessarily house you.  Work shifts are about 4-hours each.  Online volunteer signups will be posted about a month prior to a particular camp.

• 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]

Members arrive and move in for full time rehearsals in the Denver area.  Our hope is to maintain a fixed housing site (Denver Coliseum) for most of the time prior to tour, but may move to another site or two during the last week. Tasks are very similar to a weekend camp – only the duration is closer to 30 days instead of 3 and meals are now prepared in our food trailer.  We really need a great deal of volunteer support from non-parents and non-locals during pre-tour.  Fun fact: While our corps is headquartered in the Denver area, only about 20% of our members live in Colorado.  Similar to the monthly camps, this is a great opportunity for parents of local and non-local members to come along and experience the corps too.  If you wish to save the expense of a rental car and local hotel room, you are welcome to bring your bedroll and bunk in the volunteer sleeping quarters during the weekend.  As long as you have signed up as a volunteer full volunteer we will house and feed you and provide airport shuttle service.  Please don’t just show up unannounced expecting to be housed or transported as space is limited.  Sign up first and communicate with the volunteer coordinator!.  Drop-in volunteers are more than welcome, but we can’t necessarily house you.  Work shifts are about 4-hours each.  Online volunteer signups will be posted about a month prior to move-ins.

• 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]

As long as you have signed up as a full volunteer we will house, feed, and transport you including airport shuttle service.  Please don’t just show up unannounced expecting to be housed or transported as space is limited.  Sign up first and communicate with the volunteer coordinator!.  Note: That we cannot do airport shuttles at every housing site. Also Note: That housing sites can be an hour or more drive from show sites and transportation hubs.  Drop-in volunteers are more than welcome at our housing sites to help during the day, but we can’t necessarily house or shuttle you.  No online volunteer signups are available at this time (but that could change).  In the meantime we ask that you contact the volunteer coordinator if you are interested.

Volunteer request postings for these type items will made about two weeks prior to the event.

• 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.

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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