Volunteers Make It all Work

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Greetings old friends and new!

 If you're available to volunteer for this year's festival, please take a few minutes to fill out our form (click the button below.)  Volunteers are needed for the event, as well as in the weeks before and after.

If you have problems with the form, please let us know. Please don't text, call-in or email your info to us!  We can guarantee it'll get lost or mangled on it's way to the good people who organize  tasks, volunteers and T-shirts. 

The form is easy, mostly a lot of clicking of boxes, and also allows for any additional notes and comments you want to send us.

*Back more formally this year are our volunteer training sessions.  Regardless of whether you're a veteran of the fest or its your first time, we'd appreciate your participation - Please use the calendar sign-up in the form.

Thanks!

The South African Food & Wine Festival

• Promotes a better understanding of South Africa though a two-day celebration of it's music, wine, food, arts and culture.

• Creates an opportunity for people of different cultures, backgrounds, beliefs and ages to gather and share a unique and positive experience

• Expands awareness and promotes sales of wine, gourmet goods, arts and crafts made in South Africa

• Encourages rural tourism - driving sales for and awareness of small businesses throughout central Virginia who are involved in, associated with and in proximity to the event

• Helps define a modern rural branding,  promoting awareness that valuable experiences, cultural events, fina art, world class entertainment, and craft beverages  (from wine & cider to beer and spirits) can be found at rural destinations 

All volunteers receive a heartfelt thanks from the bottom of our hearts. We appreciate you and your time. 

Full-day event volunteers also receive a t-shirt, lunch, wine discounts, 2 festival tickets to use on the day you don't work plus 2 festival tickets to give away to your favorite wine aficionado.) 

Part-day volunteers are appreciated too, and receive day-of discounts on wine purchases and 1 event ticket, just fill out the form and your details. 

We'll be in touch with everyone as the festival gets closer.  In the meantime, feel free to reach out if you have questions, ideas or donations for the event.