Event Experience

Organization: Friends of Chamber

Type of Service: Day of Event Volunteer

Service Activities: 

• Greet guests 

• Distribute concert programs

• Capture photos and create social media posts

• Interview guests for social media

• Data entry of guest surveys

• Clean-up 

The Axiom Brass Quintet Concert coordinated by Friends of Chamber Music was a free event for the Bryan/College Station community to enjoy with their friends and family. Volunteering at this event was unique to others because I was able to really interact with the guests by conducting interviews during intermission. At this event, I learned how important it is to ask for feedback from your guests to learn what they enjoyed and what you can do to improve your next event. 

​

Organization: Compete College Station

Type of Service: Pre-Event Volunteer

Service Activities: 

• Greet Marathon Runners

• Distribute Bibs

Oktoberfest is a marathon and half-marathon event hosted by Compete College Station for the Bryan/College Station community. The purpose of the event was to bring the community together and encourage it to be active. As a volunteer the day before the marathons, I was distributing bibs to the marathon runners to prepare them for their race the next day. This experience taught me how important it is to have an organized check-in process for your attendees to avoid frustration, mistakes, or the risk of having your event start late.

Type of Service: Day of Event Volunteer ​

Service Activities: 

• Check-in guests

• Distribute wristbands 

• Enter guests into raffle

The Brazos Valley Wedding Expo was an event for different vendors in the Bryan/College Station community to showcase their products/services to potential new clients in the area. It was an event targeted towards future brides, grooms, and their families. This event was so much fun and a great networking opportunity. As a volunteer at this event, I learned how much manpower it takes to put on a wedding. There were so many different vendors with so many different services in attendance which really put the effort of coordinating a wedding into perspective. 

Organization: Friends of Chamber

Type of Service: Day of Event Volunteer

Service Activities: 

• Greet Guests

• Distribute concert programs

• Interview guests about their experience

The Friends of Chamber Music, Harp and Violin concert was a free event hosted for the Bryan/College Station community, specifically for those interested in this kind of classical music. At this event, I learned how willing people will be to follow mask requirements at an event if you ask them to. Because the attendance at this event was mostly senior citizens, masks were required to attend, and there were no complaints. 

Organization: RMK Designs Events by Rachel 

Type of Service: Planning and Day of Event Volunteer

Service Activities:

• Reach out to vendors to participate in styled shoot

• Set-up and Clean-up

• Rental pick-up and drop-off

The black and vibrant styled shoot was a beautiful mock wedding where different vendors came together to showcase their products and services. The goal was for the shoot to be published in a wedding magazine to attract future potential clients. This event was a great learning experience because I was able to somewhat experience what it would be like to coordinate an entire wedding, and all of the different things that could be included in one. It was amazing to see everyone's efforts come together in the end. 

Organization: Health For All

Type of Service: Planning

Service Activities: 

• Create volunteer information sheet and sign-up process

• Develop multiple signature cocktail ideas

• Create vision boards for event decoration ideas

• Contact vendors for donations/sponsorship

• Present event playbook to client

• Meet with event group weekly to work on playbook

• Meet with clients to discuss deliverables/questions

Dancing for the Health of It hosted by Health for All is an event whose purpose is to fundraise money for the Health for All clinic while providing an immersive 80's/Dancing With the Stars themed dinner for sponsors and the Bryan/College Station community. This is the first event I have helped coordinate in all aspects from start to finish. I have learned how important it is to establish all goals and objectives for an event from the very beginning as well as how crucial it is to have good communication with your client throughout the whole planning process to avoid mistakes and miscommunication.

Organization: REACH and RPTS

Type of Service: Day of Event Volunteer

Service Activities: 

• Set-up 

• Guest Check-in 

• Enter guests into raffle

Tee Off for REACH was an event where participants got to hit some golf balls on the range, enjoy some games, and a delicious lunch. The purpose of the event was to raise money and spread awareness of the REACH initiative. This event was a great learning experience because it was a lot smaller than others I have volunteered at, but there was still a large amount of planning and preparation that went into it. 

​

​

​

​

Organization: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife

Type of Service: Day of Event Volunteer

Service Activities:

• Greet guests

• Help them choose a succulent

• Pass out succulent care sheet

• Identify different kinds of succulents 

Gig'em in the Gardens was a super fun event where attendees could choose their own succulent to take home and take care of while enjoying the outdoors, free cotton candy, and take cute photos! The purpose of this event was for AGLS students to take a study break and celebrate the end of a semester in a fun and exciting way. This event was so much fun to volunteer at and I learned all about different kinds of succulents.