2024 New Rochelle Thanksgiving Parade

Show your New Rochelle Pride at the New Rochelle Thanksgiving Parade! Volunteers must be able to commit to the full shift—please do not leave until you are dismissed since this is a full team effort! Volunteers are needed for the following roles:

• Balloon Holders
  • Set up and clean up giant balloons, walk with the giant balloons for the entire length of the parade route, gather plywood and generators, take down floats, and clean up litter. Volunteers will wear shirts that match their balloons
  • No experience is necessary, but all volunteers must attend an on-site training, be comfortable performing physical labor, and be able to walk 1.5 miles
     
• Banner Holders
  • Set up and dismantle banners, set up signs, walk with banners through the parade, gather plywood and generators, take down floats, and clean up litter. Volunteers will wear shirts that match their banners
  • No experience is necessary, but all volunteers must attend an on-site training, be comfortable performing physical labor, and be able to walk 1.5 miles
     
• Hot Chocolate Table Volunteers
  • ​Set up and clean up hot chocolate station, set up signs, fill and distribute hot chocolate, restock supplies as needed, return supplies when complete, move sandbags
     
• Parade Support
  • Bring and set up T-shirts, set up signs and water station, mark division areas, check-in marchers and fellow volunteers as they arrive, distribute T-shirts, drive to the end of the parade, gather plywood, dismantle balloons, gather generators, take down floats, clean trash, collect banner poles
     

Sign up for only ONE role below. If you sign up for more than one, you will be reassigned to the role where you're needed most. Registration for this opportunity closes 48 hours prior to the start time.