Volunteer Opportunities
The Grizzly Peak Century is staffed primarily by volunteer club members, but non-members are also welcome to help out. We need to fill roughly 300 volunteer positions to shop, prepare the food, move supplies, serve the riders, clean up, and more. The tables below show the complete list of volunteer opportunities before, during, and after the day of the century.
Why volunteer?
For helping our club put on one of the best centuries around, volunteers will receive:
- A century T-shirt
- One ride leader credit for each Volunteer job you work
- Two ride leader credits for each Coordinator position you hold
- A worker's ride and party the week following the century
GPC Members
Volunteer Online for one or more positions (login required). If yours is a family membership, you can select positions for all of your family members on the same page. If you are not able to help out this year, please let us know so we don't waste time trying to recruit you. Follow the same link above and check the box that says you are not available. If you have any problems with the online system, or if you want some personalized help selecting an appropriate position, contact our Volunteer Coordinator VolCoord at grizz dot org .
Non-Members
We would very much appreciate your help. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator VolCoord at grizz dot org to select an available position.
191 Volunteer positions still available
Positions Before the Century
Job Name | Description | Wanted | Filled | Need |
---|---|---|---|---|
As Needed, Before | Flexible? You can really help if we can get back to you with your pre-Century assignment. |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Food Shopping - Berkeley Bowl | About 2 weeks before Century, reach out to Berkeley Bowl to clarify when they need order (usually Ron Miyake at 510-843-6929). Coordinate with volunteer making the shopping list and volunteer who’s picking up the food to ensure good communication. About 6 days before Century, place order. On Friday before Century, go to BB West about 9:30 am to ensure order is accurate, pay for it and meet the volunteer who’s picking up the food. |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Food Shopping - Costco | Be a part of the crew shopping at Costco on the Friday before the Century. You need to be available Friday morning for the shopping trip followed by delivery of purchased items to Staging. You will use your own vehicle, preferably a station wagon, SUV, or truck to carry purchased items. |
5 | 1 | 4 |
Quick Breads | Each volunteer bakes 5 quick bread loaves (non-yeast, non-kneaded) and delivers them frozen to a designated drop point, Tuesday through Thursday the week before the century. You can use a club recipe or use your own recipe. You can be reimbursed for cost of ingredients. |
20 | 8 | 12 |
Route Marking | Mark course directions and hazards and sweep away glass on part of the route. Takes 3-5 hours. Done in teams of two volunteers within two weeks before the Century. Flexibility is highly desirable. |
10 | 0 | 10 |
Sponsorships | Manages the sponsor relationships for donations - beer, coffee, gels, etc. Extra volunteer to get ACME bread. Usually Craig Rice. |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Staging Co-coordinator | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Staging Sports Basement - Fri 11AM-3PM | Help organize & sort everything for the various sites. There will be lots of counting and light lifting, with help for the heavy stuff. Not heavy labor but expect to spend a physical few hours, roughly 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
6 | 0 | 6 |
Staging Sports Basement - Thurs 11AM-3PM | Help organize & sort everything for the various sites. There will be lots of counting and light lifting, with help for the heavy stuff. Not heavy labor but expect to spend a physical few hours, roughly 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
5 | 0 | 5 |
T-shirt Distribution | Receive T-Shirts from printer, bag-up with instructions from pre-registration, bags go out to volunteer locations. |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Truck Driver - Storage to Staging | Pick up the truck from the rental agency. Drive to century storage, load supplies at century storage into truck, travel to staging site (usually Sports Basement), unload supplies and inventory what is there. Light lifting and help for the heavy stuff. Transport will take place a few days before the century, usually Wednesday. Return truck to the rental agency. |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Truck Driver, Friday | Truck driving: Drive the rest stop supply truck where they're needed and help load/unload. One volunteer needed for 15' truck Friday,. |
2 | 0 | 2 |
Truck Loading Staging - Sat 10AM-12:30PM | Saturday, 10:00 to 12:30. Load the truck and vans with lunch and rest stop supplies at staging site (usually Sports Basement). Need two people who know how to lift carefully without tiring or injuring themselves and are good with spatial and weight reasoning. |
2 | 1 | 1 |
Positions on Century Day
Job Name | Description | Wanted | Filled | Need |
---|---|---|---|---|
As Needed, Day Of | Flexible? You can really help by signing up here, and we'll get back to you with your Century-day assigment. |
2 | 0 | 2 |
Course Marshall in Kensington | Stand at the Kensington Elementary School gate and direct incoming riders to pass through the schoolyard and out the far gate. Caution them to look out for children and dogs if there are people in the play area. One volunteer for 8:30 - 10:30 and one from 10:30 - 12:30. |
2 | 2 | FILLED |
Rest Stop - Briones 1PM-4:45PM | 1:00 pm to 4:45 p.m. shift Help staff the Briones rest stop - afternoon shift |
7 | 1 | 6 |
Rest Stop - Briones 9:30AM-1PM | 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. shift Help staff the Briones rest stop, morning shift |
7 | 1 | 6 |
Rest Stop - Island - 10AM-1PM | 10am - 1pm Help staff Island Rest Stop, late shift |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Rest Stop - Island - 7AM-10AM | 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 Help staff Island rest stop - early shift |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Rest Stop - Ivy Park - 6:30AM-10:30AM | 6:30AM - 10:30AM Staff the Ivy Park rest stop - this is the first rest stop on the route, and it only full century riders come through this stop. |
5 | 0 | 5 |
Rest Stop - Port Costa 11:30AM-3:30PM | 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Clean and slice the food, hand out the food to the riders. One person will be filling water jugs and mixing in the GU powder. Take down the tables and tents at the end. |
6 | 0 | 6 |
Rest Stop - Port Costa 8:30AM-12:30PM | 8:30PM to 12:30PM. Clean and slice the food, hand out the food to the riders. One person will be filling water jugs and mixing in the GU powder. The 1st shift puts out the tables and tents. |
7 | 2 | 5 |
Rider Check-in - Island 8AM-11:30AM | 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Check-in riders who are starting from the Island rest stop in Tilden Park. Also assist with the gear drop. |
3 | 1 | 2 |
Rider Check-in - St Mary's 6AM-10AM | Work the registration tables. Many registrars are needed at 6:00 a.m. to keep the lines short, and a smaller number of registrars are needed all day. |
8 | 1 | 7 |
SAG - 12PM-6PM | Afternoon shift. Need a cell phone and a vehicle that can carry bikes and riders. |
4 | 0 | 4 |
SAG - 6AM-12PM | Morning shift. Need a cell phone and a vehicle that can carry bikes and riders. |
4 | 0 | 4 |
St Mary's Parking - 6AM-10AM | Help direct traffic early in the morning. (Start at 6:00 a.m.). You can help out early and still ride the century. We need to work on getting more barriers up before 6:00 a.m. for the parking lots (especially the back lot) |
4 | 1 | 3 |
St Mary's Post-ride Meal - 10AM-2PM | Volunteers needed at St Mary's College (~4 hr shifts) throughout the day. Activities may include truck unloading, food station set-up/take-down, food prep (veggies, fruit), and food service. Will interact with century riders. Prefer members with cheery dispositions who are able to safely wield a kitchen knife and/or serving spoon. |
8 | 2 | 6 |
St Mary's Post-ride Meal - 2PM-6PM | Volunteers needed at St Mary's College (~4 hr shifts) throughout the day. Activities may include truck unloading, food station set-up/take-down, food prep (veggies, fruit), and food service. Will interact with century riders. Prefer members with cheery dispositions who are able to safely wield a kitchen knife and/or serving spoon. |
10 | 1 | 9 |
St Mary's Post-ride Meal Clean Up 3-8PM | Many hands make light work. Volunteers needed from 3:00 p.m. till finished (~8:00 p.m.). You can ride the century and still help out. Two from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. must be non-riders. |
8 | 0 | 8 |
St Mary's T-shirt Table - 12PM-6PM | 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Help hand out the prepaid T-shirts and sell extra T-shirts to riders at St Mary's. |
2 | 0 | 2 |
St Mary's T-shirt Table - 6AM-10AM | 6:00a.m. to 10:00AM Help hand out the prepaid T-shirts and sell extra T-shirts at the start of the century at St Mary's. |
3 | 2 | 1 |
St Mary's Truck Reloading End of Century | At St Mary's , unload supplies from vans returning from rest stops and transfer supplies to the truck. Also load supplies from St Mary's into the truck. 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
2 | 0 | 2 |
Truck Driver, Saturday-Sunday | Truck driving: Drive the 15' truck where needed and help load/unload. One truck driver needed for Saturday at Staging, storing the truck overnight, then Sunday morning to St Mary's. One truck driver also needed at the end of the day. |
2 | 0 | 2 |
Van Drivers, Saturday-Sunday | Van driving: Drive one of the rest stop supply vans from where they're needed and help load/unload. 4 volunteers needed for vans Saturday and Sunday. |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Workers Party - Century Leftovers | Pickup leftover items (cookies, quickbreads, energy bars, bananas, sodas, etc.) at the end of the century at St Mary's, store them for the week, then bring to the Workers Century the following Saturday at Sports Basement. Needs a car. |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Positions After the Century
Job Name | Description | Wanted | Filled | Need |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coordinator Wrap Party | Host and coordinate the party for coordinators to discuss what went well and what could be improved. |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Truck Unloading into Storage | Meet on Monday a.m. (day after century) at our storage location at 1834 Delaware St in Berkeley. Move century supplies from the truck to the upstairs of storage area. Time estimate 2 hours. |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Workers Party - Bagel & Coffee Pickup | Pickup Bagels and Coffee for Workers Party the Saturday following the century, deliver to Sports Basement by 8:00, prep and serve to ride groups. Shift 8:00 am - 11 am |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Workers Party - Costco Shopper | Pickup Costco Supplies before the Workers Century (the Saturday following the century) and deliver to the party at Sports Basement by noon. |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Workers Party - Party Setup and Serving | On Workers Century (the Saturday following the century): setup Canopies, tables, and chairs, slice fruit, stock coolers with drinks, help serve food to riders |
2 | 1 | 1 |
Workers Party - Pizza Pickup | On Workers Century day (the Saturday following the century) pickup pizza order from Zacharys, deliver to Sports Basement by 12PM, prep and serve to riders |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Workers Party - Return Storage Items | Return supplies to storage areas (Anne's basement and Jessica's storage) - 3-6 pm Need a truck and access to both storage areas |
1 | 0 | 1 |