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June 16, 2012

Volunteers sought for Thunder

Bernie Hornick bhornick@tribdem.com The Tribune-Democrat Sat Jun 16, 2012, 11:52 PM EDT

— Though a private company is handling beer sales this year, Thunder in the Valley will need as many volunteers as ever, tourism chief Lisa Rager said recently.

“We still need many, many volunteers,” said Rager, executive director of the Greater Johnstown-Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The beer tents – to be run by the Broken Spoke Saloon – will no longer require volunteers to hand out the brew, Rager said.

But local volunteers will be needed to check IDs and attach wristbands.

“We always need a few hundred volunteers,” Rager said.

Aside from beer tent work, the CVB asks these folks to hand out program booklets and direct visitors to various rally sites. Volunteers man the main welcome tent at Point Stadium, the tent at Main and Walnut streets and are at the mega-mall inside the old McCrory Building.

“They’re serving as ambassadors to the community,” Rager said.

The visitors bureau has only four full-time workers, so volunteers are critical to the success of the motorcycle rally. “We rely heavily on the volunteers,” Rager said.

“If it were not for the volunteers that support us, we would not be able to hold the rally.

“We found that people who have volunteered for Thunder have found it a very enjoyable experience, interacting with people of many walks of life from different parts of the country. And they come back year after year.”

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