Winter Games volunteer number cracks 700; many more still needed
With just over three weeks until the opening ceremonies for the Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford, there has been a recent surge in the number of volunteers that have signed up, but many more are still needed.
In early January, a final push for volunteers began, as less than 500 had signed up.
Now, there are more than 700 registered volunteers, with the end goal still set at 1,200.
“We had a huge response from people who obviously heard about it from battlefordsNOW or were talking to friends. Registration has come up quite a bit,” Volunteer Committee Co-Chair Mark Richardson said on Wednesday. “We’re still looking for that final group and we’re hoping — now that we’ve launched the self-scheduling, [where] people can not only just go in and register but they can go in and register their shifts — we’re hoping that will kind of light the fire in people to get in to register and volunteer.”