07/14/2025
We are a month away from our Colesville Trial and we are in need of volunteers. I only have 2 for each trial and that may include my VC. There are a lot of trials on the calendar from multiple hosts, but with that means that we need to remember to volunteer when we can. Teams are getting into more trials but they're not volunteering any more than before. Sometimes teams are getting into multiple trial weekends in a month where one of those would be where the team volunteers instead. Please remember that trials cannot run without volunteers. And when I bring this up, I get comments like, "ask your local scouts group, or high schoolers, etc for volunteers," but does it have to come to hosts asking outside organizations to volunteer at our trials b/c our membership isn't? Please consider volunteering. It really is a great way to train. I actually had an issue recently finding a dog in white for some trials because the trial lacked volunteers or I couldn't get people with dogs at a qualified level willing to come out to DIW and volunteer. Strange!
This is the volunteer sign up form for the Colesville, MD Trial Weekend being held by Red Huskies in August at the National Capital Trolley Museum. Also, please note that we NEED to fill certain spots (timers, parking lot, etc) so I may need to ask some that have signed up for these roles and if the...