Eagle Cap Extreme

Willing to volunteer wherever needed. Indoors or out. Varied hours and work assignments.

Placing and picking up banners and signs in designated areas before, during and after ECX events.

Helps banquet coordinator. Available tasks include food prep, food serving, decorating tables, set up, seating, entertainment, ticket collection, and clean up.

Hand delivers brochures and handouts to Sponsors, Local Merchants, and Media Outlets. Transportation a plus.

Assists Checkpoint Managers in hauling in and setting up of remote camp equipment such as tents, stoves, latrines, wood piles, kitchen areas. Snowmobile and snow mobile experience a plus. Winter working conditions. Good health and strong resolve a benefit.

Communications are the nerve system of the race, tying the many facets of the race together through a variety of communications options to ensure smooth race operations. Workers use ham radios, land line phones, cell phones, SAT phones, internet, and line of sight radios and communicate with the public and other workers and fill out forms. Spots available in the Joseph Area, the backcountry area and the Halfway area. Amateur radio license a plus. Able to work in noisy, fast paced environments.

Provides guidance to public and participants at designated areas.

Pick up from local merchants and suppliers food, equipment, and supplies and deliver them to designated distribution points.

Help assist mushers in team control and safely handle sled dogs before, during and after the race. Work is outside and proper winter clothing is necessary.

Help inventory, track and repair all race equipment.

Helps the sponsorship coordinator with preparing pamphlets and sponsorship packets and the distribution and follow up of the packets. Basic computer skills helpful.

Assists the ECX Board of Directors in procuring grant funds. Good phone, verbal, and written skills. Grant writing experience a plus.

Helps host coordinator keep track of and contact potential host families for workers and mushers.

Helps with the content, design, and distribution of public relations information and materials.

Helps the Merchandise Coordinator sell ECX merchandise at Race Central, the Vet Check areas, the Start /Finish areas, Halfway area, and the Banquet. Can get involved with internet sales if interested.

Designs and produces a newsletter to report ongoing news to the members and sponsors. Needs to take imitative to contact coordinators for newsletter content. Basic computer skills helpful. Minimum output four newsletters a year.

Works with the Race Central Coordinator during or before the race. Helps with the filing, typing and imputing of results. Helps pass out information to the public and answers questions. Helps keep the race office organized and running smoothly.

Works with the Public Relations Coordinator to document the race in pictures and tries to get the illustrations needed for the public relations information given out by the race. Experienced at creating photo opportunities and digital production.

Helps the Chute Boss to handle the start. Workers needed to handle dogs, use ATV's for team control, and start line personal for safe and timely starts of each competitive team.