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CHAP VOLUNTEERS

Welcome! The volunteer system is the heart of the CHAP convention, one of the largest in the world. Without volunteers we could not serve the thousands of home educators who come every year. We thank you in advance for all you do.

Benefits of Volunteering:

  • A chance to serve fellow homeschoolers
  • A tuition rebate equal to the tuition of each volunteer
  • Early bird shopping in the Used Curriculum Sale on Friday morning. 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
    (Imagine a chance to shop with only 300 other people!)
  • Online orientation, so there is no early morning meeting to attend

Who Can Volunteer?

You can! You must be 18 or older. We do have limited positions for teens who must be between 14 and 17 year of age to volunteer. For a teen to be assigned, one parent must also volunteer. Teens registered for the Teen Track are not eligible to volunteer.

How Do I Volunteer?

You must first be a registered attendee.
You must register online and pay with a credit card. After you have done this you will be offered a chance to volunteer. You will be asked to identify which attendees in your family unit will be volunteering. You will then be asked to pick a time slot and finally be given a choice of jobs available.

The jobs are first come first served, so it is to your advantage to sign up early. If there are no jobs available you will be offered a spot on the "stand by" list.

What Jobs are There?

General Volunteer Positions
Student Gallery
Children's Program Assistants
Host/Hostess
Information Booth
Medical-Physician/PA
Medical-Nurse/EMT
Monitor for Children's Program
Prayer Booth
Recording Booth Sales
Recording Assistants
Registration
Resource Bag Distribution
Security
Sessions Recorders
Set Up or Tear Down
Used Curriculum Sales
Used Curriculum Sales Check Out
Vendor Booth
Volunteer Booth
CHAP Lounge
Floater
Guest Speaker Booth Watcher

What Next?

You will participate in electronic orientation. You will be sent information on your job by email. You must read it.

If you want to take advantage of the early bird shopping, you should arrive at the Farm Show building by 7:45 AM and report to the Volunteer Registration Area located in the main lobby near the Pre-Registration area. You can pick up your early bird shopping pass and your refund. Shopping will begin promptly at 8:00 AM and end at 9:30 AM.

I've registered! Take me to the Volunteer Signup Now!