MULCH PUBLICITY – This group of people will be responsible for:

• Submitting articles and order forms to the Watchdog.
• Contacting the feeder schools (elementary and middle) to obtain permission to place a mulch order form in the student’s weekly packet and/or have a stack of order forms available in the school’s main office.
• Perhaps contacting some stores or businesses to request permission to advertise the mulch sale on their premises.
• Contacting the various communities that have newsletters or finding a WHS resident in each of those communities (neighborhoods) that will contact the community newsletter person for you to request they place a mulch order form in their January/February newsletter.

FOOD - Food will be provided for the kids and the parents throughout the delivery day– (Delivery Day on April 19th) from 7 am until we are finished delivering the mulch. Therefore, we need:

MULCH FOOD COORDINATOR – This volunteer will decide the “menu” and the quantity of the various items. A spreadsheet is available with last year’s information! This person will seek food donations from the WHS parents via emails, articles in the Watchdog, flyers, etc.

MULCH FOOD VOLUNTEERS - We need parents to:

• Donate “food” per the mulch food coordinator’s request (last year’s “menu” included bagels, muffins, fruit, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, water, chips, condiments, paper plates, napkins, paper cups, and sweets).
• Donate the use of their grills for the day so we may cook outside.
• Work during the delivery day cooking the hotdogs and burgers, handing out the food, etc.

Mulch Student Check-In Coordinator - This person will be responsible for accurately documenting the students that work on delivery day. The students will have previously been instructed to sign in and out at the check in table so that they can be credited for the time that they work. Those hours are then totaled up for community service and bonuses and those names and hours are forwarded to the appropriate teachers that require community service.

Drivers and Navigators - We will rent 10 twenty-four foot u-haul type trucks to deliver the mulch. The way it works - using a forklift, the truck will be loaded with the appropriate amount of mulch for the deliveries. The navigator will be given the “route” which will include the appropriate map, the addresses, and the amount of bags that go to each address. Then, as you can imagine, the navigator directs the driver to each delivery! The STUDENTS follow behind the truck in their cars and the students are responsible for the unloading and carrying of the bags!!

LOAD MASTER – This person is responsible for assigning each truck their delivery route, their corresponding map/s, and the correct amount of mulch for that route. The load master supervises the drivers and navigators. This person should plan on working the entire day. For more information contact us at bulldogmulch@westfieldhs.org. To volunteer please complete the mulch committee volunteer form.