O'Brien Farm Foundation
O'Brien Farm Foundation is having their annual "After Dark: Haunted Trail Hike"!
Location: 150 Oxen Pond Road, St. John's, NL
Contact email: obrienfarmfoundation@gmail.com
Contact number: 709 586 6882
Website: www.obrienfarm.ca
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Typical volunteer duties:
Guide – lead groups of 10 – 15 people from the cottage around the trails to 4 sites and back to the kitchen barn. Requires coming to the farm ahead of time to learn the route, walking it after dark for practice is strongly recommended. (Bonus: you get to see each of the skits several times and catch more details every time.)
Minder – tend the fire at one of the 4 sites, keep the actor company between groups, communicate via text with other minders about group progress (e. g. “Group 2 is on the way”). (Bonus: you get to know a professional actor and will probably be able to ad-lib a skit monologue by the end of the night.)
Kitchen Barn Crew – Greet people returning from the hike, sell food & beverages, direct people back to the parking lot. (Bonus: you get to hear people’s enthusiasm for the event, which skit was scariest, and why people love the event and the farm. Also, the now-legendary ginger cake!)
Reception – Assist staff with greeting people, taking tickets, confirming group #, directing them to waiting areas. (Bonus: you get to experience first-hand how popular this event is, and have the satisfaction of sorting out confused people in the dark.)
Parking – Assist staff with directing traffic into and out of designated parking areas. (Bonus: you get to be a traffic cop for the night and tell people where to go. Nicely but firmly.)
Commitment for this event:
Thurs. Oct. 17
Fri. Oct. 18
Sat. Oct. 19
Sun. Oct. 20 [seated performance at the kitchen barn – volunteers needed to usher and sell food and beverages only]
Thurs. Oct. 24
Fri. Oct. 25
Sat. Oct. 26
Timings: Groups are scheduled to begin the hike every 15 minutes starting at 7:00pm, we are usually finished by 9:30 or so. Plan on arriving by 6:15 at the very latest for these shifts.
The seated performance begins at 6:00 (Sun. Oct. 20th) and lasts about an hour. Plan on arriving around 5:15 for this shift.
Registration: Email obrienfarmfoundation@gmail.com to pre-register!