Volunteers Needed for CityFolk 2013

VOLUNTEERS AT THE HEART

OF THE ANNUAL CITYFOLK FESTIVAL

On June 28 - 30, the Cityfolk Festival returns to RiverScape MetroPark. It takes thousands of hours of volunteer time to pull together the three-day celebration of music, dance, culture and the City of Dayton Fireworks display on June 30. Organizers are looking to sign up volunteers for three- or four-hour shifts during the festival as well as during set-up and tear-down. People interested in helping out can visit the Cityfolk website, http://www.cityfolk.org or call (937) 223-3655, x 3001.

  

"We are very excited to be able to produce the festival in 2012. Our volunteers were so awesome last year in helping us ride out the storm we want them back so they can have fun while they volunteer this year. This festival is only made possible by all the hours that the volunteers put in to help us out. We love our volunteers." says Kathleen Alter, Cityfolk Executive Director.

"I have been a volunteered at the festival for as long as there has been a festival. I know what I do has value for Cityfolk and the community, that's why I do it every year" states long-time volunteer Larry LeMieux.

  

Volunteer opportunities for the festival range from helping to serve soda and beer, to selling t-shirts and CDs, to helping monitor stage areas for handicap accessibility to helping out with gate admission this year. A full list of positions is listed at www.cityfolk.org. To sign up for your shift, visit http://www.cityfolk.org or call (937) 223-3655 x 3001. The performance schedule is now available on our website, if you want to schedule your volunteer shifts around your favorite performers.

  

The 2013 Cityfolk Festival is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Jack W. & Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation, Dayton International Airport, City of Dayton, Five Rivers MetroParks, Bonbright Distributors, CompuNet Clinical Laboratories, Premier Health Partners, Pepsi, Ohio Humanities Council, MetLife Foundation, Sinclair Community College, Time Warner Cable, Dayton Daily News, WDTN, WYSO, and WBZI. Cityfolk also receives operating support from Culture Works, the Ohio Arts Council, and Montgomery County.

Free Skin Cancer Screenings the week of 6-10 May

Local dermatologists will offer free skin cancer screenings to promote early detection and prevention of skin cancers during the week of May 6-10.
Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Because space is limited, appointments are required.
To schedule an appointment at the Wright State University Wright State Physicians building or Samaritan Sleep Center, call CareFinders at (866) 608-3463.

To schedule an appointment at Kettering Sports Medicine Center, call (937) 558-3988.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 3.5 million skin cancers are diagnosed annually in the United States.
The free skin cancer screenings are offered annually in May as part of Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month® to promote early detection and teach prevention of skin cancer. The free screenings are sponsored by the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Wright State Physicians Dermatology, along with the American Academy of Dermatology, American Cancer Society, Atrium Medical Center, Eucerin, Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Samaritan North Health Center, Kettering Health Network, Miami Valley Hospital and Premier Community Health.
Skin cancer screening dates and locations
Monday, May 6, 1-4:30 p.m.
Wright State University*, Wright State Physicians, 725 University Blvd, Dayton, OH 45435

Wednesday, May 8, 9-11:30 a.m.
Samaritan Sleep Center*, 80 East Woodbury Drive, Dayton, OH 45415

Wednesday, May 8, 1-4:30 p.m.
Wright State University*, Wright State Physicians, 725 University Blvd., Dayton, OH 45435

Friday, May 10, 9-11:30 a.m. &  1-4:30 p.m.
Kettering Sports Medicine Center**, 4403 Far Hills Ave., Kettering, OH 45429

*For appointment, call (866) 608-3463
**For appointment, call (937) 558-3988

Walk With A Doc - 4 May 0900-1200

TEDxDAYTON (coming in November, take a survey NOW)

Attention all innovators, thinkers and doers, and TED lovers: Dayton has officially been approved
to launch its first TEDx event, TEDxDayton, and we are looking for 500 of the most impassioned
people from around the region to join us. The event, an all day interactive experience featuring
thought-provoking speakers, creative entertainment, and networking, will take place at the Victoria
Theatre on Friday, November 15th. Planning is already underway, a collaboration lead by
members of the business, academia, and arts communities.

Not sure what TED is? Check out their website, http://www.ted.com/, to listen to some of the
world’s greatest innovators, thought leaders, and inspirational individuals. Then let us know which
talk is your favorite when you’re applying to be a part of TEDxDayton. An official attendee
application will be released later this year but be sure to fill out the survey below to express your
interest to get on the TEDxDayton email list!

Volunteers are needed now! The Dayton community is invited to fill out an online survey to express
their interest in speaking, volunteering, or attending the interactive experience that will be
TEDxDayton. You can reach the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N3HX67T . The survey link will also be available on the TEDxDayton Facebook page: 
https://www.facebook.com/Tedxdayton. Be sure to like us while you’re there!

About TEDx, x=independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring
people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live
speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-
organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED
Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-
organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED 

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a conference in
California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with many
initiatives.

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At a TED conference, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives
in 18 minutes or less. TED speakers have included Roger Ebert, Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates,
Elizabeth Gilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brian Greene, Isabel
Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Three major TED events are held each year:
The TED Conference takes place every spring in Vancouver, Canada, simultaneous with
TEDActive, in Whistler, BC; and the TEDGlobal Conference takes place each summer in
Edinburgh, Scotland.

On TED.com, talks from TED conferences are shared with the world for free as TED Talks videos.
A new TED Talk is posted every weekday. Through the Open Translation Project, TED Talks are
subtitled by volunteers worldwide into more than 90 languages. Through our distribution networks,
TED Talks are shared on TV, radio, Netflix and many websites.

The TEDx initiative grants free licenses to people around the world to organize TED-style events in
their communities with TED Talks and live speakers. More than 5,000 TEDx events have been  held, and selected talks from these events are also turned into TED Talks videos.

The annual TED Prize grants $1 million to an exceptional individual with a wish to change the
world. The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe to
become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable
projects and activities. TED-Ed creates short video lessons by pairing master teachers with
animators, for use in classroom instruction or independent learning.

For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration 

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/TED

For any questions, contact TEDxDayton co-chairs Sean Creighton at
sean.creighton@soche.org or Kristy Rochon at krochon@daytonregion.com

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