Thank you for signing up to volunteer for Martian Invasion of Races 2022!!

How can YOU help out?

Volunteers must be 18 or older unless permission has been given by the Race Director.

Race Date: April 9, 2022

Job Descriptions

Thursday Expo Set Up: Help set up the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center for the Martian Expo.

Friday Race Set Up: Help get the Start/Finish area, course, and event set up.

Friday Expo Help: Make sure everything runs smoothly for vendors at the Martian Expo

Friday Registration: Work packet pick up, late registration, or help tear the whole thing down!

Saturday Set Up: Help get the Start/Finish area, course, aid stations and event set up.

Martian Marshal: Keep earthlings moving in the right direction and cheer them on. Don't worry, we'll tell you which way to point.

Out of this World Marshal - Very, very long shift that starts before the first runner arrives and ends when the last runner passes.

Dearborn Heights - Report to Outer Drive to keep the area free of alien cars

Little of this and a little of that Marshal - Do a shorter shift for marshal spot and return to finish/start area to be reassigned

Cyclists: Be out on the course and part of the action! Must know course prior to race day 

Food Station: Feed hungry runners

Finish Line: Hand out medals, water, food. Help out runners, keep the finish chute organized.

The Brady Bunch!: Be the first to greet the runners as they round Brady to Monroe for their finish! Early on you cheer and give them a push along...by 10am you will be helping to make sure they are finishing on the correct side of the finish. We'll show you. Yes, you will be standing.

Awards: Distribute awards at the awards table down by the finish line. 

Zero Waste: We have gone green. We try to make this planet a better place by sorting our waste and getting it to the right place.

Clean Up & Tear Down: And just like that, it all comes down!

Hines Park Clean Up: A nice chance to mellow out and wander along Hines Dr picking up items left behind by the participants.


Volunteer Contact Information


Volunteer Job Selection

****You are welcome to sign up for more than one shift...in fact we'd love it if you did!

Just make sure you don't sign up for shifts that overlap...unless you know how to be two places at once :)****

OH! And one more thing! Please plan to check in at least 20 minutes before your shift!

Tuesday, April 5

Expo & Set Up


Race Day, April 9


Volunteers must be 18 or older unless permission has been given by the Race Director.


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