The Word On The Street Blog

Last month we shared 25 Reasons to Volunteer at The Word On The Street, and as a result our community really stepped up to the plate! Many people agreed that sharing your time and talents with Toronto’s free community book festival is a great and rewarding experience. We’re now at the half-way point for our volunteer recruitment goal, so if you were thinking about joining the team, now’s the time to sign up!

And on that note, here are 25 More Reasons to Volunteer at The Word On The Street:

1. You’re in a reading rut and you need fresh recommendations
2. You want to rub shoulders with the literati
3. Authors are celebrities you actually want to keep up with (see what I did there?)
4. You pride yourself on participating in all the great festivals in Toronto
5. Polkaroo will be there!
6. You want to say “I volunteered at Canada’s largest book and magazine festival.” This sentence improves most conversations
7. You read for pleasure
8. Volunteer t-shirts are trophies for a job well done
9. You remember going to The Word On The Street as a kid and want to pass on the experience to the next generation
10. Shifts are only 4 hours which allows you to help out and check out the programming
11. We have a partnership with The Revue Cinema which may mean VOLUNTEER MOVIE NIGHT
12. You want to support literary initiatives with your time
13. The publishing industry has always intrigued you
14. You love walkie talkies and want to use our radio communication system
15. You are a people-person –  200,000+ people to be exact
16. You keep hearing about this festival and want to know what it’s all about
17. You want to enjoy an amazing Sunday by the park
18. Discovering new books before your friends do is the hip thing to do
19. You enjoy being outside
20. You need a break from Netflix
21. ‘cuz #CanLit
22. It’s the perfect Book Club outing
23. Your customer service skills are top notch
24. Dionne Brand, Frances Itani, Kenneth Oppel
25. Volunteering never gets old

Interested volunteers can contact Catherine Barandiaran at volunteers@thewordonthestreet.ca. We look forward to working with you!