Thank you to all who volunteered for the 2024 La Mesa Oktoberfest! We hope you'll help us again in 2025.
We'll post the 2025 volunteer info in late Aug / early Sept 2025.
Volunteers Needed!
October 4th, 5th, and 6th (2024)
Spring Valley Kiwanis coordinates the volunteers for the Tarantino Sausage Booth in the Hofbrauhaus Biergarten. In exchange, the Tarantino family makes a donation to the Spring Valley Kiwanis Club's scholarship program. By volunteering, you're helping to make a difference in the lives of the middle school students who receive the club's Herman Anderson Award every year!
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We need to fill 120 volunteer slots over the course of the weekend event, so feel free to invite friends or family members to volunteer with you! We give community service hours to high school students and college students.
You can volunteer for more than one shift, but we don't recommend volunteering for the entire day (it's too hot and there's no place to rest in the booth).
FREE FOOD! Volunteers receive a free bratwurst & side dishes during their shift.
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​To volunteer, please CLICK HERE to sign up.
REQUIRED student permission form (print and bring with you) CLICK HERE
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EVENT PARKING map CLICK HERE
MAP SHOWING WHERE VOLUNTEERS ENTER the biergarten CLICK HERE
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VOLUNTEER SHIFT INFORMATION
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Shifts are 4 hours long.
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Friday 3-7pm and 6:30-10:30pm
Saturday 9am-1pm, 12:30-4:30pm, 4-8pm, 7:30-10:30pm
Sunday 11am-3pm, 2:30-6:30pm, 6-9pm
Volunteers will be standing while they're doing their tasks. There are a few chairs in the break area in the booth.
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Shift Tasks Only Adults Are Allowed to Do (age 22 or older)
Grilling brats and cooking the sauerkraut, onions, and German potato salad, and cooking potato pancakes.
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Shift Tasks for High School & College Students (and Adults if all grill/cooking spots are filled)
Prepping food, serving food, transferring food trays from warmers to serving area, helping at the pretzel and potato pancake station, washing pans.
**a signed permission form is required for high school student volunteers**
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We provide a letter to students who require verification of their volunteer hours.
BEER GARDEN NOTE:
The Tarantino Sausage Booth is located inside the Biergarten, but no beer is served in the Tarantino Sausage Booth. Volunteers stay behind the Tarantino booth walls, but will have to walk through the Biergarten to enter/exit the area.