Volunteers Needed for BSU Orientation

The parents of Ball State University orientation students will be visiting Downtown Muncie again this year, and we need YOU to help show them around!

Parents will be dropped off Downtown on Tuesdays through Thursdays from 10:30am to 11:50am, between June 5th and July 13th.

Genny Gordy and Cheryl Crowder will offer "training sessions" to anyone who would like to volunteer to be a tour guide.

To see the dates and times that volunteers are still needed, please download the signup sheet from the following link:

http://www.munciedowntown.com/DBC/2007Orientation.pdf

If you are interested in helping out, please call Genny Gordy at 284-8422 or Cheryl Crowder at 289-7897.

Please take the time if you can, we need lots of volunteers! The tours are lots of fun, and the parents last year loved it.

Here is some more information, if you'd like to take part:

BSU Orientation Dates: Tuesdays Wednesday and Thursdays: 22 days
June 5-8, 19-22, 26-29
July 3-6 and 10-13
Drop off at Muncie Civic Theater @10:40
Return to Campus @ 11:50

Muncie Visitors Bureau will put together Downtown information bags for parents. If you would like to have your business/ event or other information included please provide 1500 pieces to the Visitors Bureau by May 21st.

We wil need two Downtown "Ambassadors"/tour guides for each of these dates. Genny Gordy has the sign-up list.

Once we have all of the dates filled, we will do a "dress rehearsal" with all interested ambassadors, so we are all on the same page. Date to be determined.

BSU is working on welcome banners for Walnut St. as well as welcome signs for everyone's windows.

We liked the idea of Red and white in window displays and flowerboxes throughout the visitation period.

It was pointed out that the parents want to buy things that say "Muncie". Postcards, tee-shirts, cups, mugs, ect. Inexpensive souvenirs are great!

Family Weekend discount cards. If you would like to be involved in a program to get families to return Downtown during this weekend with a special offer or discount, please get that information to Cheryl @ cherylleggs@ameritech.net ASAP so that we can get them designed for the downtown goodie bags. Family weekend is September 28-30.

We would like to do a drawing for "Downtown Dollars" with each visiting group. This could be a general gift certificate that the chosen merchant would honor, or a specifically donated prize for that day. $50 value? Check with Bob Hartley if you would like to donate a specific prize.

The students move into town on August 16th. First day of classes are August 20th.