Volunteer Service Areas

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Ames Activity Pavilion

There are a wide variety of kids' activities in the Big Top heated tent. We emphasize the NWSS Mission of preserving the western lifestyle through the children’s point of view.

The programs are designed for animal education, entertainment, and agriculture. Some of the activities are Top Hogs, stick horse rodeos, tractor pedal races, sheep shearing, and Xtreme Dogs pat and chat. Duties include helping with the setup, checking in kids, cheering them on, crowd control, and changing the floor layout for the specific shows. Some lifting might be involved or other lighter weight duties are available. Activities are scheduled seven days a week throughout the days, so hours are flexible.

The Coliseum Support area is the welcome and check-in support team to the rodeo contestants, Mutton Busters, and their families.

They offer food service and provide an overall welcoming atmosphere in the contestant area.

This dynamic group of volunteers are the workforce that staff the art gallery for the nationally recognized Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale.

Volunteers in this area greet and work with artists, and the public and are responsible for art sales, and the daily operations of the gallery. No art background is required. Volunteers will work with a team including NWSS staff, the show Curator, and senior volunteers to share this extraordinary exhibit with guests. Details of the day-to-day functions will be covered during volunteer training sessions. Extra training will be required for volunteers working in this area.

Want to be on the leading edge of our warm Western welcome? Join our Hospitality Team and enjoy interaction with Guests from all over the world. From Bus Greeter to Lobby Assistant, this area provides a variety of experiences each and every day.

Horse Show

Horse show volunteers provide support to the NWSS staff, horse show exhibitors, and guests for horse show events through various positions and areas.

Horse show volunteers provide support to the NWSS staff, horse show exhibitors and guests for horse show events through various positions and areas. Volunteer assistance is vital to ensuring horse show operations are smooth and provide a positive experience for guests, vendors, sponsors, and horse show exhibitors alike. They assist with arena and paddock gates, doors, gators, arrivals, and check-in, In The Barn experience, hospitality, awards, event set up, and ticketed special events.

The Incident Reporting group provides assistance to NWSS staff by responding to and preparing detailed reports on incidents, which include personal injuries, illnesses, property damage, vehicle accidents, thefts, disputes, and complaints.

You will be working with NWSS staff, Denver Police Officers, Paramedics, livestock exhibitors, commercial vendors, and the general public, as well as other Incident Reporting team members. This job involves responding to incidents within the entire NWSS complex, including all parking lots, as well as the Coliseum in a timely manner. Extensive walking will be involved and may be for extended periods during the entire shift in all weather conditions. Must be detail-oriented, a team player, a problem solver, empathetic to people in stressful situations, and possess superior customer service skills. The ability to function in stressful situations and remain calm is crucial.

Love telling people “what to do”? The Information Booth may be the place for you! New Volunteer or Veteran?

This opportunity is one of the best ways to learn about the offerings and layout of the National Western.

Each January, the National Western International Agribusiness Center hosts near 800 guests visiting the stockyards for business purposes.

Volunteers in the room act as Stock Show ambassadors. Light refreshments are served throughout the day. Room volunteers warmly greet visitors and sign them in, let them know refreshments are available, and help them with information on the Stock Show. Multilingual skills are not required, but helpful. It’s a quiet setting, nestled in the Livestock Center Auction Arena, but is very rewarding to welcome Agribusiness guests from around the world to Denver.

Livestock Volunteers are vital to the success of all the livestock events by helping to direct and control the flow of livestock and people.

During the processing of Junior Livestock, volunteers help with the collection of samples for testing to assure fair competition among exhibitors. They are the liaisons between the National Western, the exhibitors, and guests of the 100s of events.

Local Rodeo Royalty (LRR) volunteers are current fair and rodeo titleholders across Colorado. The primary goals of this program are to promote the National Western Stock Show, their organization, rodeo, and youth development

The duties vary from assisting at children’s activities, ribbon presentations, meet and greet NWSS guests, and more.
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Royalty Assistants are adults that work directly with the Local Rodeo Royalty (LRR) escorting them as they move through assignments. This position requires a lot of walking.
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The Photo & Video Support Group provides quality imaging of National Western Stock Show events focusing on sponsor signage, trade show, and marketing elements. We maintain a team of skilled Photographers and Videographers to fulfill the image related requests from the National Western staff.

Our team is required to assist in photographing every trade show booth, photographing every sponsor sign and capturing high quality images suitable for marketing to use on social media or in print. We also have Image Reviewers that assist with sorting through the thousands of images we take in and verifying that we have fulfilled all staff requests while eliminating any images that don’t meet our quality standards. In addition, we have Note Takers that accompany the Photographers and assist with documenting if an assignment is completed and if there are any complications. Lastly, we have Videographers who cover any video related staff requests.

Photographer and Videographer positions must provide their own equipment and at minimum understand the basic principles of photography and/or video.
All positions in this service area will undergo on the job training.

Share your passion! Be a part of the past, present, and future of the horse industry by sharing your passion for horses in the Pony Trails hands-on learning area. This ever-evolving exhibit has interactive stations for all ages!

Some stations are correlated with the Colo. Dept. of Ed. State Standards and the Developmental Assets Framework. Meet special guests (Thunder, the Denver Mounted Patrol). Learn about different breeds/disciplines. Meet other equestrians, exhibitors, and performers. We promise you will learn something new.

Part of the National Western’s mission is to educate youth in agriculture and the School Visits program is a crucial part of obtaining and preserving this mission.

Volunteers help ensure a positive visit for students and teachers by greeting busses delivering thousands of students to the Stock Show, assist in organizing and preparing the classes for a smooth departure and providing guidance and direction to classes as they tour the Stock Show grounds. Learn more about school visits

The sponsor lounge is a designated space for corporate partners and media to take a break from the trade show floor and enjoy a quiet, comfortable setting.

Light refreshments are served throughout the day. The responsibility of the host is to warmly greet sponsors and media, sign them in, let them know that limited refreshments are available, and provide information on WIFI access. It is a very quiet setting, but incredibly valuable to the sponsorship and media team.

Ticket Takers are the smiles that greet visitors coming in from the cold. Be one of the first to welcome guests to the sights, sounds, and…smells of the National Western!

Trade Show

The Trade Show service area volunteers assist with managing the different aspects of the retail trade show exhibitors. Volunteers in this area may help with the Trade Show Service Desk, Package Delivery, Move In/Out and Floor Management.

Package Delivery volunteers assist the NWSS staff with the delivery of packages that arrive for the vendors to replenish their stock or refill their promotional materials. While it is a small crew, they are most important to vendors needing supplies. Please note that volunteers may be asked to lift packages as heavy as 50lbs. Maybe the heavy lifting isn’t for you. Then try Move In/Out. No, we don’t help the vendors unload their trucks, we direct the vendors where to drive their truck in the complex! That’s right, we let them drive into the building to unload their trucks. All a volunteer needs to do is greet vendors with a smile and assist them with directions to their booth. This is a great way to see the inner workings of the NWSS and see how the trade show floor all comes together.

The volunteer Transportation service area assists the Show by handling the transportation needs of Stock Show patrons, exhibitors, and guests within the grounds of the National Western Complex.

Duties include picking up and dropping off judges from Denver International Airport, golf cart shuttles to get folks to and from the hill and yards, and driving the people mover tractor. This service area also handles transportation accommodations for special guests of the Show.

The Volunteer Center is the hub for all volunteer operations during the Stock Show. Positions are available for Greeters and Radio Dispatch.

Greeters love to smile and have fun saying “howdy” when checking in volunteers! They assist with general volunteer questions, answering phone questions from the public, and some clerical tasks. Radio Dispatch volunteers maintain radio communications to ensure proper response to all types of fun questions.

Volunteer Service Areas

Come volunteer with us at Stock Show!

Questions?

Ames Activity Pavilion

Coliseum Support

Coors Western Art

Guest Services

Horse Show

Incident Reporting

Info Booth

International Center

Livestock

Local Rodeo Royalty

Photo + Video Support

Pony Trails

School Visits

Sponsor Lounge

Ticket Takers

Trade Show

Transportation

Volunteer Center

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January 7-22, 2023