- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
Dia De Los Muertos Parade Volunteers Needed
ORGANIZATION: MERCADO ON 5TH INC
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
Día de los Muertos is a cherished Mexican holiday, typically celebrated on November 1 and 2, although festivities can vary in length. This special time allows us to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed away. We celebrate by visiting and beautifully decorating gravesites, creating vibrant altars filled with flowers, mementos, and offerings, and embodying the spirit of the Catrina, a beloved skeletal figure.
At Mercado on Fifth's Día de los Muertos Parade, we invite organizations and families to join us in commemorating the lives of those we’ve lost while embracing the rich traditions that make this holiday so meaningful. Let’s come together to celebrate and remember!
Join us as we celebrate and honor the Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in the Mexican tradition by signing up as a volunteer for our parade. There are many ways you can assist us on Saturday, November 2, 2024 including being a Mercado ambassador, staging the cars and floats for the parade, checking in our parade entries, managing the parade route in a specific assigned spot along the route, providing directions at the end of the parade route, helping with floats and carrying Mercado puppets in the parade, and helping us clean up after the parade. You can choose!
More opportunities with MERCADO ON 5TH INC
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About MERCADO ON 5TH INC
Location:
2212 37TH ST, MOLINE, IL 61265, US
Mission Statement
Mercado on Fifth serves as a resource and catalyst for minority entrepreneurs and inspires Hispanic cultural pride through community events. | Mercado on Fifth sirve como recurso y catalizador para empresarios minoritarios e inspira el orgullo cultural hispano a través de eventos comunitarios.
Description
Mercado on Fifth is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that hosts vibrant outdoor markets every Friday during the summer on 5th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. The family-friendly events feature food trucks, mobile boutiques and retail vendors, children's activities, and live Latin music and entertainment. Our organization works with both English and Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs to help start and grow their businesses. Mercado on Fifth fosters social interaction by drawing a diverse crowd, nurtures and defines a sense of community and cultural pride, creates a connection between the Floreciente Neighborhood and Moline’s downtown, promotes a sense of comfort and belonging by advancing social inclusion, and builds and supports an equitable local economy by supporting small-scale entrepreneurship.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
423 12th StreetMoline, IL 61265
DATE POSTED
October 11, 2024
SKILLS
- Event Management
- Customer Service
- Painting
- Ushering
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
- Private Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hours or more
- Different responsibilities may require different time frames.
Private Group Details
- Group Size Range 1 - 50+
- Event can be held at organization location(s)
- No Donation