Volunteers Needed!

These snowy festivities don’t run themselves!

Here at our little gathering in the corner of Chicago, our team adds their skills and time to that of the convention staff to help make the event a roaring success. We assist where we can with setup, tear down, art show, crowd directing, information, getting things from place to place (the original gophering task), and more! We work with your schedule so you can volunteer when it is convenient for you. Many of our staff started by helping out on this team.

It’s not just the experience you get for your time though; we’ll happily deck you out in some exclusive winter digs and collectibles based on the amount of time you’re able to help out!

This year our reward tiers are:

• A badge lanyard exclusive to gophers (start of your first shift)

• A winter-themed enamel pin (2 hours)

• A winter-themed bandana, big enough for most fursuiters (5 hours)

• The Iron Gopher enamel pin, a callback to our traditional reward for your excellence in helping the convention (8 hours)

• A Gopher-branded MFF ushanka (11 hours)

• Free Attendee-level badge for MFF 2024 (12 hours)

We would also like to recognize the work of our dedicated panelists who host so much for us throughout the weekend. After finishing their panel(s) any panelist can count their hosting time as triple hours in our reward tiers. They may continue to work with us to earn additional rewards as volunteers too.

If you're interested in helping us make this convention snow day the best it can be, just click below to get started! You can sign up at the convention, too, but signing up online gets you some early access information like dibs on your favorite tasks.

Volunteer registration is currently closed and will reopen as we approach MFF 2024.

Questions?

Please email gophers@furfest.org.