The Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair attracts over 100,000 visitors a year and is the largest of its kind in British Columbia. It is an exciting, family-affordable taste of country lifestyle with livestock, live entertainment and midway rides.

The event is put on by the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition Association, a not-for-profit organization and its success is the result of hundreds of amazing volunteers. We would like your help too.

Volunteer Applications for 2025 Are Now Open

Volunteers are needed to organize and operate the 2025 event.

Volunteer Application:

New Volunteer/Member/Existing Adult Volunteers: Log onto MyVolunteersPage.com to select your availability.

Positions include:

• Buckaroo Barn is our Kid zone that has many interactive activities for kids including Lego land and games.
• Wranglers are our ambassadors to the grounds you will be greeting our guest. We have two main stations that are the hubs for the Wranglers. But you will be warmly welcoming everyone handing our maps and answering questions on the many attractions we have going on the site for the weekend.
• Trading Post is our Merchandise and Ticket sales.
• Volunteering Lounge is where we have an area for all of you, you will assist on Food prep and delivering Snacks and water to our 3 volunteer Hubs.
• Stetson Suite is where you host our VIP & Sponsors during our Rodeo Performances.
• 50/50 sales you have to be 19 for this role but you can assist with sales if you are accompanied by a 19 year old.
• Stetson Hosts meet and greet all guest coming to watch the Rodeo including assisting where to sit etc as this is general seating.
• Parking
• Farm Friends is where we bring in animals for our guest to view and take selfies with 🙂 including our Famous Lama Todd, you will help clean pathways and greet guest coming in.
  Hops & Vines is a casual area to sit and enjoy a class of wine and listen to some music, you would be hosting your guest to name a few.

As a volunteer, you will receive free admission to the Country Fair so that you can experience all the attractions and fun entertainment.

Volunteer Orientation Night

Volunteer Orientation Night will be Tuesday, May 6th, and you will receive email with details once you have been accepted as a volunteer.

Background Checks

All volunteers undergo a Criminal Record Check for your safety and security as well as our guests. Most volunteer based organization now require Criminal Record Checks.

The BC Ministry of Justice offers Criminal Record Checks online free of charge for our volunteers. The online process is secure and private. The Association will receive a notice whether the individual is cleared to volunteer. The Association will not receive any personal information. The process uses the individual’s BC Service Card in order to verify their identity online. In the event the individual does not have access to a computer, they will have to fill out the form and bring it and ID to the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition Association office. The form will be submitted on their behalf.

Some individuals may be notified after their Criminal Record Check application that they are required to submit fingerprints for further ID verification. It’s not an indication of wrongdoing on the individual’s part it’s only that the Ministry needs to take an extra step to verify their identity.

Once you have submitted an application to be a volunteer you will receive an email from the Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair Volunteer Department with an online link to the BC Ministry of Justice along with an access code for you to complete the required documentation for your Criminal Record Check.

We have a New Safety Loss and Prevention Policy that all volunteers have to read over and sign. Copy will be sent to you in the volunteer process.

If you haven’t received your link or hard copy form, please contact us at volunteers@cloverdalerodeo.com or at 604-576-9461.

ALL VOLUNTEERS

Some of the benefits you will receive from being a volunteer are:

• A meal during your shift(s) in the Volunteer Lounge or one of our three Volunteer Hubs
• Free admission to the Country Fair
• Volunteer Appreciation Dinner in the Fall (TBA)

YOUTH VOLUNTEERS (15 – 18 years old)

Some of the benefits you will receive from being a Youth Volunteer are:

• A meal during your shift(s) in the Volunteer Lounge
• Free admission to the Country Fair
• Opportunity to apply for the annual Cloverdale Rodeo Youth Initiative Foundation Scholarship.
• Letter of completion of your volunteer hours for your records

After you have applied, a volunteer coordinator will contact you to arrange a time for an interview. Interviews will take place in April.

For assistance, please contact us at 604-576-9461 or at volunteers@cloverdalerodeo.com