Volunteering

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.

Volunteers are needed to organize and operate the 2023 event.

Adult volunteers:

New Adult Volunteers/Members– Click here to apply

Existing Adult Volunteers: Log onto MyVolunteersPage.com to select your availability.

Youth volunteers:

New Volunteers/Members – Click here to apply

Existing Volunteers – Log onto MyVolunteerPage.com to select your availability.

Positions include:

  • Hosts in the Buckaroo Barn (formerly Kidz Zone), Information Booth “Wranglers”, Mascots, Cloverdale Rodeo Youth Initiative Foundation

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

Once you have been selected to volunteer, you will be sent an invitation to attend the Country Fair Volunteer Orientation Night.

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.

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

ADULT VOLUNTEERS (19+)

Some of the benefits you will receive from being an Adult Volunteer are:

  • A meal during your shift(s) in the Volunteer Lounge
  • Free admission to the Country Fair
  • Volunteer Appreciation Dinner in the Fall (TBA)

New Adult Volunteers/Members– Click here to apply

Existing Adult Volunteers: Log onto MyVolunteersPage.com to select your availability.

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

New Volunteers/Members – Click here to apply

Existing Volunteers – Log onto MyVolunteerPage.com to select your availability.

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

Volunteer Programming Partner