Massage Volunteers (Saturday & Sunday)

Licensed massage volunteers needed to provide free seated massages to athletes and coaches at Olympic Town.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering - our athletes appreciate your support!

Note that shift times are tentative - thank you in advance for your flexibility.

 

I apologize in advance for the long list of instructions - after reading once, you can skip over when registering for other events this season. :-)

 

PLEASE READ THIS!!!

 - If you are a parent with a Youth ages 11-13, PLEASE simply create an account for the ADULT but DO NOT REGISTER FOR A SHIFT.  The youth will not be able to have their own account until they are 14. Many volunteers are getting tripped up by the new portal and it's easier if I register for you than to try and fix it.   PLEASE email your info to volunteer@sowa.org and I WILL REGISTER FOR YOU - Include names, ages of any minors, cell phone, city of residence and date/event/role/shift info. 

 

 - If you are NEW and are a duo with the same email or a small group/family wishing to volunteer together, you may find it easier for us to register for you.  Please have one adult serve as the Group Lead and create a profile but do not register for the actual shift.  Then email volunteer@sowa.org with the information listed in the first bullet point.

 

 - If you already have a profile and are a duo, small group/family, again, I'm happy to register everyone together.  See instructions in the first bullet point.  It really is easier at this point to register for you than to go back into your account and fix it so that everyone is listed.

 

 - Register only for the shift(s) that you are committed to doing.  Do NOT register for every shift that you are WILLING to do.  We appreciate your flexibility and willingness to do whatever is needed but by selecting more than one role per shift, you're taking away the opportunity to register from others while we reach out to you individually to sort things out.

 

 - If you are available to volunteer ALL DAY but only the AM and PM shifts are listed and available, please register for both shifts and I'll fix it on the backend.

 

 

If you have volunteered with us since Fall 2024, welcome back!  Please click on https://portals.specialolympics.org to log-in and register for your preferred shift(s).

 

If you are NEW, welcome!!  I hope you haven't been scared off by all of the detail above - I am so glad that you're here and want to make your volunteer experience with Special Olympics Washington as positive as possible!  I have been a volunteer myself for 31 years and I'd rather take a minute or two to help with your registration than for you to get frustrated.  Yes, we have a newer volunteer registration portal that may or may not trip you up but don't let that stop you from volunteering!  Developers are working on the group registration process and so hopefully the first 3 bullet points above can soon go away.

Registering is a two-step process: 1) Create your profile 2) THEN register for your desired volunteer shift. 

STEP 1:  Visit https://portals.specialolympics.org. 

 - Click “Create an account” which will walk you through profile creation. 

 - Note: Your email activation code will be sent from “Microsoft on behalf of Special Olympics B2C Production.” Please be sure to check your spam folder as well.  If you don't receive the code after a few minutes, your email's security settings may be set too high.  See if you can add “Microsoft on behalf of Special Olympics B2C Production” as a Safe Sender and see if that helps.  

 

STEP 2:  When on your personal “Volunteer Zone” landing page, select “Sign up for an Event”

- If there are several events listed, it may be easier if you go to the drop-down Sort By feature and Sort by Date.

 

 

Do you have a large group (10+ persons)?  Email volunteer@sowa.org to help find the perfect fit for your group - I will even register for you!

 

One page, step-by-step instructions can be found at:  Volunteer Webpage

Thank you again for volunteering!  After you've registered here (or I have registered for you), you'll receive an auto-generated confirmation email.  Mark your calendars to save the date.  As we get closer to the event, you'll receive additional confirmation emails from volunteer@sowa.org. These are usually sent the Monday and Wednesday prior to a weekend event.

 

Again, if you have ANY difficulties registering, or have ANY questions about volunteering or what the best role for you might be, please email me at volunteer@sowa.org.  Thank you and I hope to see you at an event soon!

Susan Greenwood

Volunteer Recruitment Manager

206-536-1458 (calls only, does not receive texts)

 

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