RUCK 'N' RUN® NEEDS YOU!

Volunteer with RUCK 'N' RUN® at Local COMMUNITY events:

Have-A-Blast, Pumpkin Daze, Parades, and other local events. Volunteer here.

Volunteer with RUCK 'N' RUN® at our Annual Event (Saturday of Veterans Day weekend):

Volunteers help our events and organization run smoothly. There are 14 volunteer positions, below. Please consider volunteering. Volunteer here.

All Volunteers are considered “Safeties” and are charged with identifying all safety concerns and reporting them back to Base Camp.

Event Day Volunteer Meeting: Report to Base Camp at 7:00am, unless otherwise directed below.

Any questions, click here.

Setup Crew:

Report to Base Camp Friday and/or Saturday. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: between 3:00pm-6:00pm and/or between 7:00am-8:30am

Duties: Help set up the event.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Packet Pick Up (Registration):

Volunteer here.

Details: Packet pick up is:

Thursday, before the annual event at 12pm – 7pm (Report at 11:30am)

TBD

Friday, before the annual event at 4pm – 8pm (Report at 3:30pm)

Ruck ‘N’ Run Base Camp

1100 W HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Saturday/Annual Event: 7:00am-8:20am (Report at 7:00am) Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Duties: Choose which one you'd like to help with or choose all of them. This is a fast-paced position that requires attention to detail, multi-tasking, along with great customer service. Participants will come to the table and pick up their event packets from volunteers.

Volunteers are responsible for giving participants their packet, after verifying ID and/or email confirmation. Their packet will include their t-shirt, race bib, etc. T-shirt size is only guaranteed for those who registered before Oct 15th.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Motivation Stations:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am to set up station. There's limited parking at the stations. It's on you to get to your station from set up to clean up. There are exercise stations along our route. Each station has a set of exercises each participant must complete before continuing. The exercises are completed on the "honor system."

Duties:

Prepare and tear down stations (station signs. For station 3, water jug, cups, and table.)
Ensure all Ruckers ‘N’ Runners leave the road to complete all exercises.
Motivate and cheer on participants. (Family friendly, no bad words, please!)
Current Military personnel/volunteers (in uniform) are in charge at each station.
Ensure station is clean throughout and at the completion of the event.
There are two distances. The split is at Station 3. Those doing the 5.56K route make a left (U-turn) after completing Mountain Climbers. Those doing the 7.62K route will take a right out of the driveway to go to their station 4, where they will make a U-turn.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Route Scouts:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: During the event. Step off is 9:00am, Saturday, so you'll need to be in place at 8:50am.

Duties: Ensure participants stay on the route (except to perform exercises, they must leave the road) and know where to go. The split is at station 3. Those doing the 5.56K route make a left (U-turn) after completing Mountain Climbers. Those doing the 7.62K route will take a right out of the driveway to go to their station 4.

Function as "en route" information givers, motivators, and cheerers.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Finish Line:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: During the event (step off is 9:00am, Saturday/Annual Event).

Duties:

Set up finish line to welcome finishers.
Present finishers with their medal. Place medal over their head (unless they choose otherwise).
Give participants water.
Direct them to food booth.
Direct Ruckers to take canned goods to donation area (camo netting).

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Food Booth:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: During the event (step off is 9:00am, Saturday/Annual Event). The first Runner may cross the finish line before the Ruckers step off at 9:15am. The food booth is for participants only (wearing a bib number). Make sure to encourage everyone to return to the finish line to cheer others on.

Duties: Set up - clean up. Serve food to registrants only (bib required).

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Information Station:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Saturday/Annual Event, 7am - clean up.

Duties: Help those who need general and specific information. Set up - clean up, as needed.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Merchandise Booth:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Friday before the annual event at 3:30pm-7:30pm and/or Saturday/Annual Event at 7am - clean up.

Duties: Sell merch. Track sales. Keep money safe. This is a fast-paced position that requires attention to detail, multi-tasking, along with great customer service.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Clean Up Crew:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Clean up begins following our closing ceremony on the day of the Annual Event at approximately 11:30am.

Duties: Help clean up the event.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Parking:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 6:30am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Saturday/Annual Event, 6:30am - clean up.

Duties: Set up parking area. Safety direct vehicles to parking area. Clean up parking area.

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Drill Sergeant / Drill Instructor:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: We need your KNIFE-HANDS and LOUD voices to help "motivate" our participants at our stations along the route, where they complete exercises. (Motivate...think Fill Day but family friendly, no bad words, please!)

NCOIC at each station:

Prepare and tear down stations (Station signs. For station 3…water jug, cups, and table.)
Ensure all Ruckers ‘N’ Runners leave the road to complete all exercises.
Ensure everyone is completing exercises correctly. Provide instruction/proper form as needed. E.g. Station 3: Mountain Climbers are 4 count, 1, 2, 3, One. 1, 2, 3, Two and so on. The final station is 6-count burpees, which includes a push-up on count 3.
Motivate and cheer on participants. (Family friendly, no bad words, please!)
Ensure other volunteers at the station are doing the right thing.
Ensure the station is clean throughout and after the last participant/competitor finishes.
You'll have a great time, get an event shirt, and do what you do best.
Uniform:

Current Drill Sergeant/Instructor: Camo uniform (or your branch's equivalent) with Drill Sergeant/Instructor hat.
Past Drill Sergeant/Instructor): Up to you.

You're welcome to camp out with us. Set up camp, Friday night by the fire pit.

Questions: (417) 234-2741 or info@rucknrun.org

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Medic:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Provides onsite and/or route medical coverage/assistance.

Questions: (417) 234-2741 or info@rucknrun.org

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Free Agents:

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Friday before the annual event at 2:00pm and/or Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am.

Duties: Free Agents are those who are not given specific duties but ask, "What can I do? Where do you need me?"

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize health and safety issues and report them to the Race Director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by the Race Director

Questions: (417) 234-2741 or info@rucknrun.org

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738

Photographer:

Photographers needed: 10 - 13

Report Saturday/Annual Event at 7:00am. Please park on the grass, not on the asphalt parking lot.

Volunteer here.

Details: Saturday/Annual Event

Duties: With SD cards provided by Ruck ‘N’ Run, take photos of the event and return SD cards to Ruck ‘N’ Run staff after the event is complete.

Locations:

Base Camp (1 - 2 photographers)
Start/finish line (1 - 2 photographers)
Seven stations along the route. (1 photographer at each station)
Along the route. (1 - 2 photographers)

Ensure participants are safe. Recognize any health, safety issues and report them to race director and/or emergency personnel.

Subject to change. Changes are only authorized by Race Director

Location:

Ruck 'N' Run Base Camp

1100 W State HWY 174

Republic, MO 65738