Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

Update from the Inside

Remember the friend that I told you about that has been selected as a volunteer for the Vancouver Games?  Well, he is back with some more inside information for us.  And this time he has pictures.

Basically [November 27, 2008] was a one on one interview then a 4 hour orientation.  At the beginning they brought out one of the official Olympic torches from the Torino games and you had to hold it while you introduced yourself.  Seems I’ll be helping in one of the skiing sports but I have to wait till they send me an offer which can be as late as summer ‘09 but apparently will be much sooner as they want me to help with the Freestyle World Cup in February ‘09, but nothing is official.

The orientation was info on the expectations of a volunteer and a lot of team building exercises but no training. We did get a cool looking information binder that explains a lot more. We also got a sticker and a pin.

I sent you a picture of the binder, sticker and pin as well as the welcome letter and periodically I’ll send you scans of key pages from the binder.

I’ll let you know if and/or when I get an offer from them.

I am very happy to have a connection on the inside of the Olympics, but I really do wish that it was me.  If the 2016 Olympics make it to Chicago, I’ll be one of the first to volunteer.

Tags: 2010, inside information, olympics, Vancouver, volunteers, winter