MCHS JUNIOR COMMITTEE/YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ...
MCHS JUNIOR COMMITTEE/YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM FOR 2016
REQUIREMENTS: Junior Committee and Youth Ambassadors must be between the ages of 11 and 18 and reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. Applicants should be interested in community service work be familiar with the horse world. The Junior Committee will consist of no more than fifteen (15) volunteers. If an applicant is interested in becoming a Youth Ambassador, he or she must be at least 15 years of age and demonstrate leadership experience and abilities. A Youth Ambassador is considered to be a Chairman or Committee Leader with additional skill level and volunteer requirements. Youth Ambassadors are responsible for managing the schedule for the Junior Committee volunteers and for making sure each Junior Committee member completes a minimum of 15 hours of service during the week of the Horse Show. Two Junior Committee members will be selected to serve as Youth Ambassador. COMMITMENTS: Junior Committee members and Youth Ambassadors are required to attend two Pre-Show meetings during the 2016 Summer. Responsibilities and position assignments will be discussed in detail during these meetings Junior Committee members are required to volunteer for a minimum of 15 hours. These hours will count towards any community service obligations the Junior Committee member may have to his or her school. Junior Committee members are required to attend the HORSE SHOW IN ITS
ENTIRETY! Menlo runs from August 9 to August 14, 2016. There are also plenty of planning and things to do before the show begins! RESPONSIBILITIES: Marketing and set up of the People Jumping Contest, assisting with Awards, helping set up and clear Sponsor tables under the Sponsor Tent, and guiding guests, spectators, and exhibitors around the Show.
SELECTING THE 6 JUNIOR COMMITTEE If you are interested in applying to become a member of the 2016 Menlo Charity Horse Show Junior Committee or n becoming a Youth Ambassador, please review the requirements and complete attached Application. Applications are available at the Menlo Circus Club Office or at the Menlo Circus Club Barn Office. Applications are also available on line at: www.menlocharityhorseshow.org. Please email applications to EVAN CASTELO at: [email protected] NO LATER THAN MAY 10, 2016! Applicants will be notified by MAY 30, 2016 if chosen to participate in the program. If application is mailed, please send to: EVAN CASTELO C/O MENLO CHARITY HORSE SHOW MENLO CIRCUS CLUB 190 PARK LANE ATHERTON, CA 94027
6Menlo Charity Horse Show Junior Committee Application NOTE: Please write or type as legibly as possible and submit to the MCHS by Thursday, April 30, 2016. NAME: ADDRESS: EMAIL: PHONE NUMBER: AGE: PARENT PHONE NUMBER AND NAME: SCHOOL ATTENDING: INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES: 1.) Have you ever attended MCHS? If yes, what is your favorite part? 2.) Do you ride? If so, what discipline? 3.) Why are you interested in being on the Junior Committee? 4.) Please describe any volunteer experience you have had in or out of school. 5.) Do you have any new and fun ideas of things to add to the horse show? 6.) Tell us a little bit about yourself. (Please use the back of the sheet if necessary.) If you are interested in becoming one of the 2016 Youth Ambassadors, please also complete the application on the next page and submit both pages.
2016 MENLO CHARITY HORSE SHOW AMBASSADOR APPLICATION Requirements: Applicants should be well versed in the equestrian community and be able to articulate and feel comfortable answering questions related to the Horse Show and all of it’s activities. Applicants should demonstrate a high level of comfort with special event coordination, (i.e. the People Jumping Contest), public speaking, and organizing committee tasks. You must also be able to attend the show in its entirety! The 2016 show dates are August 9th thru 14th. Responsibilities: Youth Ambassadors will work closely with the MCHS Ambassador Chair, Evan Castelo, to organize meetings, schedules and job responsibilities for the committee. They are required to be in full charge of the People Jumping Contest including marketing, poster design, and working the event. Please answer the following questions: 1.) As a MCHS Ambassador what special contributions can you offer as a committee leader? 2.) What do you hope to gain personally by serving as a MCHS Youth Ambassador? 3.) Please share some examples of your past leadership experience and how you would use what you have learned as a MCHS Youth Ambassador.
The Menlo Charity Horse Show, currently benefitting the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, is celebrating its 46th year. Held at the exclusive Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, California, Menlo attracts over 450 elite exhibitors and is one of a handful of horse shows in the United States to be honored with the USHJA Heritage Horse Show status. The six-day event features non-stop hunter/jumper competition in three arenas and boasts excellent premier shopping with over 40 vendors providing luxury merchandise for the home, garden, rider, and fashionista. Guests and exhibitors have access to daily lunches and events in the Circus Club clubhouse. Menlo is also honored to present our Friday Night Gala and Auction, underwritten by Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, and plays host to the World Hunter Rider Championship Awards Dinner and Ariat Fashion Show on Saturday night. Our evening classes including the Larry Mayfield Horse and Hound, the USHJA Hunter Derby, the Friday Night Take you Own Line, and the highlight of the competition, the Bentley Grand Prix, afford spectators the ability to observe some of the best equestrian competition available in the Country. We appreciate your interest in the Menlo Charity Horse Show and look forward to seeing you in August! Regards, Evan Castelo MCHS Junior Committee Chair
