Volunteer group sought for GOBA campground logistics
The planning group for the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), which comes to Bluffton on Sunday, June 21, is in need one a volunteer group or individual interested in assisting with campground logistics.
Duties include overseeing the camping areas on Bluffton University. This includes responsible for organizing the campgrounds, sanitation, parking, security, services on the grounds and related logistics and securing volunteers.
For more details about GOBA click here.
The logistics committee will work with the facility manager and GOBA service director.
Persons interested in more information should contact:
• Liz Harner at CG Pro Bikes, [email protected], or
• Fred Steiner at [email protected].
All other chairpersons for the GOBA visit are in place. They are:
• Town coordinator – Liz Harner
• Publicity – Fred Steiner
• Entertainment – Derek Dukes
• Emergency – Jim Bish
• Information booth – SHANNON Service Club and United Way
• Transportation (shuttle buses) – Doug Luginbill
• Food – Dennis Morrison
• Housing – Mitch Kingsley
A meeting of the chairpersons takes place at 8:45 a.m., Friday, April 10, in the town hall. It follows Friday's chamber breakfast. Bill Gordan, GOBA director, is the April 10 chamber speaker.
Persons interested in attending the breakfast should RSVP to [email protected]. The breakfast is sponsored by First National Bank. Devine Interventions is the breakfast caterer.
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