Trail Tenders Scenarios

I had a great time volunteering for Trail Tenders at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. There, I was given the role of preparing administrative work for the second annual Dutch Oven Cook-Off event they had going on. Trail Tenders is an educational group that I had the honor of assisting them in making a community-gathering event successful. Trail Tenders first started in 1987 as an organization originally called the Oregon Trail Preservation Trust. They had a main goal of bringing tourism and education of our heritage to Baker City, which at the time was struggling economically after around 30 companies went out of business in a short period of time. Five years later, on Memorial Day weekend, they held the grand opening of the Oregon …show more content…
At this event, contestants competed to make the best dish with a limited amount of ingredients using dutch ovens in order to win prizes. I took inventory on ingredients and organized supplies, tabulated sponsor donations, helped make advertising handouts, put prizes in envelopes, and laminated signs for ingredient tables and team stations. Another thing that I helped out with was figuring out how to work the announcer equipment. The only person that previously knew how to work it moved away, so I was given the task of figuring out how it worked and if they could hook it up outside. The staff were nice and didn’t hesitate to help me and answer any questions I had. Most events planned by Trail Tenders are meant to bring the community together while educating people on the Oregon Trail. By contributing my time to Trail Tenders, I helped in making this event successful and bring the community together. Not only that, but the Interpretive Center can receive grants based on how many volunteer hours are recorded each year. I contributed to their total hours and helped raise money for them. I couldn’t make it to the actual event, but I was told that it was successful, nothing went wrong, and everyone had a great