Interested in Being a Volunteer at the 2026 Field of Honor®? We have numerous opportunities to volunteer before the event and throughout the week!

ONLINE VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS for the 2026 Field of Honor® will be open soon!  Please check out the descriptions of the volunteer opportunities below that best fit your time skills, and interests!

Links to the sign-up pages will be available for each type of volunteer opportunity.

Volunteer opportunities include the following:

FLAG ASSEMBLY
Help assemble flags on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at the Georgetown VFW, 1000 N College St. from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If all the flags are not assembled on Nov. 3, there will be a request for a few more volunteers for the next day.

FIELD SET UP DAY
NO SIGN-UP NEEDED! We will be setting up 2,026 flags between 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 6. You are welcome to help or to just watch the field come to life. We typically need about 50 to 60 people on this day in addition to business or organization volunteer teams. Depending on how many people show up to help, there may or may not be additional opportunities to serve available. But watching everything come together is amazing too!

FINAL FIELD TAKE-DOWN DAY is Sunday, November 15 from noon to 3:00 p.m. We need lots of help to remove and inspect flags, remove the rebar, remove the dedication tags from the flags, and roll up flags that were not picked up, and then put them into the trailer after 3:00 p.m. Dedication tags need to be put in alphabetical order.  We will also have general field clean-up, such that by 3:00 p.m., most everything has been removed from the field with exception of the tents and observation deck. Sign-ups will be available for up to 20 people to help on this day. 

NOTE: IF YOUR COMPANY, CHURCH, SCHOOL, OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS INTERESTED IN BRINGING A GROUP OF 5 OR MORE VOLUNTEERS, PLEASE CONTACT US TO COORDINATE YOUR PARTICIPATION! WE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE ABOVE SELF!

Please note: As a safety precaution, during the flag set-up and take-down, children under 10 years old cannot be allowed on the field due to exposed rebar. Once the flags are all posted, all are invited to help finish setting up the field. Any youth under 12 that are volunteering must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times.

FLAG SALES
Serve in the Sales Tent to welcome and help visitors place flag orders and make donations online. Great Customer Service skills are a must for this role. This is a seated position.

SWAG SALES
Actively help visitors buy Field of Honor® SWAG (Commemorative challenge coins, pins, patriotic necklace, caps, and visors). Great customer service skills are a must. These opportunities to serve are mostly seated and require basic computer skills. On evenings that events are held, a FLAG AND SWAG SALES table will be set up in the event tent to serve attendees. For those who like to walk around, we have SWAG trays to wander among the crowd to bring attention to the available merchandise. 

DEDICATION TAGS
Following all flag and repost sales and assignment of flag location on the field, volunteers create the dedication tags. Making tags requires basic typing/computer skills and the ability to use a laminator. We’ll show you how! 

FLAG REPOSTS
Help inspect and prepare flags for reposting on the field as visitors bring their flags from prior years. Guide visitors in making payments for these flags online. Requires positive interactive skills and the ability to (when necessary) convey that their flag does not meet the standards for reposting, and that they will need to purchase a new flag. 

DOCENTS
Help welcome visitors, provide directions and event information, take people to their flag after purchasing it at the field, attach dedication tags and laminated photos to the poles, and take photos if requested. Docents also answer questions about the events and assist visitors with flag location using an app on their phone. Approved Docents must also be able to drive visitors in a golf cart to their flag(s) or to take a tour around the field. In all cases, great people skills, the ability to be on your feet for most of the shift time, and basic computer skills are essential.

FIELD TRIP ASSISTANTS

Lead assigned student group through the four stations – “rotations” – to enjoy various educational offerings at the Field of Honor®. Help keep the students engaged and to make sure proper decorum and safety is observed.

 FIELD SECURITY

Assist a Rotarian each evening from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in closing both tents, securing the golf carts, turning on the lighting towers on the field, ensuring that the restroom trailer is locked, and greeting the officers that will provide security all night. Each morning, we need help to relieve officers at 7:00 a.m., open up the Event and Sales Tent sides facing the flags, move the golf carts next to the Sales Tent, turn off the field lighting towers, open the restroom trailer, and ensure that full trash cans are placed for pick-up and replaced with empty cans. 

FLAG FOLDING

Are you adept at properly folding the US flag? If so, WE NEED YOU! All flags designated to be shipped and those that are ADOPT-A-HERO flags need to be folded into the triangle. There are two days designated for this in the sign-ups when we remove flags from the poles that are to be shipped or to be given to heroes by their respective leadership, but you can also just show up during open sales tent hours to see if there are flags available to be folded. In total, we need about 300 perfectly folded flags by the end of the Field of Honor®.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS

Greet volunteers and get them to sign-in upon arrival and sign out when their shift is completed based on their chosen roles. Direct the volunteers to the location they will be serving and alert the appropriate leadership of their arrival. Provide any written information given by the leadership and help them feel appreciated for their service! 

Shifts are typically3 hours each: 9-12, 12-3, and 3 to 6 except for Saturday, Nov. 14 when the last shift ends at 5:00 and Sunday, Nov. 15 when there are up to two shifts, 9-12 and 12-3. Volunteers may select multiple shifts on multiple days. 

DAILY FIELD OPERATIONS

Additional opportunities will be available to help set up chairs and/or tables for daily events throughout the week. Must be able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds. Set up requires about 2 hours each day. Time needs vary. Contact Us if you are able to assist and indicate days and hours during the Field of Honor® you are available. A member of our Field Operations Team will call or email you to coordinate a scheduled day and time. 

Contact Us if you need clarification on any of the volunteer opportunities.

Age requirements for youth will depend on the particular task. 

Your Help is Most Welcome and Greatly Appreciated!