Bill Burland, MSDA’s new Spring Event Chair, needs your help!
Contact Bill Burland via Burland@mdsportingdog.org
Bill is firmly committed to developing and utilizing a deep bench of committee members and other volunteers. If you used to volunteer to help with this weekend but drifted away in recent years, or if you would be interested in getting involved, now is a great time to raise your hand and join the newly expanding team. While experience would be of great value, a willingness to learn and to work together for the good of this event, and the club, are the most important attributes of a great volunteer.
Several event committee positions are currently open. These are:
- Judges Hospitality Chair – Responsible for Judge Transport to and from show & hotel
- Vendor Chair – Booking vendors
- Grounds – Layout and set up & tear down
- Chief Steward – Arranging and assigning ring stewards
- Catalog & Marketing – Catalog ad sales and day of show sales of catalogs
- Trophy Chair – Responsible for trophy selection and procurement at Group & Breed levels
If you’re not up for being on the official event committee, we would still very much welcome your involvement. MSDA is powered by volunteers and there is plenty of work to be done. Growth opportunities also abound – get in on the ground floor and move up through the ranks if you want. Or, find your niche and we’ll appreciate your continuing expertise in almost any role.
Many hands make light work!
Please offer to help in some way.
Official committee members must be club members (and you can join here), but MSDA welcomes member and non-member volunteers for all of its activities and events, so don’t be shy! If you have even the slightest inclination to contribute your volunteer efforts to MSDA’s biggest event of every year, please reach out now.
And, if your breed club has been, or is newly interested in, becoming a Supporting Club or offering a Breed Specialty at the 2025 or 2026 Spring Events, please please proactively contact Bill Burland or Loreen Peterson, Club Liaison (via Peterson@mdsportingdog.org). We want to make sure that we don’t miss anyone while making the event management transition this year.
Thank you for your support!
MSDA Spring Event dates for 2025 are Friday February 28, Saturday March 1 and Sunday March 2. The event again will be at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, MD.
Contact Bill Burland via Burland@mdsportingdog.org