(Photos below from past
pig kissing event)
If you
missed the chance to nominate the person(s) you
would have liked to see jump during this year’s
Festival of Lights Polar Bear Plunge
or if the person you nominated was in the
running but didn’t quite get enough votes, there
is yet another opportunity to impose upon them
something undesirable yet funny and enjoyable to
those who get to watch.
The nominating and voting
this time around is to select 3 people to catch
and then kiss a pig at this year’s Friendly
Frontier Days’ event. The pen where the
pigs are kept can get muddy and slippery upon a
good hosing down with water, as is the
tradition, and it makes an already difficult
task of catching a pig, just that much more
difficult. To thank each pig kisser for being
such a good sport, each will be given a ham as a
prize.
Pink Kiss a Pig
voting cans are being placed at the Buffalo Bar,
IGA Food Cache, Buffalo Center Diner, the Moose
Lodge, and the Alaskan Steakhouse along with the
Post Office and dining hall at Ft. Greely.
Nominating a person will cost you $5 and once
nominated, votes thereafter are $1 a piece. A
person must accept their nomination prior to be
added to the running. Updates will be posted
weekly.
For more information,
please contact the Delta Chamber of Commerce at
893-5068 or [email protected].
Be sure to look for
more Friendly Frontier Day event info in
the near future…
Friendly Frontier Days Volunteer Job
Descriptions
Saturday, May 24, 2023 11 am –
4:30 pm
At the “Delta Triangle”
BBQ
Help
Grillers will help with
cooking hamburgers, buffalo burgers, brats, and
hotdogs for the annual BBQ. Help is needed from
11 am – 2:30 pm. Those grilling will need to
take an online Food and Safety exam, a
requirement of the Alaska Department of
Conservation (DEC) for handling food. After
passing test, you’ll receive a food worker card
(card is good for 3 years). Exam is free and
takes only a short amount of time to complete.
Food Prep/Floater
Food preparers/floaters
will help chop vegetables, make sure baked
beans, condiments, coleslaw, desserts, chips,
and lemonade and water are stocked. Help is
needed from 10:30 am – 2:30 pm. Those helping
with food prep will need to take an online Food
and Safety exam, a requirement of the DEC for
handling food. After passing test, you’ll
receive a food worker card (card is good for 3
years). Exam is free and takes only a short
amount of time to complete.
Chamber of
Commerce Table
Help sell Friendly Frontier
Days raffle tickets, t-shirts, and meal
tickets. Remind people to sign up for a chance
at winning a door prize. Help is needed from
11:00 am – 4:30 pm. This job allows volunteers
to be seated the majority of the time.
Meal Ticket
Collectors
Collect meal tickets from
those going through the BBQ line. This job is
very relaxed and volunteers will be able to
perform their job seated. Help needed from
11:15 am – 2:30 pm.
Setup Help
Volunteers will help set up
tents, tables, grills, set out garbage cans, and
other miscellaneous activities. Help needed
from 9 am – 11:00 am.
Takedown Help
Volunteers will help take
down tables, chairs, and tents, clean trash up
from grounds area, etc. Help is needed from
4:30 pm - ?
*Volunteers need not
volunteer for the entire length needed for said
job. Volunteer for any amount that you are able
give!
