Volunteer Perks
We cannot put on the events that we do without the help of our awesome volunteers! It’s a great way to give back to the trail running community as well as a way to earn discounts on future Rainshadow events, the chance to bypass lotteries, and the opportunity to receive donations to your local organization.
Discounts
Starting in 2025, volunteers will earn a $25 discount for each hour of their volunteer shift. For example, help two hours and get a $50 discount, help six hours and get a $150 discount. These discounts may be used one time for any of our events, and expire after 2 years.
Upon completion of a volunteer shift (usually within a week of the event), Rainshadow staff will email you a code that can be used at checkout (when you register) to redeem your volunteer discount. The code is valid for two years from the time the code is emailed to you and may be used for any Rainshadow event. Codes are not given out until after the volunteer has fulfilled their shift. Volunteer codes may not be used for an event that is already sold out.
The discount codes are a thank you gift and ultimately we reserve the right to not give out discount codes if we feel the volunteer has not adequately fulfilled the duties of the shift, left early without prior communication, or violated any of the Rainshadow Running policies. If we choose not to give you a code, we will communicate with you after the race the reasons why.
In order to be eligible for any of the volunteer perks, we encourage you to sign up or email in advance of the race. We have a set number of volunteers needed per shift and once those are full, there will be no volunteer codes given out to extras who show up on race day (i.e. if you are signed up to work an aid station, but you bring along friends who did not sign up, those friends are not eligible for a volunteer code unless they get approval from our volunteer coordinator that there was still a need for extra help).
Volunteer Group Donations
Local organizations (non-profits, school groups, etc) who are interested in staffing an aid station at any of our events can forgo the discount codes in exchange for a donation to their group. Prices and details may vary. Just send us an email ([email protected]) and let us know you are interested.
Lottery Bypass
For races that are lotteries, volunteers at that race earn a lottery bypass for that same race the following year. Click here for more details.
Transferring Discount or Lottery Bypass
Volunteers can transfer their discount code to another person as long as the event they want to register for isn't sold out. Just send us an email ([email protected]) and let us know who is receiving your code.
We cannot put on the events that we do without the help of our awesome volunteers! It’s a great way to give back to the trail running community as well as a way to earn discounts on future Rainshadow events, the chance to bypass lotteries, and the opportunity to receive donations to your local organization.
Discounts
Starting in 2025, volunteers will earn a $25 discount for each hour of their volunteer shift. For example, help two hours and get a $50 discount, help six hours and get a $150 discount. These discounts may be used one time for any of our events, and expire after 2 years.
Upon completion of a volunteer shift (usually within a week of the event), Rainshadow staff will email you a code that can be used at checkout (when you register) to redeem your volunteer discount. The code is valid for two years from the time the code is emailed to you and may be used for any Rainshadow event. Codes are not given out until after the volunteer has fulfilled their shift. Volunteer codes may not be used for an event that is already sold out.
The discount codes are a thank you gift and ultimately we reserve the right to not give out discount codes if we feel the volunteer has not adequately fulfilled the duties of the shift, left early without prior communication, or violated any of the Rainshadow Running policies. If we choose not to give you a code, we will communicate with you after the race the reasons why.
In order to be eligible for any of the volunteer perks, we encourage you to sign up or email in advance of the race. We have a set number of volunteers needed per shift and once those are full, there will be no volunteer codes given out to extras who show up on race day (i.e. if you are signed up to work an aid station, but you bring along friends who did not sign up, those friends are not eligible for a volunteer code unless they get approval from our volunteer coordinator that there was still a need for extra help).
Volunteer Group Donations
Local organizations (non-profits, school groups, etc) who are interested in staffing an aid station at any of our events can forgo the discount codes in exchange for a donation to their group. Prices and details may vary. Just send us an email ([email protected]) and let us know you are interested.
Lottery Bypass
For races that are lotteries, volunteers at that race earn a lottery bypass for that same race the following year. Click here for more details.
Transferring Discount or Lottery Bypass
Volunteers can transfer their discount code to another person as long as the event they want to register for isn't sold out. Just send us an email ([email protected]) and let us know who is receiving your code.