Tuesday saw the ceremonial opening of a massive nationwide recruitment campaign to find volunteers for the 2014 Winter Olympics - from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.
Tuesday saw the ceremonial opening of a massive nationwide recruitment campaign to find volunteers for the 2014 Winter Olympics - from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. Photo: Olympic mascots in Sokolniki Park.
Recruitment will take place in 26 volunteer centers, which were selected as winners in a competition between Russian educational institutions. Photo: Olympic mascots in Sokolniki Park.
The bulk of the volunteers is expected to be made up of young people who will be 18 years old when the Games open. Photo: an event to mark the start of the mass volunteer recruitment campaign in Sokolniki Park.
The Olympic organizing committee is planning to attract up to 200,000 people by the end of 2012. Photo: an event to mark the start of the mass volunteer recruitment campaign in Sokolniki Park.
Over 25,000 volunteers will be recruited to help with the running the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The volunteers will be involved in more than 20 different types of activities, ranging from meeting delegations at the airport to helping with the organization of the closing ceremony. Photo: Olympic mascots in Sokolniki Park.
Volunteers will make up about 30% of the total number of staff at the Games. Photo: events to mark the start of the mass volunteer recruitment campaign in the Old Arbat district.
"Why should volunteers come to Sochi? Well because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity! The cream of the crop selected by competition will get the chance to take part in an extraordinary historical event, one which they will remember for the rest of their lives," says Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee. Photo: Sochi residents at an event to mark the start of the mass volunteer recruitment campaign for the Winter Olympic Games at the Roza Khutor ski resort.
A special promotional campaign has been launched in an effort to attract the largest possible number of applicants. This includes special projects, billboards in 14 of the country's regions, web banners and campaigns on social networks. Photo: an event to mark the start of the mass volunteer recruitment campaign in the Old Arbat district.
