SELECT YOUR SHIFT(S)
We need your help to make the Haunted Hustle safe and enjoyable. If you can help with this fun, family-friendly event, please choose one of the available volunteer positions below. We will donate $10 per hour that you volunteer to Run Strong Madison or a non-profit of your choice. You will receive an official volunteer t-shirt, free snacks and drinks in the Finish Line Festival after your shift. 


  • Set-up registration and packet pickup at Keva Sports Center. Hand out race bibs and shirts to participants. 15 years and up.

  • Guide Bikes will lead runners around the Half Marathon course at 10:00 am. A team of 2 will lead runners around Half Marathon course and then do a sweep of the course to find the last participant and radio into the road crew where that participant is. Must have own bike. 18 and up.

  • The 10K Guide Bike will lead the runners around the 10K course at 10:10 am. After the first finisher returns, you will do one more lap to ensure all participants have finished. Must have own bike. 18 and up.

  • The 5K Guide Bike will lead the runners around the 5K course at 10:20 a.m. After the first finisher returns, you will do one more lap to ensure all participants have finished. Must have own bike. 18 and up.

  • Half Marathon runners will cross Pheasant Branch Rd, where a Police Officer will be controlling traffic. The runners will do a 3-mile loop and approach you. If needed, you will direct runners back across Pheasant Branch Rd and stop cars. Must be 18 or older. You can bring a lawn chair.

  • Monitor traffic and point runners in the right direction at the intersection of Algonquin Dr & Whittlesey Rd. Must be 18 or older.

  • Direct 10K runners on the Pheasant Branch Trail as they pass you the first time, and then direct them up to Deming Way as they return. Must be 15 or older. You can bring a lawn chair.

  • Direct 10K runners on the Pheasant Branch Trail at Park St, as they pass you the first time, and then direct them up to Deming Way as they return. Must be 15 or older. You can bring a lawn chair.

  • Direct 10K runners on the Pheasant Branch Trail near Century Ave. Have them turn around and head back. Remind them to stay on the right side of the trail. Must be 15 or older. You can bring a lawn chair.

  • A team of 5 will hand out water on Whittlesey Rd at Algonquin Dr. Ages 15 and up, younger if with a parent.

  • A team of 4 will hand out Water, Gatorade & Swedish Fish at the Park Trail entrance to the Pheasant Branch Conservancy, at the shelter house. Ages 15 and up, younger if with a parent.

  • A team of 3 will hand out Water, Gatorade & Swedish Fish in Quisling Park on Airport Rd. Ages 15 and up, younger if with a parent.

  • A team of 4 will hand out Water to the 10K runners, on the Pheasant Branch Trail, just off Deming Way. Ages 15 and up, younger if with a parent.

  • Set-Up food & beverage tent, hand out medals. 15 and up.

  • Assist injured runners at Course Support Station 1 & 3, on Lynn St. Will have 2-way radio and contact with EMT's and Marathon Staff. 21 and up.

  • Assist injured or ill runners at the Finish Line. 21 and up.


  • Run Strong Madison will donate to other charities on your behalf.

  • You will receive a free registration into any of our remaining 2023 events or upcoming 2024 events in exchange for your volunteer hours.

  • List the name of the non-profit below and we will donate $10/hour to them for the hours you volunteer. It must be a 501(C)3 non-profit. Cannot be associated with religion, politics, adult content or promotion of drugs.


LIABILITY: I assume all risks associated with volunteering in the Haunted Hustle, including, but not limited to, falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, traffic, and the conditions of the road, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my service for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the Haunted Hustle, Madison Events Production, LLC, the City Of Middleton, the County of Dane and all advertisers, sponsors, charity partners, their representatives, and successors, from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event. However, that liability may arise from negligence or carelessness by the persons named in this waiver.

PUBLICITY RELEASE: I grant permission to Madison Events Production, LLC, to use my image or likeness in any recording of this event for advertising, marketing, or other legal manners of promotion.

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