January Volunteer Spotlight
Each month, our volunteer committee decides on volunteers to spotlight. For January 2024 (first one of the year!), the volunteer committee selected David Wong! David is one our EcoSquad Supervisors for Musikfest. We are happy him as one of our volunteers and can’t wait to see him for our 2024 Musikfest!
Q: If you could pick any act to play on the main stage at MusikFest, who would you pick and why?
A: The Warning, as it is an up and coming rock band from Mexico. The three sisters, who are fluent in both Spanish and English, have toured as an opening band for Halestorm, Muse, and Guns and Roses, along with their own band tour in Mexico, the US, South America, and Europe over the past two years. They recently performed at the 2023 MTV Music Awards.
Q: What is your favorite memory from volunteering?
A: A mother and son volunteering with a pair of sisters (unrelated to the mother) with the EcoSquad, as it demonstrates the positive parenting and bonding that occurs when families work together to keep the Bethlehem community clean and safe. The pride that parents have in seeing their children growing to be responsible adults in helping prevent plastics and trash from polluting our waterways and harming the ecosystem.
Q: How long have you been volunteering?
A: Seven years at Musikfest.
Q: Who inspires you?
A: Volunteer supervisors Rhonda and Gary, along with the Logistics volunteer supervisor. Every year, they work double shifts to help train and manage the volunteers to make each Musikfest a safe and positive experience for the performers, volunteers, and attendees. Their experience and dedication in helping this wonderful family friendly community event is inspiring.
Q: Tell us something about you that most people don’t know!
A: Have helped clean up abandoned rockets and other high explosive munitions to make areas safe for the Afghan people, while miraculously surviving accidentally stepping on an unexploded cluster bomb submunition on Kandahar Airfield, before the mine clearing equipment detonated it two weeks later. Cleaning up the Musikfest trash cans is significantly safer!
