Event Info

Name:
Santa Cruz Marathon 2026

Event Date:
Sun Oct 25, 2026

Contact Volunteer Coordinator:

Description:
If you are part of a non-profit group or club that is looking to raise money, then this volunteer opportunity is for you! The Santa Cruz Marathon will host thousands of runners on Sunday, October 25th. Volunteers are an integral part of this event and provide great support for participants. The perfect opportunity to get involved, develop organizational and interpersonal skills, and raise funds for your non-profit! Individual volunteers who wish to participate independently will receive volunteer hours, professional development, training and a t-shirt.

Additional Info:
Volunteers under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
Water Station groups must have an adult "Captain" assigned to the group. Captains will be responsible for organizing and communicating to groups and must be present on race day.

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Volunteer Shift	Date	Time	Check-In Location	Spots Left
PPU Set-Up Friday	Fri Oct 23, 2026	12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Depot Park	13
Bib Pick Up	Fri Oct 23, 2026	3:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Depot Park	13
Expo Shift 1	Sat Oct 24, 2026	9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Depot Park	19
Shirt Tent Captain Sat	Sat Oct 24, 2026	9:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Depot Park	1
Medal Prep Saturday	Sat Oct 24, 2026	10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Cowells Beach	13
Expo Shift 2	Sat Oct 24, 2026	12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Depot Park	19
Gear Check Captain	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:00 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	3
Results/Awards/T-shirts Shift 1	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Cowells Beach	13
Shirt Tent Captain Sun	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:00 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	1
START LINE	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Cowells Beach	26
Gear Check	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	39
Water Station F/Marathon Feed	Sun Oct 25, 2026	5:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Cowells Lot	19
Course Marshals	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Each Location	0
Finish Line Shift 1	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Cowells Beach	52
Water Station A	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 11:45 AM	East Cliff Drive	0
Water Station B	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Twin Lakes	0
Water Station C	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Corcoran Lagoon	0
Water Station D	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Pleasure Point	0
Water Station E	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Capitola Village	0
Crosswalk Shift 1	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Cowells Beach	0
Festival Set Up	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Cowells Beach	13
Lead Cyclists	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Cowells Beach	16
SAG/Tail Van	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	3
Tail Cyclists	Sun Oct 25, 2026	6:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	3
Water Station G	Sun Oct 25, 2026	7:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Mitchell's Cove	0
Water Station H	Sun Oct 25, 2026	7:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Swanton Blvd	0
Water Station I	Sun Oct 25, 2026	7:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Shaffer Road	0
Water Station J	Sun Oct 25, 2026	7:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Wilder Ranch	0
Water Station K	Sun Oct 25, 2026	7:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Wilder Bluffs	0
Results/Awards/T-shirts Shift 2	Sun Oct 25, 2026	9:00 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	13
Crosswalk Shift 2	Sun Oct 25, 2026	9:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Cowells Beach	13
Finish Line Shift 2	Sun Oct 25, 2026	9:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Cowells Beach	52
Tear Down & Environmental	Sun Oct 25, 2026	12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Cowells Beach	0

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Group Info

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Waiver

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY

In consideration of the opportunity to participate as a volunteer at Santa Cruz Marathon, and/or any related events and activities (the "Events"), the above-named person ("Volunteer") agrees as follows:

1. Volunteer recognizes that, depending upon task, environmental and other conditions, providing volunteer services at a special event may involve potentially hazardous activities. Such risks include but are not limited to:

- Volunteer may be tasked to cut fruit or open boxes using sharp tools such as kitchen knives and box cutters;
- Volunteer may be tasked to direct traffic and be positioned in a parking lot or street;
- Volunteer may be tasked with a job on the event course or behind the finish line where there are fast-moving wheelchairs and handcycles;
- Volunteer may be asked to carry heavy objects;
- Volunteer may be tasked to assist with loading/unloading vehicles, including large box trucks and stake bed trucks with the movement of pallets and heavy objects;
- Volunteer may be asked to work in an area with active forklifts and other heavy equipment such as boom lifts, pettibones, scissor lifts, forklifts, golf carts, UTVs, box trucks, stake bed trucks, pickup trucks, etc.;
- Volunteer may be asked to work in crowded areas or alone, in buildings or on the streets; and
- Volunteer may be exposed to difficult environmental conditions including darkness, rain, sun, heat and cold.

Both adult and child Volunteers may encounter such risks. Volunteer agrees to exercise caution while engaging in any assigned task and follow all instructions of police and Event organizers. Volunteer understands that he or she is free to terminate service at any time and to take breaks for food, water, and bathroom use, if not provided by the event.

2. Volunteer, on his or her own behalf and on behalf of his or her spouse and other family members, heirs, estate, successors and assigns, and anyone else who might claim on Volunteer's behalf, to the fullest extent permitted by law, covenants not to sue and fully and forever WAIVES AND RELEASES Motiv Servicing Co, LLC, the host cities, the state, any and all municipal agencies and departments whose property and/or personnel are used or in any way assist, and all producers, sponsors, co-sponsors, advertisers, organizers, other volunteers and/or contractors of any of the Events in which Volunteer may participate, and all employees, principals, directors, shareholders, agents, members, managers, affiliates, representatives, and insurers of each of the foregoing (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any claims (known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen) or expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any kind or nature for any property loss, injury, disability or death ("Claims"), including those arising from the negligence or carelessness of any of the Released Parties, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties against all Claims. Volunteer acknowledges that the RELEASED PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE EVENTS (including, but not limited to, the condition of any courses) and agrees that the Released Parties will not, under any circumstance, be liable for consequential, indirect, special or similar damages. Volunteer acknowledges that this Acknowledgment, Agreement, Release and Waiver of Liability will be used by the Released Parties and that it governs the legal rights and responsibilities of both Volunteer and the Released Parties.

3. Volunteer understands that that the State, the County, and/or our host Cities may have orders in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic and agrees to comply will all such orders. Volunteer acknowledges and understands the contagious nature of COVID-19 and will not attend the event if: (a) Volunteer is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, such as a dry cough, fever, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of sense of smell and/or taste; or (b) Volunteer has tested positive for COVID-19 within 14 days of the event date. Volunteer agrees to follow all event rules and procedures put in place to manage the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

4. Volunteer hereby grants to Motiv Servicing Co, LLC and its sponsors the worldwide right in perpetuity to use and authorize third parties to use Volunteer's name, voice, picture, and likeness in any broadcast, telecast, advertising, promotion, or other account of the Events in any form and for any purpose, without compensation or further approval.

5. Volunteer grants the event organizer the right to contact him or her by telephone, text message or email to provide the Volunteer with information and updates, and to offer the Volunteer additional volunteer opportunities including after the event.

6. Volunteer acknowledges that he or she has no expectation to be paid for his or her volunteer services to the events and that Motiv Servicing Co, LLC, the event sponsors and other entities involved with the events are for-profit entities. Volunteer further acknowledges that he or she is not entitled to make any claim for workers' compensation or other benefits of any kind from Motiv Servicing Co, LLC, the event sponsors or any other associated entities.

7. Motiv Servicing Co, LLC reserves the right to refuse to allow a person to volunteer for any reason and to terminate a person's volunteer service at any time and for any reason including during the middle of a volunteer shift.

8. Volunteer (and Volunteer's parent or guardian, if Volunteer is under the age of 18) hereby agree(s) to submit all claims against Motiv Servicing Co, LLC and its employees, owners, officers, directors, affiliates, sponsors, and agents, and any dispute arising from or relating to Volunteer's participation in the Events, to binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association and shall be held exclusively in Napa and Sonoma Counties, CA, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by all parties. Arbitration must be commenced within one (1) year from the date on which any alleged claim first arose. Any claim filed after the one (1) year deadline will be time barred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this paragraph 7 shall bind Volunteer and Volunteer's spouse, family members, heirs, estate, successors and assigns, and anyone else who might claim on Volunteer's behalf, and any and all parties whose claims (including a claim of wrongful death) may arise out of or relate to Volunteer's volunteer participation in the Events.

9. Volunteer warrants that all statements made herein are true and correct and understands that the Released Parties have relied on them in allowing Volunteer's volunteer participation in the Events.

10. If any part of this agreement should be deemed unenforceable, that portion of the agreement is severable, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full effect.

11. VOLUNTEER HAS READ THE FOREGOING AND INTENTIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY SIGNS THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND UNDERSTANDS THAT VOLUNTEER IS ASSUMING THE RISK OF, AND RELEASING AND HOLDING HARMLESS THE RELEASED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH, VOLUNTEER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENTS. VOLUNTEER FURTHER UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS AGREEMENT AFFECTS IMPORTANT LEGAL RIGHTS AND THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, VOLUNTEER IS WAIVING ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

IF VOLUNTEER IS UNDER AGE 18, VOLUNTEER'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST SIGN THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY. Such Parent's or Guardian's signature below certifies that his or her son/daughter/ward has permission to participate in the Event(s). Volunteer's Parent/Guardian has read and understands the foregoing ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY and by signing intentionally and voluntarily agrees to its terms and conditions. Volunteer's Parent/Guardian further certifies that his or her son/daughter/ward is in good physical condition and is able to safely complete the Event(s). Volunteer's Parent/Guardian hereby authorizes medical evaluation, treatment and transfer to a medical facility for such son/daughter/ward and grants access to such child's medical records as necessary.

I agree to the terms of the waiver above. Please type your full name below to serve as an e-signature. If you are under 18 years of age today, your parent/guardian must also type an e-signature agreeing to the terms of the waiver above. No volunteers under 18 may sign up to volunteer without a parent/guardian e-signature.
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