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CASINO - Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley


We are seeking volunteers for an upcoming Casino in Calgary!

Our organization has a wonderful opportunity to earn at least $40,000 to support our fabulous programs! Your food, travel, and accommodation are free. Your participation is so valuable to help us raise important funds to advance our mission (and you get to hang out with the staff!)

The casino will be held on Wednesday 25 May and Thursday 26 May at the ACE Casino Blackfoot, located at 42 Ave SE Calgary. We’re holding rooms for volunteers at a lovely local hotel, the Hotel Blackfoot.

No experience is necessary, but below are listed certain skills that might help you choose a volunteer role. Our organization needs to fill 26 volunteer slots; you can volunteer twice if you’d like, but must fill the same role. There are 8 daytime slots, and the remainder are evening or early morning.

Click here to see available shifts.

We have the following roles available:

  • GENERAL MANAGER works in the Cash Cage. Participates in the opening and closing of the casino. Supervises the Cash Cage. Witnesses "Cash Outs" from players through Cashier. Fills in for Banker when they are on a break. Covers for all volunteer positions.

  • BANKER fills chip orders as required from the Gaming Floor. Assists General Manager supervising the Cash Cage. Witnesses "Cash Outs" from players through Cashier.

  • CASHIER. Cash Handling experience helps. Redeems player's chips for cash. Minimal amount of computer input is required.

  • CHIP RUNNER is a courier (runner) for chip orders. Participates in the opening and closing of games.

  • COUNT ROOM SUPERVISOR inputs the count from each drop box.

  • COUNT ROOM STAFF are good with working with their hands! Opens and sorts cash from Drop Boxes. One person is required to input count from each drop box into the computer.

We need to fill shifts this week and book the hotel rooms by the end of the weekend, so please sign up today and share with a friend!

We have created a sign-up sheet and that gives the specific times of each shift. Please click on the following link to go to the sign-up sheet, then just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thanks so much for considering this! It will really help our organization deliver on our mission!

For more information contact us at: resource@biosphereinstitute.org