{"id":10304,"date":"2026-04-15T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10304"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:15:46","slug":"calgary-zone-casino","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/event\/calgary-zone-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Zone Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Zone has been awarded a volunteer casino on\u00a0<strong>Tuesday and Wednesday,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>May 5 &amp; 6, 2026<\/strong>. \u00a0The casino venue is our usual one \u2013 Pure Casino Calgary \u2013 in Northeast Calgary. \u00a0Our casino advisors will once again be \u201cTeam Weis\u201d. \u00a0Gordon Merz is the Calgary Zone Casino Chair and is responsible for recruiting volunteers to fill all of the positions for the two days.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos are a major fundraiser for Calgary Zone. They enable us to subsidize our annual registration fees for members who work at fundraising events. Casino funds are also critical in enabling us to provide training programs, equipment, and patroller uniforms. One casino shift is all that is required to fulfill your annual volunteer commitment, so if you were unable to volunteer at the Calgary New and Used Ski Sale in October, you can fulfill your volunteer commitment with one shift at the casino.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem a bit early for recruiting volunteers, but we need to complete our casino license form on which we are required to list the volunteers for the key casino positions. \u00a0No prior experience is required \u2013 everyone receives training for each position from our advisors.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 19 volunteers are required each day (<strong>Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5 &amp; 6, 2026<\/strong>), spread across three shifts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afternoon shift \u2013 11:00am to 7:30pm<br \/>\n<\/strong>General Manager (1)*<br \/>\nBanker (1)*<br \/>\nCashier (2)<br \/>\nChip Runner (2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evening shift \u2013 6:30pm to 3:30am<br \/>\n<\/strong>General Manager (1)*<br \/>\nBanker (1)*<br \/>\nCashier (2)<br \/>\nChip Runner (2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Count Room \u2013 11:00pm to 3:30 am<br \/>\n<\/strong>General Manager (1)*<br \/>\nCount Room Supervisor (1)*<br \/>\nCount Room Staff (5)<\/p>\n<p>* Requires a gaming worker background check, which Gordon will send if you sign up for one of these positions.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:gordon.merz@skipatrol.ca\">Gordon Merz<\/a> at gordon.merz@skipatrol.ca to volunteer for one or more shifts. Don\u2019t delay to ensure you get your favorite role.<\/p>\n<p>Please send Gordon the following required information:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Date<\/li>\n<li>Shift \u2013 Afternoon, Evening, Count Room<\/li>\n<li>Position (see above)<\/li>\n<li>Your legal name on your driver\u2019s licence<\/li>\n<li>Email address<\/li>\n<li>Cellphone number<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Zone has been awarded a volunteer casino on\u00a0Tuesday and Wednesday,\u00a0May 5 &amp; 6, 2026. \u00a0The casino venue is our usual one \u2013 Pure Casino Calgary \u2013 in Northeast Calgary. \u00a0Our casino advisors will once again be \u201cTeam Weis\u201d. \u00a0Gordon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8678,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-10304","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10305,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10304\/revisions\/10305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10304"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}