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KNOXVILLE, TN (July 17, 2009) \u2013 Scott Peterson stood in front of the CHIC2009 Main Stage, earplugs firmly in place, and watching with a smile as more than 5,000 students began to fill the Thompson-Boling Arena.
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\nThis is the fourth consecutive CHIC for which he has worked security during the Evangelical Covenant Church\u2019s triennial event. \u201cIt\u2019s the best job you can have,\u201d said Peterson, who attends First Covenant Church<\/a> in Grand Rapids, Michigan. \u201cIt\u2019s intense, and it\u2019s so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

CHIC is dependent upon the work of its volunteers, who still pay the registration fee for the privilege. Like Scott, many individuals \u2013 as well as entire families – return year after year.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers\"Scott\u2019s wife, Terry, has worked every CHIC since 1994 doing a variety of jobs. Their daughter, Samantha, is working her third CHIC, serving this year as a utility volunteer. Their son, Jeff, is working his first CHIC and doing security alongside his father (see accompanying photo).<\/p>\n

When asked why the family volunteers, Scott replied, \u201cDid you see last night? Multiple hundreds of kids coming forward. That\u2019s why we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oftentimes the volunteers don\u2019t know where they will serve until they arrive. Scott Schultz, who attends Wakefield Covenant Church<\/a> in Wakefield, Nebraska, drove the church\u2019s youth group to CHIC in 2000, the first year he volunteered.<\/p>\n

When Schultz arrived, he learned he would be driving one of the shuttle vans. \u201cAfter driving 1,000 miles to get here, I drove 1,000 miles going around in circles,\u201d Schultz mused.<\/p>\n

His eldest daughter attended CHIC in 2000, but Schultz volunteered in 2003, even though he had no children attending. That year he worked as a \u201csnake boy.\u201d His job was trailing one of the cameramen filming the Main Stage events and making sure the camera cord stayed out of the way.<\/p>\n

Schultz didn\u2019t attend CHIC in 2006, but is back driving the shuttle again this year. His son is here and Schultz already is planning to volunteer in 2012, when his youngest daughter will attend.<\/p>\n

Gretchen Johnsrud is working her fourth CHIC. She first volunteered in 1997 in Colorado and has worked the three events in 2003-2009. This year, she is overseeing the information booth team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to be part of something so big and that has so much impact on the kids\u2019 lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Volunteering also is a great way to reconnect with friends from around the country, said Johnsrud, who\u2019s husband, Corey, is pastor of Zion Covenant Church<\/a> in Ellsworth, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Bob White has led the security team since 1997. White is a member of Paradise Valley Community Covenant Church<\/a> in Phoenix and a retired officer with the city\u2019s Police Department.<\/p>\n

White oversees 30 to 35 volunteers and coordinates coverage with the Knoxville Police Department and the university\u2019s staff. Even though White rarely gets to meet his volunteers until they arrive on campus, \u201cI\u2019ve had nothing but excellent help every time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Some of them also return to work multiple years, and White adds, \u201cWe want to be a positive light to the kids. We don\u2019t just want to be the people who make sure the kids don\u2019t break the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even on the extremely rare occasion when a student must be sent home \u2013 only one or two a year \u2013 the team tries to use the experience as a positive motivator. White recalls one student who was dispatched home. That student was encouraged, through interaction with the staff, to reconsider his responsibility in what happened. \u201cHe came back the next time as a counselor,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

That is why he volunteers.<\/p>\n

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