Of course, some jobs are more glamorous than others. The transportation and locker room volunteers get to ride along with and rub shoulders with the players and celebrities. That ecology committee is made up mostly of school teachers who recruit their students and members of the high school sports teams to come out here. We figure they hauled about 20 tons of trash away in golf carts during last year's tournament. Volunteers receive meals donated and catered by local restaurants, parking, tournament access and commemorative pins.
Most events require volunteers to purchase a uniform, typically a golf shirt and slacks.
Volunteers at the FedEx St. Jude Classic are rewarded with gold pins for years of service. The personal satisfaction perhaps is highest when Cannon gathers the committee leaders together each January to present the check to St. Jude Hospital officials. We brought the giant monster scoreboard into a banquet hall, and in the place where tournament scores usually go, we displayed the dollar amount that the event raised for the hospital. All those zeroes were impressive. As were all of the volunteer efforts.