Volunteers will be trained and will have assistance on hand. Help is needed checking the dogs in, calling contacts, answering phones and transporting dogs to the Eagle River holding facility. One necessity is a strong back. Merchandise Sales Sales of the Iditarod merchandise account for a big part of total annual revenues. The Regal Hotel donates its front lobby for the Iditarod merchandise sales.
Sales begin about two weeks before the start of the race.
It usually takes three to four people on duty from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. This is your chance to meet and talk to people from all over the world. Temporary sales booths will be set up at the start on Saturday and the re-start on Sunday. Both will operate from early morning to shortly after noon. Sales tables are set up at the Anchorage banquet in the Sullivan Arena for sales throughout the evening.