No free wristbands will be given when you arrive for your shift at the time designated in your email one to two weeks before the event. If you want one earlier, you will have to purchase it yourself. You will not get reimbursed for the wristband. Bar managers do not have money on them at all for this type of thing. The board is aware that many people are not in agreement with this. This rule has been put in place because in the past some volunteers have gotten their wristbands at 9 am, and either came drunk to their shift or else did not even show up.