Volunteer

"*I volunteer as tribute!*"
- Katniss Everdeen
A **volunteer** is a person who chose to come forward as tribute for the annual Hunger games in someone else's place.

## Process

### Eligibility

Once a child's name was called in the reaping, other children of reaping age (12-18)and of the tribute's same sex had the opportunity to volunteer in their place. Males could volunteer for the male tribute, and females could volunteer for the female. Once a volunteer came forward, any objections from the reaped child or attempts by them to re-volunteer would be ignored, as the volunteer's word took precedent.

### Procedure

Typically, once a child's name was called, they would proceed to the stage and the escort would ask for volunteers. Someone could then come forward, verbally declare their intent to volunteer, and take the stage in the reaped child's place. Volunteering was "complicated" in the Career districts of 1, 2, and 4, where children trained to take part in the Games; however, the exact procedure there is unknown.

### Attitudes

The act of volunteering was rare in most districts, largely because most people believed that being reaped was a death sentence. In Career districts, participation was seen as a great honor, so volunteering was far more commonplace. Reasons to volunteer varied from person to person; in Career districts, the goal was usually glory, but elsewhere, volunteers occasionally came forward to protect the reaped child.

## History

### 1st-10th Hunger Games

As of the 10th Hunger Games, Districts 1, 2, and 4 had not yet formed a culture of training and volunteering for the Games. After that year's competition, Coriolanus Snow came up with the idea to construct a neighborhood of lavish mansions, known as the Victors' Village, in each district in order to "tempt a better class of tributes to possibly volunteer."

### 62nd Hunger Games

According to Capitol Couture, Enobaria from District 2 volunteered for and won the 62nd Hunger Games.

### 63th Hunger Games

The female tribute of District 1 Aryn Vens and the two tributes of District 2, Leia Washington and Jared Diaz, volunteered for the Hunger Games

### 74th Hunger Games

Cato volunteered from District 2. In District 12, Primrose Everdeen's name was pulled from the girls' reaping ball, and after a moment of shock, her older sister Katniss Everdeen jumped in to volunteer— the first tribute from 12 to do so in decades. In *The Hunger Games* film, she was her district's first volunteer ever.

### 75th Hunger Games

For the third Quarter Quell, tributes were reaped from the existing pool of victors,most of whom were over the age of 18. As a result, the usual rule about being of reaping age was ignored, but only other victors could volunteer to participate.

Volunteers included Brutus from District 2; Mags Flanagan from District 4, in place of a "hysterical" Annie Cresta; and District 12's Peeta Mellark on behalf of Haymitch Abernathy. During the reaping recaps, Effie Trinket commented that "Chaff never could stay out of a fight", implying that he may have volunteered as District 11's male tribute.

## Known volunteers

### 63th Hunger Games

* Aryn Vens-District 1
* leia Washington - District 2
* Jared Diaz- District 2

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Cato - District 2
* Katniss Everdeen - District 12 - volunteered for Primrose Everdeen

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Brutus - District 2
* Mags Flanagan - District 4 - for Annie Cresta
* Peeta Mellark - District 12 - for Haymitch Abernathy

#### Other

* Enobaria - District 2 - 62nd Hunger Games

### Probable volunteers

Since Career districts tended to produce more volunteers, known Careers from 1, 2, and 4 are generally assumed to have volunteered.

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Glimmer - District 1
* Marvel - District 1
* Clove - District 2
* District 4 female
* District 4 male

#### Other

* District 1 female (50th HG)
* Lyme - District 2
* Gloss - District 1 - 63rd Hunger Games
* Cashmere - District 1 - 64th Hunger Games
* Finnick Odair - District 4 - 65th Hunger Games
* Augustus Braun - District 1 - 67th Hunger Games
* Annie Cresta - District 4 - 70th Hunger Games
* District 4 male (70th HG)
* District 2 male (73rd HG)
* Chaff - District 11 - 75th Hunger Games