{"id":4989,"date":"2017-06-21T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2017-06-21T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T04:00:32","slug":"white-glove-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/white-glove-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"White Glove Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Hundreds of quilts are on display each year at Road to California. Some are viewed in special exhibits but many are the winning entries for Road\u2019s quilt contest. Because Road has over 39,000 guests come to the show each year, special care needs to be taken to insure the safety and integrity of all the fabric art masterpieces. To help provide proper care and security for the quilts on display, Road enlists the help of individuals affectionately referred to as <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteers.\nThe role of <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteers is to greet visitors at the quilt displays, answer questions about the quilt(s) they are assigned to and show the backs of quilts, ensuring that visitors do not touch the quilts. <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteers are the only ones allowed to get up close and handle the quilts.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/white-glove-treatment\/attachment\/white-glove1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4990\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/White-Glove1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a>\nHow do you know someone is a <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteer<em>? <\/em>\u00a0By the white gloves they wear, of course.<em> White Glove <\/em>volunteers are also asked to wear a black skirt or pants and a white blouse.\nLinda has been a <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteer for six years. A member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-the-african-american-quilters-of-los-angeles-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">African American Quilters of Los Angeles <\/a>quilt guild (\u201cthe best guild ever,\u201d says Linda), she likes seeing the quilts up close and talking to the people. \u201cThe stories I hear are so interesting,\u201d remarked Linda.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/white-glove-treatment\/attachment\/0113750070c08990d19b03a86d58c6c66c498180b7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4993\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0113750070c08990d19b03a86d58c6c66c498180b7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a>\nAysheh and Valerie belong to the<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/quilt-guilds\/meet-the-inland-empire-quilters-guild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Inland Empire Quilt Guild<\/a> and live in Riverside, California. They regularly sign up to work together as <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteers. They enjoy talking to the people, seeing the quilts up close, and the <strong>free show registration<\/strong> they receive for volunteering. <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/white-glove-treatment\/attachment\/0150c218dddc6454c25eb88874c357188896afd1e9-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4991\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0150c218dddc6454c25eb88874c357188896afd1e9-1-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a>Diane lives in San Pedro and participates with the <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/meet-the-south-bay-quilters-guild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Bay Quilters<\/a>. She has been a <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteer for 8 years. \u201cI have a good experience every time,\u201d says Diane. She always tries to find out about the people who made the quilts she is assigned to and what the quilts symbolize. \u201cThe first quilt I white gloved for was a <a href=\"https:\/\/sharonschamber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharon Schamber&#8217;s quilt<\/a>. After that show, I took a class from her.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/white-glove-treatment\/attachment\/01a3daf13f5d740d29f3237c96c6b769dd86081827copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4994\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01a3daf13f5d740d29f3237c96c6b769dd86081827copy-468x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"796\" \/><\/a>\n<em>White Glove <\/em>volunteers serve a minimum shift of 2 hours. If they work six or more hours during a show, they qualify for<strong> priority class registration<\/strong> for the following year. Hours available to work for Road 2018 are Wednesday, January 17, 2018 &#8211; 7 PM &#8211; 9 PM, Thursday &#8211; Saturday, January 18 \u2013 20, 2018 &#8211; 8 AM &#8211; \u2013 6:15 PM and Sunday, January 21, 2018 &#8211; 10 AM &#8211; 3:45 PM.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/making-your-way-around-the-floor\/attachment\/workers__i4c6015\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1474\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/workers__i4c6015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a>\nIf you are interested in serving as a <em>White Glove <\/em>volunteer, please visit our website for further information on how to register.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[62,563,933,1227,1371,1381],"class_list":["post-4989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","category-road-to-california","tag-african-american-quilters-of-los-angeles","tag-inland-empire-quilters-guild","tag-priority-registration","tag-south-bay-quilters","tag-volunteers","tag-white-glove-volunteers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}