Become an Event Scout.
395local runs on locals who keep an eye out. If you're out and about in the Eastern Sierra, you can help make sure nothing slips through the cracks — no experience needed, no set hours.
New: Social Media volunteer — Instagram & Facebook
Have 20 minutes a week? That's genuinely all this takes. The posts, images, and captions are all made for you — this role is about clicking a few links, copying and pasting, and adding the human touch a robot can't. Your 20 minutes help more people get out, find something to do, and connect with others in their community.
The Facebook side (about 20 minutes each Thursday): everything is ready in a simple weekly kit — open a few links, copy/paste the week's post, upload the photos, done. You can post just your own community's kit (Bishop & Area or Mammoth & Area) or both — your call.
The Instagram side (a few short check-ins a week): our account posts a few times each week on its own. This role shares those posts to Stories, tags the organizers so they can reshare, and does the friendly engaging — replying, liking, following local orgs — that keeps a community account feeling like a neighbor rather than a bulletin board.
This could be one person or split between two or three — Facebook and Instagram make natural halves, and Facebook splits again by community. No social media experience needed beyond using it like a normal human.
Interested? Email Andrew at andrew@bishoplocal.com and say which part sounds like you — he'll send you the kit and walk you through the first week.
What Event Scouts do
Scouts are our eyes on the ground. When you spot a flyer on a community board, a sandwich board outside a shop, or a poster at the library, snap a photo and send it in. We read it, sort it, and get the event onto the calendar — you don't have to type a thing.
- Photograph flyers and posters wherever you see them.
- Pass along events you hear about — a friend's show, a school fundraiser, a trail day.
- Flag anything that looks out of date so we can fix it.
Help spread the word
Not the flyer-hunting type? There's plenty more: share our posts, suggest events or venues we should be watching, help with social media, or just tell your neighbors the calendar exists. Small nudges add up — especially in the Mammoth area, where we're still growing.
This week's events poster
Every time you click a button below, we build a fresh printable poster of the next 7 days of events, starting right now — one for Bishop & Area, one for Mammoth & Area. Print one for your window, counter, break room, or community board. Events are grouped by category with a QR code to the full calendar, and it prints cleanly in black and white.
The poster takes about 60 seconds to generate — it's being made just for you, from the live calendar, the moment you click. Because it always covers the next 7 days from the moment it's made, download a fresh one each time you print rather than reusing a saved copy.
Bishop & Area poster (PDF) Mammoth & Area poster (PDF)
Give it a minute after clicking — your poster is being drawn.
Posters & coloring pages
Print these and put them up wherever the community gathers — the library, the co-op board, a coffee-shop window. They're toner-light (easy on the ink), and every poster has a QR code that opens the calendar. Tap any image to download the full-size file.
Music ↓
Kids & Family ↓
Outdoors ↓
Arts & Culture ↓
Community ↓
Wellness ↓
Sports & Rec ↓
Food & Drink ↓
Coloring pages for the kids — great for library tables and family events:
How to jump in
Everything happens in the community WhatsApp group — it's where Scouts send flyers, ask questions, and coordinate. Join whenever you like and help as much or as little as suits you.