Volunteers

Everyone Volunteers:

There can NOT be a swim team without parent volunteers. You are a very vital and integral part of the summer swim team program.

If your child is NOT swimming in a particular meet, then you don’t need to volunteer for that swim meet, however if your child is swimming then you must volunteer.

There are 90 events in a swim meet and each of the events will usually have at least 6 swimmers in multiple heats. The only way to get through a meet is with LOTS of help from YOU — our parents.

There are several wonderful job opportunities available for you, and we try to fit your needs and requirements with the particular volunteer job. However, sometimes we may need to adjust your responsibilities or duties that you signed up for originally. We also have worked diligently to be fair and divide job responsibilities up evenly among our families.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mona Egender,Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@castlepinesstorm.com . Additionally, if you know that you will be missing a swim meet (illness, vacation, etc) please let Mona know as soon as possible.

Volunteer Positions:

For individuals that have swim team experience and are willing to attend a 2-3 hour course held by Mile Hi Swim League the following jobs are vital to having a summer swim team:

• Stroke & Turn Judge - individuals who work at swim meets and judge the kids’ proper strokes.
• Chief Official/Meet Referee - This individual is responsible for running and being the Chief Official for home swim meets.
• Starter - This individual starts the heats and works closely with the Chief Official.
• Clerk of Course - An individual who is extremely organized and works well under pressure, who sets up the swim meet cards and hands those out to all swimmers for the home swim meets.
• Meet Manager - An individual who is responsible for entering all swim times and disqualifications into the computer program and printing results and ribbons for all swimmers at the home meets.
• Team Manager - An individual who enters all swimmers’ event choices into the computer program and assists coaches in setting up relays for each swim meet.

Other jobs that require minimal training are:

• Timer - stands at the end of a lane and times swim events.
• Runner - takes kids’ time cards and DQ slips and runs those to the Meet Manager.
• Set-up and Take Down - individuals who work at home meets and set-up and take down the swim meet equipment and pool deck.
• Water and Bathroom Duty - takes water cups around to all volunteers and keeps bathrooms stocked and cleaned for home swim meets.
• Team Photographer - takes photos at all swim meets and then dowloads to a program for parents to purchase swim photos of their children.

If you would like any additional information on any of these positions, just contact Mona Egender at volunteer@castlepinesstorm.com for more details.