U8 Volunteer Opportunities
If you are a U8 parent, these are volunteers specific to the U8 program. Parents are welcome to sign up for any volunteer opportunity. If you're a U8 parent these volunteer opportunties contribute directly to your child's U8 program. No soccer experience is required for any of these positions.
Urgent Open U8 positions:
Field Day - OPEN: 8-12 positions - Work at our annual Field Day to rehab Shepherd Canyon. Clear the field of trash, fill holes, seed the field, cover newly laid seed with soil conditioner. We will schedule our 2008 Shepherd Canyon Field Day after we get 2 Field Day Organizers signed up
Positive Coaching (PCA) Committee Member - OPEN - organize 3 Positive Coaching (PCA) workshops per year and meet annually with the League PCA Committee. Upside: Work with volunteers acorss the 8 Clubs and shape your Club's commitment to positive coaching. Your efforts have a huge effort.
New Parents Night Attendance Tracker - OPEN - Track attendance for New Parents Night. Upside: work from home on your schedule.
Open U8 positions:
- U8 Match Secretary in Training - OPEN
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U8 Commissioner in Training - OPEN - Work with the current U8 Commissioner to take over for next year. Upside: your efforts have a huge impact.
- U8 Guides - OPEN - edit, copy and distribute U8 Gudes (Coach Guide, Parent Guide, Game Monitor Guide). Guides have already been developed, so updates are minor. Upside: work at home as suits your schedule.
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U8 Wiki Pages - OPEN - Work with the Volunteer Coordinator and U8 Commissioner to edit this and other U8 pagespage. Upside: work at home as suits your schedule.
- U8 and U6 Coaches Day Organizer - OPEN - set up registration for Coaches Day in Sportability and organize volunteers for Coaches Day. Upside: coaches appreciate your help.
- New Parents Night Organizer - OPEN - organize the two parents nights. Upside: As a new U8 parent, you are going to attend this event anyway. If you attended last year, you know the ropes. Why not get volunteer credit for it?
As of August 2008, the positions below have been filled. Thank you!
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U8 Commissioner - Leslie Kraitchman - U8@montclairsoccer.org
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U8 Boys Coordinator - Alex Walton - make sure registration forms are complete and form up U8 boys teams.
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U8 Girls Coordinator - Paul Derksen - make sure registration forms are complete and form up U8 girls teams.
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Coaches Day Refreshments Manager - Kathleen Yee - Buy (you'll get reimbursed) and bring refreshments and food for Coaches Day. Upside: coaches dig you when you stroll in carrying food.
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New Parents Night Aide - CLOSED - thank you, we have ample volunteers for this position- 8 positions (4 for each New Parents Night) - organize the two parents night. Upside: As a new U8 parent, you are going to attend this event anyway. If you attended last year, you know the ropes. Why not get volunteer credit for it?
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New Parents Night Refreshments Manager - CLOSED - thank you, we have ample volunteers for this position - 2 positions, 1 for each New Parents Night - Buy (you'll get reimbursed) and bring refreshments for New Parents Night. Upside: Attendees dig you.
- U8 Equipment Manager- Soora Wi, swioak@comcast.net - Organize assembly of Coaches Bags for U8 and U6 teams for Coaches Day. Get equipment as needed to teams. Upside: hand select your child's uniform and personally make sure your team is outfitted.
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U8 and U6 Coaches Bags - CLOSED for 2008 - Help assemble of Coaches Bags for U8 and U6 teams for Coaches Day. Upside: hand select your child's uniform and personally make sure your team is outfitted.
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U8 Match Secretary - Kevin Hillesland - create game schedule in Sportability on the web. Upside: set your team's game schedule for the season.
- U8 and U6 Coaches Binders - CLOSED for 2008 - Assemble the U8 Coaches Binders. Upside: make sure your coach has all the info s/he needs.
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Uniform Return on Picture Day - CLOSED - thank you, we have ample volunteers for this position- Set up a uniform return box and sign on Picture Day and advertise about it in our newsletter. Collect returned uniforms. Upside: flexible work schedule.
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Uniform Return Helper - CLOSED - thank you, we have ample volunteers for this position - Wash returned uniforms at home and/or sort uniforms at the Equipment Shed. Upside: flexible work schedule.
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Field Day Organizer - CLOSED - Terri Van Hare, Ken Louie - organize an annual Field Day to rehab Shepherd Canyon. Procure grass seed, soil conditioner, soil (to fill holes). Organize volunteers in advance to bring wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes and plastic garbage bags (for clean-up).
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Field Steward for Shepherd Canyon - CLOSED - Anne Ratto - volunteer activist who works with appropriate city agencies to monitor city park resources to ensure that the city responds in a timely and effective manner when a problem arises.
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Sign-Maker for Shepherd Canyon - CLOSED - Background: The City cannot possibly keep up with the volume of trash given our intense use of Shepherd Canyon. This job involves making signs instructing sports families to pack out all their own trash instead of leaving it in trash bins at the park. Type several signs onto 8.5 x 11 paper, get them laminated, and post them on all trashbins at Shepherd Canyon.
Email U8@montclairsoccer.org to sign up.
Thinking about volunteering, but worried it will eat you alive? Read some Volunteers' Stories to learn how they got involved, and some of their perspective about choosing where you spend your discretionary time.