Each Five Parks Piranhas family is required to volunteer a MINIMUM of 10 hours during the summer season. NOTE: 7 of your 10 hours be “on-deck” hours (timing, heating, concessions, etc.) To ensure that every family contributes to the team, we require a Parent Participation Fee (PPF) of $400 per family. (This is separate from swimmer registration fees.)
Once your family completes the required number of volunteer hours, your PPF check will be destroyed. If you do not meet your 10-hour commitment, your check will be cashed at the end of the season and you will lose your ability to register your swimmer(s) during the priority registration period the following summer swim season.
Volunteer sign-up links will be sent via email from our TeamUnify email account. Jobs are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Parent volunteers must check in with the volunteer coordinator or a parent board member at the start and end of their shift to receive credit towards the 10-hour commitment. If you are signed up to volunteer and cannot make it, you are responsible for finding a replacement or taking your name off the online sign-up by the Wednesday prior to the meet or special event. All volunteer hours must be completed by the end-of-season awards banquet.
In addition to weekly volunteer opportunities, we also offer the ability to fulfill your entire volunteer hours obligation by becoming tone of our volunteer coordinators. The following volunteer coordinator positions are available every season. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer coordinator, please contact us and let us know.
Volunteer Coordinator Positions
(These volunteer coordinator positions fulfill the 10-hour volunteer requirement for the team.)
Volunteer Coordinator – Manages the online volunteer sign-up for meets and events. All volunteers must check in with the volunteer coordinator at the beginning and end of their shift. The volunteer coordinator keeps track of volunteer sign-ups for each meet/event and provides a report after every meet/event to the parent board so we can keep accurate track of family volunteer hours.
Cleaning Coordinator – Manages the cleaning of the pool deck, amphitheater, restrooms, and locker rooms for home meets. Notifes the parent board when additional cleaning supplies are needed.
Concession Coordinator – Manages the purchase of food items for the concession stand, and contacts food vendors to order specific items for each home meet.
Family BBQ/Relay and End-of-Season Banquet Coordinator – Organizes and coordinates the family BBQ and the end-of-season banquet through volunteers, ordering food items from vendors, acquiring food donations, food preparation and service, set-up and clean-up.
Heating Coordinator – Manages the heating area with volunteers for each home meet.
Home Meet Set-up/Take-down Coordinator – Manages meet set-up the night before each home meet and take-down at the conclusion of each home meet.
Meet Data Entry Coordinator – During each home meet, enters race results and posts results.
Pancake Breakfast Coordinator – Organizes and coordinates the breakfast through volunteers, acquiring food donations, equipment rental, food preparation, set-up and clean-up.
Ribbon Volunteer – Organizes the ribbons from weekly swim meets and places ribbons in each swimmer’s file.
Video Coordinator – Organizes and submitted photos and prepares the end-of-season team video.
