Most of our registered members by now will have received an email from our Centre President welcoming you to Diamond Valley. Little Athletics is a sport run entirely by volunteers. And because it’s such a huge sport – it doesn’t take just a few generous bodies, but an entire community of generous volunteers. At Diamond Valley, we are trialing a new way to share the load; because we’ve all heard the saying many hand make light work. We are trying a weekly roster that designates families to a duty. Early in the season, while our numbers are still a bit lower, this means that families might be doing half a morning (8.30-10.00am or 10.00-11.30am) every week or two. By the time our numbers are at peak, we should theoretically have enought people so that everyone only does a half a mooning once a fortnight. So in the meanwhile, we appreciate your support in chipping in to keep the program running. Because without you, we can’t run events.
Wherever possible, we’d like to put you on to help out at events that you are interested in or events that are on where your children are competing. We’d like to give you as much choice as possible. But we also need organise ourselves in advance. In the past we have tried sign up sheets, which worked for some but not for others. That is why now we have switched to nominating the families. But we’d still like for you to be happy in your volunteer role.
In your Welcome email from the President, there was an attachment of Volunteer Roles and Descriptions that may assist you in understanding there different things that need doing. We recommend that you read this and then follow this https://forms.office.com/r/hc8p3i16hM link to fill out the form about what roles you would be happy to fill. Please don’t worry if you have never done anything like this before. We will give you guidance. For those who wish to take on a Chief/Coordination role, we will provide mentoring. Thank you to those who have already taken the time in filling out the forms. We are doing our best to make sure you get allocated to something you will like, but sometimes we have to shuffle things around a bit.
And lastly, thanks for being a part of our Volunteer Community. It really is incredibly fun to be a part of the Little Athletics crew.