River City Rowing Club Junior Crew Parent Volunteer
Hours
Volunteer activities and the allocation of hours will be coordinated by
committee chairs, board members, and/or their designees. The following is
a listing of "approved activities and hours." Additions and/or
modifications to the list will be made throughout the year as needed. Any
modifications to hours allocated must be approved by the board.
A sign-in roster must be maintained for all activities. After completion
of the activity, the sign-in roster should be submitted to the Membership
Committee to be logged. Completed sign-in rosters may be placed in the
"Membership" box in the eights boathouse or the information may be
e-mailed to Carolyn Montgomery, RCRC Juniors Secretary, at
crmontgomery@comcast.net.
If the hours are submitted electronically, the information submitted
should be in the same manner as the "Volunteer Hours Sign-In Sheet."
Volunteer hours much be completed by May 18, 2008. In lieu of yearly
hours, a payment of $100.00 may be made to the club.
Partial hours may be counted for one hour if 45 minutes or more is worked.
For example,
44 min. or less = 0 hours credit; 45 min. or more = 1 hour credit)
Board and Committee Meetings Chair: Relevant board member or committee
chair Approved activities:
Attendance at official meetings of the board and committees, provided
attendee is conducting legitimate club business. Meetings must be chaired by a board member,
committee chair, and/or their designee. Committee chairs will be
automatically allocated 15 hours of volunteer credit for serving as in
their positions. Likewise, board members will be automatically allocated
15 hours of volunteer credit for their service. Hours: 1 meeting (regardless of length) = 1 hour of volunteer credit
Food Donations
Donations of specific grocery items are needed to feed rowers during races
and other events. Chair: Patty Kline Approved activities:
(All donations must be coordinated through the
committee chair)
Donate food and other grocery items as requested by the committee chair or
other RCRC Junior Crew board member. Please present receipts in
order to be credited for volunteer hours. Hours: $5.00 of food donated = 1 hour of volunteer credit
(maximum of 10 hours)
Facilities
The Facilities Committee assists in maintaining and improving the
boathouse and associated facilities. Chair: Mike Westlake Approved activities:
(All activities must be coordinated through the
committee chair)
General maintenance and/or improvement of boathouse, associated
facilities, and/or grounds.
Participation in a boathouse facilities work-day or dock board replacement
work-day
Build cage for trash bins
Build shelves for Kippie Little Kits (red or black launch bags)
Paint ramp
Install external lights with solar sensitive lights
Make "kush tush" bags for coxswains
Perform maintenance of ERGs
Assist with boat refurbishing
Help control weeds (both on land and aquatic weeds)
Fix concrete gap in eight’s boathouse
Pressure wash outside of eight’s boathouse
Organize area behind/beside four’s house Hours: 1 hour work = 1 hour of volunteer credit
Communications/Recruiting
The Communications/Recruiting Committee coordinates intra-club
communications and communications with the public. Chair: TBA Approved activities:
Organize recruitment events (e.g., schools, health fairs, farmer’s
markets, park openings)
Development of newsletter
Contributions to newsletter
Maintenance of club website
Development of communications plan, press releases, media blurbs Hours: 1 hour work = 1 hour of volunteer credit
Regatta
The Regatta Committee organizes and works at RCRC sponsored regattas. Chair: Tiffany Knapp Approved activities:
Maintain racing results
Work at a race as dock master
Work as a race "official" in a launch, at the start, at the finish
Work at a race compiling and posting results
Work at a race helping with parking or bridge duty
Assist with registration on race day
Submit races and race results to calendars and websites (ex: row2k.com)
Create bow numbers for HOPS and Junior Fall Regatta
Coordinate with gear committee on HOPS t-shirts
Solicit and organize volunteers for home races
Receive and track entry information
Assist in creating race schedule
Advertise regattas to Sacramento community
Communicate with Port, Laborers, City, fire dept, etc. prior to race day
Set up course, lane markers on race day
Post on website or provide information to webmaster re: race entry info,
starting order, lane assignments, etc.
Organize home race calendar (including potentially hosting additional
races throughout the year) Hours: 1 hour worked = 1 volunteer hour
