Volunteering


Since the Hurricane Penguins Swim Club is a parent-run, non-profit organization, we can only function if we have adequate parent volunteers to support our activities. To ensure the team will run smoothly, all families are required to participate in the “Fair Share” Program. These requirements represent the minimum volunteering expectations for each family, and everyone is encouraged to get as involved with the team as they can.

Each family will be responsible for fulfilling 25 Fair Share points in a short course season, and 12 points in a long course season - regardless of how many swimmers are in the family, or level of those swimmers. Exception: Families that are single parent homes will be expected to fulfill 1⁄2 of the required “Fair Share” commitment for that session. 

To read more and understand volunteer requirements, please see "Parent Fair Share Requirements" in the Hurricane Penguins Parent Handbook. 

You can also learn and review more in-depth descriptions of volunteer positions here. 

View current volunteer opportunities and job signups here!
(You must be a registered member and logged in to sign up.)

 

Read More Examples of Swim Meet Volunteer Positions**


Announcer
Announces event number, heat number and the names of swimmers in each lane during the race and reads the results after they have been printed. Starts the meet with the announcements of teams, coaches, officials and the national anthem.

Head Timer
Head Timer is a backup for the lane timers. The Head timer also directs timers to the lanes and instructs timers on how to use the stop watches and back up buttons.

Lane Timers
Lane timers are back-up timers for the Electronic Timing System.

  • Timers need to make sure the correct swimmer is in their lane for each race using a card or lane-timer sheet that is provided.
  • Timers will use a stopwatch and/ or the backup button. Timers need to record the finish by stopwatch and depressing the backup button at the end of each race.

Runners
Runners collect the back-up times from the timers, and the order of finish from the Finish Judge and take them to the office. Runners should keep the lane cards in lane order and keep each heat separate.

Finish Judges
Finish judges record the order of finish of each race and any disqualifications.

Marshals
Marshals help the coaches get the swimmers into the correct lanes for their races. This may include handing out lane cards to the swimmers, and getting the swimmers behind their proper lane. Sometimes the Marshals marshal both teams’ swimmers by seating the swimmers in chairs and parading the swimmers behind the lanes at the appropriate time.

Concessions
Concessions volunteers will need to collect healthy food items to sell at the meet and prepare the items to be sold. Concession volunteers will sell the food at the meet and clean up afterward. Concession volunteers may need to store unused items at their home.

Awards
Awards person needs to inventory awards and let the coach know when to order more ribbons. Awards volunteers are needed at the meet to put award labels on the ribbons and sort the ribbons into the swimmers folders.

Admissions
Collect admissions and sell programs or heat sheets at the swim meet.

**Learn and review more in-depth descriptions of volunteer positions here.

Parent Board & Volunteer chair/coordinator positions

Serving on the parent board or in a chair/coordinator position meets all fair-share requirements for the season served! 

The following are some of the volunteer board and chair/coordinator positions: 

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Concessions Chair
  • Awards Chair
  • Fundraising Chair
  • Hospitality Chair
  • Volunteer Chair
  • Parent Representative
  • Meet Coordinator

If you are interested in learning more about these roles please email us or contact the current board member holding the position.