2025-2026 VOLUNTEER SERVICE REQUIREMENT
Volunteer Requirement for Swim Families
Our swim team hosts numerous meets throughout the season, and we depend on parent volunteers to help ensure everything runs smoothly. Each family is asked to contribute a minimum of 25 volunteer hours per season.
Volunteer opportunities include working at swim meets, donating items for the hospitality room, assisting with gear distribution, and more.
Timers get 2x hours!! (As of 11/6/2025)
Timing at other meets count too (ex: Swim & Rock, Winter Classic, PVS Age Group Champs - Please email us after the meet and let us know how many hours you have completed).
You can sign up for volunteer shifts via SignUpGenius—just check the Meets/Events page on our website for the latest opportunities. Also, be sure to check your email regularly for updates and reminders about upcoming events and sign-ups.
Starting April 1, 2026, families who do not fulfill the 25-hour requirement will be charged a $150 fee.
Volunteer hours will be tracked by our Admin Team through a google sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VqK1XuXM-V-e03aGvRcDSGPcwHgL1Zs2jpf-aj1duao/edit?gid=0#gid=0) where you can monitor your progress at any time.
If you are a registered MAKO official and regularly attend meets, thank you for your hard work! Your officiating already counts toward your 25 volunteer hours, so no additional contribution is required.
Here are the answers to some questions you might have:
- What is an On-Deck Position? On-deck positions are volunteer spots that are worked during a meet. These positions are essential to running our meets. Examples include head timer, timer, marshal, meet sheet sales, gear sales, swimmer check in, swimmer pickup monitor, hospitality room, etc.
- What is a Hospitality Donation? These donations are food items that are necessary to supply our Hospitality Room for the Coaches and Certified Officials that are working our meet. These donations are listed as a separate event and can be found under the Meets/Events tab above. Hospitality donations are counted as 1 hour per item.
- Am I qualified to volunteer for this position? Yes – you are. This is because all of the positions that require PVS training or prior experience have already been filled. If you are interested in any of those positions and want to know how you can volunteer for them in the future, please contact us.
- Can I volunteer for more than one position at a meet? YES! There are two ways this can occur. First – multiple members of the same family can volunteer during a meet (eg – timer and marshal). Second – an individual can volunteer during two sessions of the same meet. Obviously, the same person cannot be in two places at once, so please specify WHO will be volunteering when signing up for multiple positions at a meet.
- Can I make multiple Hospitality Donations at the same meet? Yes, you make bring up to 3 items per day. This ensures that more families are volunteering on deck and instead of just making donations.
- What if I need to change a position? If you are no longer able to volunteer/donate, please go to the SignUpGenius for that specific meet and remove your name so that someone else has an opportunity to volunteer.
- Do we have to work at every MAKO meet? If you have a swimmer in the meet, we strongly encourage that you volunteer on deck and/or bring hospitality donations.
- I have more questions. Who should I contact? Please email our MAKO Swimming Administrators at [email protected] with any and all questions regarding volunteering.
We know that all of our families will continue to work together to support our swimmers and provide excellent experiences for our MAKO team!
