Volunteer Job Descriptions (alphabetically)
PLEASE VOLUNTEER - SUMMER SWIM DEPENDS ON VOLTUNEERS!!
Announcer: (Home meets) Welcomes visiting team, calls swimmers to the Clerk of Course, announces events (and the swimmers’ names at Saturday A meets), sponsors, and other general announcements. Have a great voice and like to use a mic? This job’s perfect for you!
Automation: Tech or numbers savvy? Want a volunteer job that's usually in the shade? Assistance is needed entering and verifying times at the computer automation table. Training available to those new at this. Please see the Team Reps if you’d like to help.
Cashier: (Home meets and social events) Collect money and provide change at Dolphin Café concession stand.
Clerk of Course / Assistant Clerk of Course: Check in the swimmers and seat them on benches in order to wait for their events. Participates in the “scratch meeting” before the meet starts where Coaches review any substitutions or changes to their line-ups.
Concessions Assistants: (Home meets) Help serve food and beverages at our world-renowned “Dolphin Café,” (a.k.a. concession stand)! One slot includes set-up assistance and one includes take-down of tents, tables and food.
Grillers: (Home meets, Mini Meet, and social events) Fire up the grills and flip burgers, hot dogs, and chicken for the Dolphin Café. If we have several slots open, one is to wrap cooked items in foil and deliver to concessions, while one is to grill.
Head Timer/Assistant Head Timer: These experienced timers will meet with all timers to go over procedures. Time each race in case a back-up watch is needed. Collect cards from timers to give to runner.
Ice: (Home meets) Pick up three 16-20 lb. bags of ice and deliver to Concessions before the meet.
National Anthem: (Home meets)TW’s Got Talent!! We know it, so don’t be shy!! Please sign up to play or sing the National Anthem before one of our Home Swim meets. We are amazed at our multi-talented Dolphins!
Officials: Parents are welcome -- and encouraged -- to officiate. In order to serve as officials (Referee, Starter, and Stroke and Turn Judge), you must complete training and maintain current certification with the Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL). For more information, please see Tim Finn.
Party Concessions Assistants: (Holiday parties and special events at TW) Helpers are needed to serve food and beverages and act as cashier at Memorial Day BBQ, 4th of July BBQ, Mini Meet, Lock-In and Banquet. Training will be provided. Please sign up on website under Events, Job Signup.
Party Concessions Coordinator: Head up the Dolphin Café for the Memorial Day BBQ, 4th of July BBQ or the Mini Meet. No experience necessary. The pros will guide you through this! Please step up and take the lead on one of these concessions stands. You’ll have fun and really help the team. Contact Stephanie ([email protected]) or Joanne ([email protected]) if you can take this on.
Photographers:
Members of this committee take photographs throughout the season and provide photographs for use in the end-of-season slide show and for the webpage. Please contact Preston Sacks if you are a shutterbug and can help with this.
Pick up Bagels and Donuts: (Saturday Home meets) Stop by Ize’s Bagels and Dunkin Donuts on Rockville Pike before Saturday morning home meets start. Orders will be ready and paid for. Just pick up and deliver to our concessions stand. Questions? Contact our Concessions chair, Beth Ciangiulli.
Ribbon Writers: Place stickers from the automation team on the appropriate ribbons and then file in our ribbon boxes. Two volunteers are needed at each Wednesday night meet, one for each half. One or two volunteers are needed (for the entire tiime) for Saturday meets. This job is good for those who can’t be on their feet at the meet. It’s usually in the shade, too! The opposing team also supplies ribbon writers. Swimmers 12 and older not swimming in that meet may earn SSL hours for this job.
Runner: (Home meets) This volunteer gathers cards from the Head Timer/Assistant Head Timer and delivers them to automation. No experience necessary. Swimmers 12 and older not swimming in that meet may earn SSL hours for this job.
Timers: We need at least 9 timers each half to time our swimmers. That’s 3 for each of our 3 lanes in each half. Timers will use stopwatches to
start the time when the strobe light goes off (accompanied by the beep at the beginning of each race), then stop it when the swimmer first touches the wall. One of the timers in each lane writes down the times. (We need 18 timers each half for Time Trials since we don’t swim an opposing team for this inter-squad competition.) This is a great way to see your child swim and meet other swim parents. No experience necessary for B meets (prefer to have experienced timers for A meets). On-the-job training will be provided. Be prepared to get wet when swimmers flip turn! :) Swimmers 13 and older not swimming in that meet may earn SSL hours for timing at B meets (sorry, no SSL timers at A meets).
Traffic Director: (Home meets) One parent stands outside our pool parking lot gates and directs a limited number of cars from the visiting team into our parking lot, and the rest to the Tilden Woods Park parking lot or to street parking. He/she also asks parents not to drop swimmers off at the gate so we don’t cause a traffic jam on Tilden Lane for our neighbors. This is just before the swim meet begins. Then you come on down to the spectating area and enjoy the meet!
