Fairport Packers Youth Football and Cheerleading: Volunteers
Welcome to all new and returning families to the Fairport Packer Football and Cheerleading Program!
We are looking forward to another great year.
It is all the volunteer work you parents do that help to keep this program running successfully for your children. So please keep in mind…If you cannot work the shift you have been assigned, it is your responsibility to switch with another volunteer. Team Parents have a list of the phone numbers and should have been provided to you as part of your team Call Tree to enable you to call each other. Please fill out the change of schedule form and return it to your Team parent when you have found a replacement. (You can find this form posted in the handouts section of this website.) If you are not successful in finding a replacement volunteer, please let your Team Parent or myself know. It is important not to leave a spot unattended; each spot assigned is essential in running the games and the program.
Thank you in advance to all the volunteers…see you at the fields!
Lisa Semler, Director of Volunteers
2009 Volunteer Schedules for Contact Game tasks
A, B and C Updated October 16th, D updated October 10th 2009....
| A Team Schedule |
B Team Schedule |
C Team Schedule |
D Team Schedule |
Volunteer Information
Remember that it is an expectation for a parent/guardian to fulfill assigned volunteer duties, as a requirement of your child(ren) participating in Fairport Packers. Each family, whether football or cheerleading plays a vital part in our organization, therefore, it is important that we work together to keep the organization running smoothly. The Packers are very fortunate to have great families as a volunteer support base and your children as well as the Packers' Board of Directors appreciates all that you do to help.
Monitor
Two monitors are needed for a game. One monitor stays on the Fairport sideline and and the other assists a person from the visiting team to make sure every child has 5 plays in a half. The monitor sheet has names with jersey numbers and 10 boxes to be checked. If a child has not gotten 5 plays in a half, it is up to the coach to have this information and get the child in for the required number of plays.
If you are scheduled for the opposing team, you will have that teams' monitor sheet, and someone from their organization will be assisting you to make sure each one of their players has the required number of plays. It is not a hard position, but it is required by the league and needs to be filled.
Chain Gang
Three (3) people are needed for chain gang duties. If assigned to this position, you will move the markers that mark the down and the yardage for the team who is offense. You are on the opposing side of the field and the referees will be more than happy to assist you in moving, telling you where to go, etc. The only time you move off the sideline is when there is a need to measure for a first down (the referee will guide you where to go). The chain gang is an essential part of the football game. You report to the opposite side line and meet with the referees to get your position.
Concessions
Each of the three (3) shifts for concession stand need to be filled in order to maximize efficiency. If assigned to a grill position, you will be responsible for cooking hamburgers, hotdogs, italian sausage and any other grill item. There is a set up crew that is charged with getting the stand running prior to the first game (C Team). If you are assigned at the end of the day (B Team), your duties will require assistance with breakdown. Breakdown begins at the conclusion of halftime of the third game (B Team), so the process should be completed by the end of game day with minimal items left to do.
Please make sure that you know what shifts you have been assigned. Our Director of Volunteers has a very large job trying to fit approximately 200 kids' parents/guardian into slots. If you have a conflict and are unable to cover your shift, it is your responsibility to arrange someone to take that shift.
50/50 Raffle
During each game tickets will be sold for the 50/50 raffle drawing. The assigned volunteers need to otain the tickets from the announcement booth and then solicit buyers from both the home and away sides of the field. Selling should begin midway through the first quarter and continue throughout the second quarter. Tickets and money will then be returned to the announcement booth at halftime for the drawing. This is a money generating activity for the Packers so it is essential that volunteers engage as many people on the sidelines as possible.
