Spring Sports: VolunteerSpot helps parents spend more time enjoying the game, not planning for it

Free online sign up sheets and scheduling tool saves time and makes volunteer coordination easy
By: Diana Schlott
 
Feb. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Whether it’s Little League, soccer, swimming, softball, lacrosse, or all of the above, spring is an exciting time for children participating in youth sports.  For parents, though, their busy schedules are about to get a whole lot busier! Beyond spending joyful hours cheering on the sidelines, parents provide the backbone for any successful youth sports program by participating as coaches, referees, groundskeepers, timers, bringing snacks, driving carpools, and much more.

VolunteerSpot (http://www.VolunteerSpot.com), a free and easy online volunteer coordination tool that helps schedule, sign up and remind parent volunteers, makes it easy for coaches and league leaders to let parents know when they need them and for what. Team parents appreciate the streamlined communication as VolunteerSpot makes it simple to sign up and help. Camille R., a soccer mom from Gilroy, CA reports, “I signed up to bring soccer snacks for two of my sons’ teams and it was so easy! Thank you, VolunteerSpot for cutting through the clutter of reply-all email!”

Parent leaders that use VolunteerSpot reduce their planning and coordinating time by several hours a week and eliminate late-night reply-all emails, last-minute phone tag and hard-to-read clipboard sign up sheets. Team parents appreciate how easy it is to sign up and pick their days to help, with a few clicks from an email or through a link on the team website. VolunteerSpot then sends automated email reminders to help everyone remember and keep their commitments.  

Karyn Ward, Concessions stand volunteer leader from Austin, TX sums it up, “VolunteerSpot has been a true blessing to us.  Without it, I would be making dozens of phone calls and sending dozens of emails, almost every day. Honestly, without your service, I don't think I would have agreed to do this role!”


Here are a few ways parents are using VolunteerSpot to save time and power team and league activities:
    •         Snack schedule sign up sheets
    •         Concessions stand volunteer scheduling
    •         Tournament scheduling (officials, linesmen, score keepers, awards, setup/cleanup)
    •         Assistant coaches, practice helpers, and field maintenance
    •         Swim meet volunteer scheduling
    •         Fundraisers like carwashes, carnivals, fun runs, and picnics

Anyone can launch a VolunteerSpot sign up calendar, for any activity. “Wow! Swim meet planning, party planning for school, the possibilities are endless. LUV IT!” writes Terri Keller of Louisville, KY on VolunteerSpot's facebook page.

For more information and to help parents get started, VolunteerSpot has a free eBook with sample online sign up sheets for youth sports: http://www.VolunteerSpot.com/ebooks/YouthSports

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About VolunteerSpot
Based in Austin, Texas, privately held VolunteerSpot (http://www.VolunteerSpot.com) is a free Web-based organization tool that powers grassroots volunteering at school and in the community. Founded by Karen Bantuveris, a management consultant and mom, who found that traditional volunteer coordination methods could be time consuming, frustrating and caused good people to drop out or simply not bother. VolunteerSpot’s easy-to-use online sign up tool saves time, streamlines communication and makes it simple for more people to get involved. VolunteerSpot is perfect for coordinating groups for anything — teams and leagues, PTA/PTO activities, food and toy drives, tournaments, service projects, mentoring sessions, group campouts, ministry meals, book fairs, swim meets, and more. … VolunteerSpot, DOING GOOD Just Got Easier!
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Source:Diana Schlott
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Tags:Little League, Youth Soccer, Swim Team, Swim Meet, Softball, Lacrosse, Coach, Concession Stand, Online Signup Sheet
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