Volunteer Positions Descriptions
Lacrosse Booster Club Administration
GPBC Liaison: This is a year round position. Represents boys’ lacrosse at the monthly
Golden Panther Booster Club meetings, manages lacrosse finances, prepares the budget,
reports income and expenses to the accountant, and organizes the parent organization that
supports boys’ lacrosse.
Events Coordinator: This position begins in January and ends after the end of season
banquet. Plans, organizes, and manages the season kickoff meeting/dinner, Fund Run,
senior appreciation night, and end of season banquet.
Concessions Purchasing and Accounting: This position is active during the season while
there are home games. Shops for food and supplies to stock the concession stand,
inventories food and supplies as needed, prepares expense and revenue reports related to
concession operations, counts money and makes deposits as necessary, manages the
relationship with the girls’ lacrosse team parents if the concession supplies are shared
between the two teams.
Fund Raising: This position could start as early as November and is active through
February. Works with the GPBC Liaison to increase memberships, updates the fund
raising product selections as new ideas come about, works with kids and parents on
collecting pledges for the Fund Run, manages the operation of the Fund Run, finds a
graphic artist to build the program, collects all the content that will go into the program,
and manages the printing of the program, works with game day sponsors to write up
commercial messages that will be read during games, designs and works with a vendor to
produce stadium banners for game day sponsors.
Communications: This is a year round position. Maintains the website and the email
distribution list, stays in contact with the coaching staff and forwards any
communications that affect the parents to the email list, maintains and publishes the
contact list of all players and parents.
Spirit Wear: This position begins in January and ends after all spirit wear orders have
been delivered and payments collected. Plans the design for the line of clothing that will
be offered for sale, works with vendors to create designs, quote prices, establish order
lead times, creates an order form that is posted to the web site, collects orders and
payments, distributes finished products to consumers.
Varsity Volunteer Coordinator: This position is active during the entire season. Uses the
email list and the contact list to gather volunteers for concessions, special events, and any
other function that requires parent volunteers. Responsible for obtaining volunteers to fill
the Varsity game day positions with parents who will commit to performing those jobs on
a consistent basis.
Junior Varsity Volunteer Coordinator: This position is active during the entire season.
Uses the email list and the contact list to gather volunteers for concessions, special
events, and any other function that requires parent volunteers. Responsible for obtaining
volunteers to fill the Junior Varsity game day positions with parents who will commit to
performing those jobs on a consistent basis.
Game Day Operations
All Teams Announcer: Works in the booth at Panther Stadium during both Varsity and
Junior Varsity home games. Obtains a team roster and starting line ups from the home
and visiting coaches, plays the National Anthem, announces the starting line ups, does as
much play by play as they are comfortable with, reads game day and event sponsorship
commercials.
All Teams Field Setup and Close: Sets up the field prior to all home games. Makes sure
the lines are painted well, the goal cages are in place and in good repair, pylons in the
corners and far side mid field, cones at the borders of the box, makes sure that there are
plenty of quality game balls on the end lines and replaces them during the games, places
a six pack of balls on the scoring table prior to the start of each game, makes sure the
score book, penalty time clock, and horn are on the scoring table.
All Teams Photography: Take action photos during as many games as possible and post
them to an accessible web site. Help take team and individual photos that will go into the
program.
Varsity Team Mom: Purchases large quantities of Gatorade for halftime. Gets ice from
the stadium ice machine prior to games, prepares half time Gatorade cooler and makes
sure it gets to the team manager. Works with JV Team Mom to prepare the schedule and
menu of team meals for away games and the dates when we provide food for a visiting
team. If possible, finds a sponsor to feed the teams prior to home games as there is no
budget for team meals at home games.
Varsity Scoreboard: Runs the scoreboard for varsity home games and the district
playoffs. Responsible for finding a replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a
home game.
Varsity Score Book Lead: Keeps the score book during all home, away and playoff
games. Maintains the season long statistics spreadsheet that was passed down from prior
seasons. Responsible for finding a qualified replacement if for any reason they cannot
attend a game.
Varsity Score Book Assistant: Helps the lead scorekeeper track statistical events during
all home, away and playoff games. Manages the penalty time clock and blasts the
timeout horn during all home games and the district playoffs. Responsible for finding a
qualified replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a game.
Varsity Hydration and Sideline Equipment: Brings water jugs, ice, water bottles, and the
sideline equipment bag to all home, away, and playoff games. Keeps the equipment bag
stocked with supplies during the entire season. Responsible for finding a qualified
replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a game
Varsity Concessions Manager: Manages the operation of the concession stand while JV
games are in progress. Supervises volunteers, controls the level of inventory to help
achieve profitability, coordinates with the volunteer coordinator and the concessions
purchasing and accounting person to maintain a smooth profitable operation.
Varsity Gate Collections: The varsity gate collector works during JV home games.
Obtains the ticket box from the athletic department during the school day when JV plays
first, sells tickets for gate entry, verifies GPBC family members when they enter, issues
the proper paperwork to referees as they enter the stadium, works the ticket booth during
the entire JV home game.
Varsity Team Manager: Rides the bus with the team to away games, helps the coaching
staff with any player administrative or behavior issues, interfaces with parents during
game days to help ensure the safety of the players. Makes sure all of the other game day
positions are covered by a qualified resource and finds replacements in the event there are
gaps.
Junior Varsity Team Mom: Purchases large quantities of Gatorade for halftime. Gets ice
from the stadium ice machine prior to games, prepares half time Gatorade cooler and
makes sure it gets to the team manager. Works with the Varsity Team Mom to prepare
the schedule and menu of team meals for away games and the dates when we provide
food for a visiting team. If possible, finds a sponsor to feed the teams prior to home
games as there is no budget for team meals at home games.
Junior Varsity Scoreboard: Runs the scoreboard for JV home games. Responsible for
finding a replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a home game.
Junior Varsity Score Book Lead: Keeps the scorebook during all home and away games.
Maintains the season long statistics spreadsheet. Responsible for finding a qualified
replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a game.
Junior Varsity Score Book Assistant: Helps the lead scorekeeper track statistical events
during all home, and away games. Manages the penalty time clock and blasts the timeout
horn during all home games. Responsible for finding a qualified replacement if for any
reason they cannot attend a game.
Junior Varsity Hydration and Sideline Equipment: Brings water jugs, ice, water bottles,
and the sideline equipment bag to all home, away, and playoff games. Keeps the
equipment bag stocked with supplies during the entire season. Responsible for finding a
qualified replacement if for any reason they cannot attend a game
Junior Varsity Concessions Manager: Manages the operation of the concession stand
while Varsity games are in progress. Supervises volunteers, controls the level of
inventory to help achieve profitability, coordinates with the volunteer coordinator and the
concessions purchasing and accounting person to maintain a smooth profitable operation.
This position may need to be filled by more than one volunteer due to the number of
games we play at home in 2010.
Junior Varsity Gate Collections: The JV gate collector works during Varsity home
games. Sells tickets for gate entry, verifies GPBC family members when they enter,
issues the proper paperwork to referees as they enter the stadium, works the ticket booth
until halftime of the varsity home game.
Junior Varsity Team Manager: Rides the bus with the team to away games, helps the
coaching staff with any player administrative or behavior issues, interfaces with parents
during game days to help ensure the safety of the players. Makes sure all of the other
game day positions are covered by a qualified resource and finds replacements in the
event there are gaps.