Volunteering

Our volunteers are crucial for the success of the club and its’ members. We ask that each parent do their share. Consider doing a few small jobs or even a bigger job that lasts for the whole season.

The fall season is when we host our largest event, the Lift Bridge Regatta, and this event requires help from all parents. There are a variety of ways to volunteer - for youth as well as for adults. You need not be a parent of a member to work with us! If there's something you are interested in doing that we haven't listed here, by all means contact us and we'll be glad to consider it.

Please contact Chrystie Rakvica, our Volunteer Coordinator, to volunteer for a position (phone: 377-5041, email: crakvica@frontiernet.net )

1. Lift Bridge Regatta - This event requires numerous volunteers.
2. Gas Team - Purchase gasoline, mix oil, and fill tanks for coach’s boats. May be done in the morning or afternoon or at the end of practice. Team works together so that each person might be in charge of a couple days/week or one aspect of the job.
3. Battery Team -Organize system for charging batteries for lights on boats for daily practice. One person might be in charge of placing charged batteries in bow and sterns of boats at the beginning of novice practice. One might gather batteries at the end of varsity practice and place them in chargers. Coordination with the cox’s will be helpful.
4. Boat Maintenance and Launch Maintenance - Work to complete minor repairs on crew shells and launches, on an as needed basis. Possibly once a week.
5. Safety - Check and maintain safety equipment for all boats.
6. Boat House Maintenance/Repairs - Occasionally work at the boat house doing odd jobs.
7. Propane Person - Check and refill propane tanks as needed to be ready for regattas.
8. Regatta Food Coordinator - Plan and order food for 1 regatta, Coordinate Meal Prep on day of regatta.
9. Regatta Shopping Team - Buy food supplies for regatta.
10. Regatta Food Prep Team - Prepare foods for regatta (make power balls, bake bread, wash fruit, prepare vegetable salad, make steel cut oats in crock pot night before regatta).
11. Tent Team - Organize tents, transport to regatta or make sure they get on the trailer when loading boats, arrive early to set up before 1st meal, take down after last meal, air tent to dry upon return. These jobs may be shared by multiple people (set up does not have to be take down crew).
12. Pull Food Trailer to Regatta - Need hitch and heavy vehicle.
13. Grill Team - Clean grills and return to trailer.
14. Dishwashers - Wash dishes on site or at home and return to trailer.
15. Trailer Restockers - Restock trailer for next regatta and identify shopping supplies.
16. Gatorade /Water Team - Transport water and Gatorade to regattas, mix Gatorade in gallon jugs.
17. Money Collecting - Collect payment for parent’s food at regattas and maintain list of those paid.
18. End of Season Picnic Team - Plan and execute potluck dinner at boathouse or school gym, order main entrée to be provided by FCC.
19. Travel Team - Plan overnight travel to Head of the Fish (fall) and State Regatta (spring). Book commitments with bus company, hotel, dinner, make registration packets and secure volunteers for the event.
20. Head of the Charles Travel Team - Plan overnight travel to Head of the Charles. Book commitments with hotel, dinner, arrange car pools, etc.
21. Media Team/ Publicity - Write news articles covering regatta attended by FCC for Fairport/ER Post and D&C. Promotes FCC to community to build sponsor relationships and mutual support.
22. Row for Community Fundraiser Coordinators - Plan and carry out ergathon at Eastveiw Mall in March.
23. Car Wash Coordinators - Plan and carryout car wash in Sept. as FCC fundraiser.
24. List Serve Coordinator - Maintains List Serve for the year.
25. Website Administrator - Updates and maintains website for the year.
26. Path Patrol Schedule - Creates a schedule for novice and varsity parents to work the canal path during practice for each season.
27. First Aid Kits - refurbish and maintain 1st Aid Kits in boat house in red bags (one time during season).
28. Team Parents - Communicate information, handout and gather forms to squad as per coach’s request.
29. Clothing -Order uniforms, fan wear, and record sales.
30. Thank You Team - Write thank you’s to donors for clubs.
31. Lost and Found - Collect and wash lost articles from regattas and boat house, post on list serve, and donate unclaimed items.
32. Clean boathouse bathrooms (replenish toilet paper, hang new towel, clean sink, mirror, toilets, sweep floor, empty trash) sign up for 1 week.
33. Landscape Maintenance - Weed beds, trim bushes, mulch beds, clear wooded area behind boathouse.

If you have any other talent that would be useful to the club, please contact Lee Frost or Chyrstie or any board member.

Thank you!