HBT Volunteer Commitment

Hoover Blue Thunder Swimming is a non-profit organization made up of very dedicated coaches, swimmers, and volunteers!  Parent and family volunteers are a crucial part of your child’s swimming experience.  Without our parent and family volunteers, our high-quality swimming program would not be possible. 

Who is a Volunteer?

A volunteer is a parent, grandparent, age-appropriate sibling, or an age-apprpriate family friend who is willing to help perform any one of the necessary jobs in HBT Swimming. Your role as a volunteer is extremely important! You can be actively involved in your child's swimming program and can also be instru­mental in strengthening swimming as a whole. With a positive attitude and a willingness to lend a hand, you will also have a great impact on your child's athletic environment and love of swimming.

There are unlimited opportunities to get involved to help in almost any capacity. The rewards are meeting new people, making new friends and having that great feeling that you have helped one of the organizations in which volunteers are the most important people.

What is my Volunteer Commitment?

Since volunteering is so very important for the success of our team, each swimming family is responsible for earning a certain number of volunteer points each year based on the highest lever swimmer of that family.  Each family with a Senior, Gold, Silver I, or Silver II swimmer is expected to earn 250 points annually.  Each family with a Bronze swimmer is expected to earn 150 points.  New swimming families with Mini and PC swimmers are not required to volunteer, but are encourage to get involved in any way they can.  At the end of the year, any remaining unearned points are converted to a financial commitment of $1 per unearned point.  Since there are so many opportunities, we hope to never have to bill anyone.

How can my family satisfy our Volunteer Commitment?

See Volunteer Opportunities page for many of the volunteer opportunities available, a brief description, and point values associated with each job.