Volunteer

Our club depends on volunteers. We employ some paid staff, but our volunteers make the club as fun and energetic as it is. If you can bake cookies, shovel snow, plan a meal, drive a snowmobile, point and say “Go that way!”, or stand at the finish line handing out candy, then you can do your part.

  • Supporting coaches during training sessions and races
  • Coaching kids or adults
  • Helping organize races and training camps
  • Baking cookies for our famous Cookie Race
  • Planning parties and other social events
  • Working a casino (we have one every 18 months)
  • Serving on the executive board

Volunteering with Foothills is fun. It helps you build friendships with club members young and old, it puts you right in the middle of the excitement of races, and it lets you learn about and support the great sports of cross-country skiing and biathlon. Volunteering helps young people build their resumes, learn teamwork, and feel a sense of achievement. For parents, volunteering offers a chance to get to know their kids’ teammates and coaches, and to participate in – and demonstrate their commitment to – their kids’ activities.

VOLUNTEER EXPECTATIONS

In 2019, the Board voted to implement a minimum volunteer requirement for many of our programs to encourage all members to become active in the operation and success of our club. The requirement is based on a time commitment and administered using a volunteer bond. Members who are unable to contribute their time by volunteering will have to pay the bond at the end of the season. The credit card on file from these members’ registrations will be charged if their volunteer requirement is not fulfilled.

VOLUNTEER TIME COMMITMENT AND BOND VALUE

The following table outlines the minimum number of hours required to volunteer for the earmarked programs and the corresponding volunteer bonds if that time is not contributed.  

ProgramVolunteer Time RequiredVolunteer Bond
Bunnies and Adults programs3 hours$50
Jackrabbits, Marmots, Teen Ski, Biathlon Bears5 hours$100
IntroTrack Attack Winter/Track Attack/Racing Bears10 hours$200
Cross Country  T1 and Intro to T1 Winter14 hours$300
Biathlon T118 hours$300
Cross Country  T2, LC18  hours$400
Biathlon T2 and LC24 hours$400
Cookie Baking – All Families+2 hoursRequired for the Poetic Cookie Monster

Families who have more than one child in FNSC programs will be expected to contribute volunteer hours based on their child’s program with the highest volunteer time required.  For example, the Smith family has three children in FNSC programs – Sally is in JR 3 (5 hours volunteering required), Byron is in TA (10 hours of volunteering required) and Johnny is in Biathlon T1 (18 hours of volunteering required).  The Smith family will be expected to contribute 18 hours of volunteer time based on the Biathlon T1 commitment required.

TRACKING VOLUNTEER TIME

EARING VOLUNTEER TIME

Volunteering for the club is FUN! It’s a great way to meet other club members, learn new skills and make a difference.  In any given ski season, there are copious ways to earn volunteer time.

THANKS!

Foothills Nordic thanks you for volunteering! We couldn’t offer the excellent programming we have without volunteers!

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