Donner Swim Club hosts 2 meets during Short Course Season and 1 meet during Long Course Season. Some seasons we may host a championship meet. The money earned from these meets helps to keep your fees lower than clubs that do not host meets. Hosting meets takes many volunteers, so we need your help to run successful meets.

Your family’s volunteer commitment is for the swimmer with the biggest volunteer point requirement. For example, if you have a Novice swimmer(4 pts) and an Age Group swimmer (16 pts), you need to meet the Age Group requirement of 16 points. You do not need to get 20 volunteer points.

Donner-hosted swim meets are the easiest way to meet your volunteer requirement. You may also: Volunteer at Intersquad meets Help with registration or swimmer evaluations Help with the banquet or holiday celebrations Provide donations of food or supplies as needed Be a member of the Donner Swim Club Board Become an official and work at our Donner swim meets

To complete the family point requirement for the Short Course season, your family is allowed to volunteer through the end of March. Volunteer fees will be assessed at the end of the short course season for families that do not choose to complete the volunteer requirement.

Volunteer points to be determined for this season and will be sent out in an email by the end of September.

If needed, you can check with the Volunteer Coordinator for the season.

We have received a few comments that families should only be able to sign up for one volunteer spot per event until everyone gets their points. While we appreciate this sentiment, we want to ensure all spots are filled and we don't want to limit, for big events, the amount of places families can sign up. Going forward we WILL limit registrations per event to 1 per Account for SMALL meets. Intrasquad meets, etc. This is to help alleviate some of the stress for our new families.

More information coming soon

When you arrive at a swim meet or activity, you will check in with the Board Member in charge of volunteering. This person will check off that you have arrived and are ready to volunteer or have brought your donation of food or supplies. If you are volunteering for a specific job, the expectations and responsibilities for the job will be explained to you. You are expected to remain at the job until you are released by the Board Member in charge of volunteering. All end times for a meet or activity are estimates. If you have received an orange volunteer shirt in the past, please bring it with you. You are only to receive 1 and we have limited supply of the shirts.

Two factors determine the number of volunteer points per group. The first is the estimated number of swimmers per group for the season. The second is the number of meets and activities that we host. A typical three-day swim meet requires around 200 volunteers.

Points earned only count toward the volunteer requirement associated within the designated season. For those families who contribute more of their time than what was required, Donner Swim Club is extremely grateful and recognizes their efforts during the end-of-season banquet.

Any family member or friend over the age of 14 may volunteer. They just need to let the person checking in know that they are volunteering for your family.

Donner Swim Club is led by a volunteer board of parents and the Donner coaching staff. Any questions regarding practices or swimmer development should be addressed by your child’s coach. Questions regarding registration or fees are handled by the Head Coach and Administrative Assistant. The current Vice-Presidents will answer questions regarding volunteering or the reason you may have been assessed a volunteer fee at the end of the season. If you have a concern about safety or swimmer behavior, you may contact your swimmer’s coach or the Head Coach.