The O’Fallon Little Panthers is a non-for-profit, volunteer organization, funded by registration fees, fundraising, and community donations. Volunteers are essential to sustaining our youth sports programs. The organization is dependent on parent and community involvement to make everything happen. By volunteering you are setting a great example for our participants and community. OLP works hard to make efficient use of your volunteer hours and strives to make it an enjoyable experience. Please take a moment to review the following volunteer requirements.
Volunteer Requirements:
To make volunteer work more equitable for all participants, a $50 deposit per family will be required. This volunteer deposit is in addition to the cost to play the sport and must be turned in at registration. The volunteer deposit will be returned during equipment turn in providing volunteer requirements have been completed and equipment has been returned. Your deposit must be received by the organization before your participant can receive equipment.
- Each family IS REQUIRED to volunteer a minimum of 4 hours for the first child, plus 2 hours each additional child
- Scholarship families ARE REQUIRED to volunteer a minimum of 10 hours for your first child plus 2 additional hours each additional child.
VOLUNTEERING IS REQUIRED. FAILURE TO VOLUNTEER MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD BEING BENCHED.
Who can volunteer? Any family member 16 years of age or older can volunteer for any Little Panthers event to satisfy the family volunteer requirement. Game time keepers must be 18 years or older as required by Tri-County Football League.
THE GOAL OF THE VOLUNTEER POLICY IS TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORKLOAD AMONG ALL OF THE FAMILIES WITHIN THE O’FALLON LITTLE PANTHERS YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEERLEADING PROGRAMS.
Please click on this link to see where you can volunteer your time for this season:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4dabac2fa7fa7-olpgame
SUPER BOWL SIGN UP LINK: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4dabac2fa7fa7-olpsuper
Game day volunteer positions descriptions:
Grill Master: Grill the food for the day.
Set-Up: Make sure stands are clean, trash cans are lined, the field and concessions are set up
Concessions: Sales, money handling, and rotating stock. Follow the direction of the Concessions Director.
Chain Gang: The chain gang is a group of assistants to the officials whose job is to mark where a team begins a series and how far they need to go to get a first down. They do this by holding vertical marking poles on each of the field's sidelines. The chain gang is also commonly referred to as the chain crew (Refs will help you out). *There are no phones allowed while working this position*
Announcer: Announce OLP Sponsors, the names & numbers of the players for that game, the Cheerleader's first names, and any other important information for that day. All information will be given before the start of the game.
Please review the lineups to make sure of the names and determine how to properly pronounce each first and last name before the start of the game. Any questions regarding spellings or pronunciation are to be directed to, and clarified by, the team's coordinator
Score Board: The scorekeeper's primary responsibility is to accurately record a game's score. If a referee disqualifies a play or imposes a point penalty, the scorekeeper must adjust the team scores in accordance with the official's decision. A scorekeeper will also be responsible for keeping time by starting and stopping the clock according to the rules of the game.
Game time keepers must be 18 years or older as required by Tri-County Football League
Clean up: This will depend on your area. See details below:
Concessions clean up will start as soon as concessions are shut down. These duties include packing away pre-packaged food, moving coolers to shed, breaking down popcorn machine, and more. Follow the directions of the Concessions director.
Final game announcer & scoreboard will walk the stands and pick up any trash and take bags out of cans to bring to concessions
Final game Chain Gang will collect field equipment and put away.
This is important for all to pitch in once their duties are fulfilled so everyone can get out quickly.
You MUST sign-in at concessions when you arrive so your hours can be counted*
*If a family member fails to show up for an assigned shift that family risks forfeiting the $50 volunteer deposit. It is important to contact the Volunteer director if an emergency comes up and you cannot make your assigned shift. Volunteers must check-in and sign the sign-in sheet to get credit for their volunteer opportunity. The sign-in process and volunteer emergency contact information will be provided to members at the start of the season