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[quote=Anonymous]After years of being a rec bball coach for for my kids, when my kids had aged out the program director called me and begged for me to be a “nonparent volunteer” because she had a team that had no parents interested. So I said yes and told my DD she had to be the coach and I was the assistant. But she organized it all, the practices, the plays, who starts, the subs, she was the actual coach in the games (only one can be standing).

We ended up being assigned a group of kids who lived in Section 8 (because it’s by neighborhood) of the U8 age group. These kids were super young. Many were being raised by grandparents and most had no other kid activities they did. They were a very cute and lively bunch. It was pure luck we got these kids, and if we hadn’t taken them on there would have been no coach.

The first year we won half our games but by the second year we won our age group in the rec playoffs/championships. The entire thing was an incredible experience. She ended up loving doing it. The little girls really took to her. I reminded my daughter that she was building an actual community in this team and that for many of them it was the highlight of their day to come see her and do practice.

I mean it’s not starting your own nonprofit but it is real volunteering, rolling up your sleeves and getting involved. Whenever she sees one of “her girls” out at the store or somewhere else the smile on their faces says it all. [/quote]

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