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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why does it seem so hard to get anyone to volunteer to help these days?

is it a generational parent thing that parents w younger kids just assume someone else will do it?

it takes a village but it doesn’t seem to compute as the older parents look to pass the torch 
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Sometimes volunteering is too disorganized. I’ve taken time off work to arrive at a meet early to volunteer. [b]There was nothing for me to do (and I asked several people[/b]).

Guess what, I’m not taking time off work to volunteer anymore.

And yes volunteering disproportionally falls on mom and rightly, Gen Z is saying no thanks. [/quote]

How is this possible? At our pool you sign up for a specific task- timing, tables, stoke and turn. Never have we had someone show up and not have a job for them.[/quote]

Not PP but happened to me twice and I realllly dont like the food contribution because there is so much waste. Dont have 5 dozen doughnut sign up and then only 1 doz get sold. Especially for an afternoon meet. On top of that, there is no tracking of who actually volunteers or provides concessions and families are not dinged when they dont volunteer during the season. It's some scouts honor type BS.

Also, I dont volunteer at swim meets because my kid doesnt participate in meets. He has another sport practice on weekday meets for B team and Saturday he has games. We do swim team because it's a skill and also a summer morning activity. Plus I pay too much in membership to not use every "free" thing the pool offers. The pool doesnt open until 12 and weekends/holidays its slammed so the only time we really get to use it is during swim team mornings and random weekday afternoons.

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