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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes, it has been rough post Covid trying to get parents to help out.

Everyone still wants their kids to participate though.

I volunteer with our community sports org and we almost had to cancel our rec basketball season last winter because we had 1200 kids signed up to play and only 3 parents total willing to volunteer to help run it (you need a volunteer for each grade/age group). We were also short 20+ coaches and had to get high schoolers and middle schoolers to help out at the last minute because we begged and begged and parents simply would not volunteer to help out.

Following all that work and stress to get the season even started, we couldn't get parents to help out at the games running the clock or the score book. You have a PHD but can't run the basketball clock for a 5th grade house game?  People were dropping their kids off for the game and then hiding in their car in the parking lot until the game started to avoid being asked to help out. 
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That’s terrible. As an active volunteer and parent whose kids are now in college, one of my takeaways from the pandemic was that it’s a good idea to prioritize and support community organizations for our kids, even at the expense of schools.  These organizations exist for the benefit of kids, and it’s critical to have these opportunities for socialization and activity not dependent on public school policies and decisions.[/quote]

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