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[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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This isn't new thing, it's been going on for at least the ~20 years that I've been a parent and volunteering.  There are always a very few families that carry the majority of the load.  I volunteer a lot and I see the same families that run Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and coach basketball, soccer, baseball, etc at swim meets.  There are a handful of families where both mom and dad are on deck every single meet and then the vast majority of families who do the bare minimum.  Some of it may have to do with the fact that for many of these "volunteer" roles you have to PAY to volunteer, so not everybody is willing to do that.  Timing for swim meets is not one of those though and has a low barrier to entry yet it's still hard to fill the slots.

Make it as easy as possible for people to volunteer, keep your timers in the shade, and give them access to lots of free water.  [/quote]

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