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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 shrimpers and a baby and a husband that works in another state so I truly cannot volunteer at meets but I guarantee you I donate more money than any other family.[/quote] you can’t get a sitter or a friend to watch your baby a couple of Sat mornings? [/quote]

Our stuff is all weeknights. Never on a Sat.[/quote]

Are you saying that your team doesn't have A meets on Saturday, or just that your kids don't swim at them?  If your team doesn't have A meets on Saturdays then you probably aren't local.

You can volunteer at a meet your kids don't swim at.  It's really common for parents to do that.

One thing that works for my team is to sign up to help clean up after home meets.  You can almost always find one of the teenagers on the team who is willing to baby sit since they are there anyway.  You pay them for an hour, get some volunteer time, in, and then you can just stay at the pool with your kids.

Similarly, some working parents have the flexibility to get to an evening B meet, or a Friday social event, help set up, and then go pick up their kids from daycare, or have the nanny bring them.

I'm not saying that these work for everyone, but it's the kind of strategy that does work for many families.  [/quote]

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