Volunteers are crucial for the success of SORA and its athletes. SORA Crew was initally started as a scholastic club sport at Boone High School and is the non-profit that made Boone Crew possible for 25 years! SORA is now a club rowing program open to ANY student. We are parent run/operated and a 501c3 charitable organization. We ask that each and every parent do their share. Consider doing a few small jobs or even a bigger job that lasts for the whole season such as an executive board, board or committee chairperson position.
Each fall season is when we host our largest event, the Head of the Giblet Regatta at Turkey Lake Park, this event requires help from all parents and even alumni! There are a variety of ways to volunteer throughout the year.
Please contact our Program Director, Katie Davis-Lednar for more information on how you can support this club, Katie@SORAcrew.com
Executive Board
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
Board/Committees
- Equipment Committee – Purchase gasoline, mix oil, and fill tanks for coach’s boats. Dock master to maintain and repair docks, work to complete minor repairs on skiffs/launches/motors on an as needed basis.
- Hospitality Coordinator/Committee – Plan and order food for every regatta, coordinate meal prep on day before regatta. Within this committee we will need a regatta shopping person/duo to buy food supplies for regatta, a regatta food prep duo/team to prepare foods for regatta (make/bake, wash fruit, cut/slice/dice the night before regattas.
- Publicity – Recruiting, writing news articles, newsletters and promoting team to school and community. Social networking and website updates.
- Fundraiser Coordinators – General Fundraising such as car washes and ergathon. Amway Fundraising on site workers/managers. Rower dues fundraising such as holiday poinsettias/wreaths/candy sales etc…
- Team Parent/School Liason Committee – Varsity athlete liaison, Novice athlete liaison and MS/Jr. Braves liaison to communicate information, handout and gather forms to each squad as per SORA president and or coach’s request.
- Merchandise Committee – Order uniforms, team apparel, fan wear, and record sales.
- Regatta Committee – Head of the Giblet Regatta - This event requires each parent to volunteer for 1 two to three hour shift. - you need not be a parent of a member to work with us! We welcome family members such as siblings, aunts, uncles and grandparents to volunteer at our regattas, if there’s something you are interested in doing that we haven’t listed here, by all means contact us and we’ll be glad to consider it.
- Yearbook (Memory Book)/Ad Book Committee – Explanation/presentation and Coordination of book. Distribution and collection of informational materials, layout of ads and pictures as well as collection of ads and monies.
- Travel Coordinator – Organize all travel (transportation/hotel) plans for out of town regattas. Liaison to activities bus driver, record and track hours and report to treasurer.
- SponsorshipCoordinator – Reach out to community for support and donations to organization such as city and county government as well as businesses.
- Banquet Coordinator – Schedule and organize yearly banquets: Fall welcome mixer, Spring kick off dinner and end of year Banquet. Works closely with hospitality committee for these three events.
- Registrar – Prepare, distribute and collect registration packets on an ongoing basis as well as distribute and collect all regatta waivers. Work check in at HOTG regatta and City Champs (if applicable) in the a.m.
- Booster/Alumni Committee - The alumni parents, athletes and community sponsors are a vital support group for our rowing program; providing volunteer assistance at our regattas and the financial assistance necessary to keep our team on the water; these knowledgable veterans fill many of the roles required to run regattas, participate in maintenance on boathouse workdays, and lend a helping hand in crew functions and activities.
If you have any other talent what would be useful to the team, please contact Wendy Leininger at wenlein@aol.com
