Please be patient. Coaches will reach out to you once rosters are finalized and practice dates are set. If you have any questions, please contact the Buckfield Recreation Committee at buckfieldrecreation@gmail.com.

“Volunteers don’t necessarily have the time, they just have the heart.”  - Elizabeth Andrew, Habitat for Humanity

Volunteers are the most important resource to community organizations like Buckfield Recreation. Without YOU there is no Buckfield Recreation.

The stereotype of a volunteer is no longer a stay at home parent with time on their hands. It is now a busy mother or father, a teenager or college student in need of volunteer hours or even a grand-parent stepping in to support overloaded parents. You’re all busy, you are all having a crazy week but you must remember why you volunteer and why it is important.

You volunteer to:

• Help others
• Contribute to your community
• Feel a sense of accomplishment
• Challenge yourself
• Improve quality of life
• Ensure that your own child will have a great experience.

Your volunteerism benefits Buckfield Recreation by...

• Offering refreshed energy
• Expanding opportunities
• Offering new ideas
• Keeping costs down
• Lessening overall workloads
• Bringing specialized skills to our programs
• Keeping our community's vision local and current.

Thank you for the service, time, dedication and devotion you provide to make our world a better place. We count on YOU and look forward to thanking you for a job well done!

HEAD COACHING

As a head coach for most sports you will be responsible for planning or leading your group of players in their practices and games. You will also be responsible for communicating with your team at a minimum of once per week and being the liaison between your team and your sports director. League or Town sponsored background checks are required for all coaches.

ASSISTANT COACHING

Assistant coaches are responsible to support the head coach in practices and games by conveying information from the head coach to players as needed. They also support the head coach by communicating with players individually within sessions, managing in-practice player behaviors, filling in for head coach conflicts and supporting equipment set up and break down. League or Town sponsored background checks are required for all coaches.

CONCESSIONS

For sports with concessions, volunteers could be responsible for the set up and break down of concessions areas, transport of sale items, collection of money, basic cooking of concession items, inventory oversight, relaying orders to Buckfield Recreation Committee members, securing donations for sale, proper disposal or storage of sale items and following any other Buckfield Recreation or sport-specific concessions guidelines. This is a great option for those not interested in coaching.