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7 <br /> MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission <br /> • <br /> FROM: Staff <br /> DATE: March 23 , 1983 <br /> RE: Criteria for rewarding volunteer coaches <br /> Our department currently utilizes 60 volunteers in our youth <br /> athletic program and an additional 40 - 50 volunteers were in- <br /> volved with the Groveland Park Foundation program and volunteers <br /> are utilized throughout our programs on a short term basis from <br /> our pre-school to senior citizen programs . Presently we encourage <br /> and reward through the traditional hand shakes and pat on the <br /> back and an occasional certificate or plaque for "Coach of the <br /> Week" , etc . <br /> During the past four years , we have found that the recruitment of <br /> volunteers is becoming extremely difficult as we compete with <br /> other agencies ; i .e . churches , other city and school functions <br /> as well as competing athletic associations for the volunteer ' s <br /> time . In addition to competition between other agencies , the <br /> discretionary time of each individual has continually decreased <br /> as the complexities of our day and age demand more and more time <br /> through both work and other outside efforts . <br /> Staff feels that a more specific incentive or awards program <br /> should be established for our youth volunteers especially in the <br /> area of youth athletic coaching . Our rationale is: <br /> 1. The existing difficulty in recruiting volunteers . <br /> 2 . The need to provide an incentive program to not only recruit <br /> but also maintain a solid volunteer working corps . <br /> 3 . To repay the volunteers for the numerous hours that are put <br /> into our youth athletic programs . <br /> Staff would recommend at this time that we establish a jacket <br /> program with each of our head youth athletic coacnes receiving <br /> a jacket for serving as a volunteer coach during a particular <br /> athletic season. Criteria that staff would recommend for awarding <br /> a jacket would be as follows : <br /> 1 . Only one jacket would be awarded per team, in case of multiple <br /> coaches , we would provide additional jackets at cost . <br /> 2 . The coach would have to be involved with the youth athletic team <br /> from the beginning of the program through the end of the season <br /> with a minimum season length of eight weeks . <br /> 3 . Each coach that would receive a jacket would have to become a <br /> certified coach through attending one of our youth athletic <br /> IP <br /> certification programs. <br /> 4 . We would award a bar or numerals that could go on the sleeve <br /> for each additional year the respective coach was involved with <br /> our program. <br /> 5 . The jackets would be awarded at a yearend coaches appreciation <br /> barbecue which would be coordinated by the Parks and Recreation <br /> Commissio-p. <br />