Team Mom Manual

Team Mom Manual

Team Parent Manual

Responsibilities:

  • Scheduling volunteers for concession stand, field maintenance, team water and clean up.
  • Helping coaches correspond with team parents.
  • Making coaches (don’t forget they are volunteers) lives easier.

Concession Stand: (Home Team)

  • Split game responsibilities into two halves (3 innings each)
  • Two team parents man the stand together

First game of the day

  • Please report 30 minutes prior to game time. Start coffee, put out menu boards (they may need to be re-written), make sure you have burgers and hot dogs defrosted in refrigerator and set up condiment table with creamer, sugar, stirrers, mustard, ketchup, etc.

First Half

  • Please report to the concession stand at least 5 minutes prior to game time.
  • One person grills, one person works in stand
  • Clean up “condiment table” and trash before you leave
  • If you run out of something at the concession stand, and you think it is worth a trip to Stop & Shop, please take $$ from the cash box and leave the receipt. If you feel uncomfortable making this decision, please call Ally Hill at 627-3679.

Second Half

  • Please report to the stand at least 5 minutes prior to your scheduled time.
  • Restock before end of game
  • Clean up “condiment table”
  • Empty trash before you leave. Leave stand in good condition for next team.
  • Don’t leave stand unattended, wait for volunteers for the next game to relieve you.

Last Game of the Day

If your team is the last game of the day, you’re responsible for closing up the concession stand and cleaning up the field.

Concession Stand

  • Leftover meat, bread and open condiments put in the refrigerator.
  • Plates, napkins and utensils can be stored on the shelves in the concession stand.
  • Store grill in stand. (Make sure gas is turned off)
  • Shut service windows and lock.
  • Unplug all small appliances.
  • Lock and shut door. Make sure it is closed all the way. You may leave the cash box in stand if I have not come to collect it yet.

Bathrooms

  • Shut off the lights. Lock and close doors.

Garbage

  • Clean up the garbage from under stands, sidelines and around the fields in general. Garbage bags are in the concession stand. (One parent)

Field Maintenance(minimum two volunteers per home team per game)

  • Two volunteers before every game (weekdays and weekends) and one volunteer after every weekday game and after last game on weekends.
  • Follow Field Maintenance Instructions (separate document)
  • First game of the day (weekday or weekend) should show up 30 minutes prior to game time to be sure the fields are ready for play. If it rained, may need 1 hour.
  • Other weekend games should be there 15 minutes prior to game time to get the fields ready to play on.
  • Last game of day (weekday or weekend) volunteers should get fields ready for next game day including covering pitcher’s mound, putting away field equipment in box and locking up box.