It Takes A Village
Our club is and always has been run by volunteers, its what makes us continue to be able to offer on of the most comprehensive sports program in the area. The club is successful because of the community that surrounds us.
For 2023/24 Volunteering continues to be a requirement of membership. Each season families must commit to a minimum requirement which is outlined in the description for each available program
Not all volunteer positions require you to have experience on skis! We also need help off the hill, with things such as grant applications, marketing, social events. Our club runs better with all of us working as a team! We know that some families aren’t available on weekends and / or don’t ski, please don’t think this means your child cant participate, simply reach out and talk to us!
Throughout the season WVSC will be called on to provide volunteers at various BC Alpine -FIS race series, Zone race series and Lusti cup. Hosting these races and providing volunteers, results in significant revenue for the club, which in turn helps the club ensure that our fees are kept as low as possible. We rely on the kindness of WVSC families to give their time during the season.
A full list of volunteering is below and outlined in your welcome guide.
Seasonal Opportunities
Great People, Great Ideas, Windermere Valley Ski Club: A Proud Past, A Focused Future
Fundraising Committee - Possibly the most important Committee! This group rallies our members, community, businesses in both Columbia Valley and Calgary and helps raise our profile, helping us raise essential funds to keep our club running and grow.
Social Committee - This group makes sure we get out and have a great time getting to know each other off the hill, they also help with social media and marketing.
Email us: wvskiclub@gmail.com
Weekly Opportunities
NGSL Sunday Families Only
Lodge Parent (AM 10-12/PM1-3) 2 per Week This role is vitally important to our weekly functioning! Often kids need a bathroom or warm up break or need a band aid and sometimes parents are running late for pick up or need to pick up early. The Lodge Parent is the direct contact between our families and the coaches on the hill and base themselves in Ski Tip Lodge Great Hall and we have split the shifts into AM 10-12 and PM 1-3.
Tail Gunners - 6 x AM 10-12 & 6x PM 1-3 slots required each Sunday
A critical role, that will see a seasoned and confident ski adult (this can be any adult family member or friend) join our youngest teams (6&7 years old) on the hill to help load little ones on the lifts and follow the groups down helping to keep groups together. This role supports the coach and by having our adults volunteer it reduces our weekly running costs so are vitally important Parents/guardians will not be paired with their children. They will not be coaching.
There is a requirement for the parents/guardians to sign into our form on the web page. Each parent volunteer will need to complete an online safe sport course https://safesport.coach.ca/
Parents must also complete an RCMP Criminal Records Check. In BC this is done for free online, contact us for the unique access code. In Alberta you must obtain from your local detachment. We can provide a letter for this. We will also accept if you have it for school volunteering or another vulnerable sector such as sports club.
REGIONAL RACE VOLUNTEERS
Organizing races is our main source of funding and any help with that will be very much appreciated. For each race we need 25-35 volunteers to take on different roles. Some of them are not on snow at all, some require only skis and warm clothes and other require some ski racing knowledge. Please let us know if you have ski racing skills we could use or if you have interest to learn we would love to teach you and have you join us. Don’t be shy, we are a super fun group to hang out with!
There are additional perks SPECIFIC to volunteering at these races, not only are you assisting our club secure our funding you’ll also get discounts from Panorama Mountain Resort
Volunteer Perks from Panorama Mountain Resort
• A minimum of 3 volunteered days is required before you are eligible for credits.
• 1 day volunteered = $35 per day credit towards 2023-2024 season pass.
• 3 days volunteered = 1-day winter pass
We provide a delicious lunch and volunteer appreciation in T bar
Our Race calendar is available HERE
You can sign up by individual days or for the whole event, every sign up helps us!
*if for any reason you think that your family can’t commit to the volunteering requirement, please contact us wvskiclub@gmail.com prior to registration.
