Volunteering


What is the Volunteering program?
​At the Lethbridge Skating Club we recognize the importance of volunteering. We ask families to participate in and help facilitate the delivery of successful club events. Descriptions of various volunteer duties required throughout the season at various events can be found here.

We no longer have minimum volunteer requirements for CanSkate families. However, when you sign your child up to participate in events involving your CanSkate children we will ask you to commit to helping out so that we may deliver a successful experience for your child. Aside from the weekly lesson schedule, there are two events during the Fall-Winter season that are designed for the enjoyment and participation of CanSkate children: There are no volunteer requirements for CanPowerSkate or AdultSkate families.

STARSkate and SynchroSkate families are asked to volunteer a number of hours each season based on the highest-level registered skater in the family. This is a per family commitment, not a per skater commitment. For example; if you have one child registered in Group STARSkate and one child registered in Private Lesson STARSkate you are required to fulfill the commitment for a Private Lesson skating family only.

The commitments are as follows:

We require each family whose highest-level skater is registered in PRIVATE LESSON STARSkate to complete the following two requirements:
  • 16 hours of volunteering of which must include: 1 Chinook open shift AND 1 Carnival shift
  • 5 Ice Ambassador Shifts throughout the Fall-Winter season (October-March)

We require each family whose highest-level skater is registered in GROUP STARSkate to complete:
  • 10 hours of volunteering of which must include:
    • 1 Carnival Shift
    • 1 Chinook Open

We require each family who have skaters registered in SynchroSkate to complete:
  • 5 hours of volunteering over the course of the season

There are 5 events where the majority of families are able to fulfill their volunteering commitment: Additional opportunities are generally posted on the club's bulletin boards at ATB Centre and Civic Ice Centre or sent via email to club members.

Please remember that these are the minimums. There are many, many families who contribute far more than the minimum and the Lethbridge Skating Club is grateful for their generous contribution. It is your efforts that make our programs and events great for our kids!

NEW FOR THIS SEASON:
The Lethbridge Skating Club will no longer collect Commitment Guarantee Cheques for the Volunteer and Fundraising policies as we have in the past from STARSkate and SynchroSkate families. Post-dated commitment guarantee items of $200 for each policy will now be added to the member registration invoice at time of registration. These items will become due May 1, 2019. These invoice items will be voided before the due date if all required commitments for volunteering and fundraising have been met.

If you have completed your required volunteer hours, your post-dated commitment guarantee item of $200 on your registration invoice will be voided before May 1, 2019. If you choose to opt out and not fulfill your volunteer hours, your commitment guarantee line item of $200 will be processed on May 1, 2019. You have until March 30th, 2019 to fulfill your volunteer hours commitment.
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Private Lesson STARSkate families: Please select the icon below to sign-up for Ice Ambassador Shifts: