Volunteer Information

Volunteers run the entire Newbury Park Track Club program. To keep our athletes safe and our track meets running smoothly, every family helps share the workload. This team effort ensures that no single family is overwhelmed, leaving everyone time to enjoy the meets as spectators.

Every cross-country parent plays a vital role in our club. We offer flexible volunteer opportunities across practices, weekend meets, and various parts of the season to fit different family schedules. No one is expected to attend every event. Please review the role descriptions below and select your areas of interest during registration so we can find your best fit.

Parent Runners (practices only; unlimited): Ensure the safety of kids on trail runs where the team gets stretched out. We target a 4:1 ratio of kids to parents when we are out running on the trails. Each parent runs along, dispersed within training groups to ensure kids stay on routes or have support if needed.

Brunch Coordinators (3 Saturdays in August): Purchase and provide food on behalf of club for Saturday run and brunch events. These post-practice events help bring our team together at the start of our season.

Volunteer Coordinator (1): Organize and inform volunteers. Use the team's website to schedule volunteer roles across the season. *Training provided for website use.

Meet Support & Gear (3): Warm up athletes, make sure all athletes are accounted for and with tags on, get to the start line, ensure positioning on start line (where allowed); gather athletes after race for group cool down.

Assistant Coach/Head Coach (10 total): We create practice groups based on the day's training objectives. Our team represents a wide range of ages and experience. We rely on two levels of coaching to ensure athletes have a positive experience across the season. Head Coaches are familiar with our overall club program. They run practice for their training group which includes understanding the daily workout, communicating the pace and distance for training groups, and keep an eye on athletes throughout practices and the season. Assistant coaches support head coaches to accomplish the daily training objectives. They also direct warm-up and cool down activities at practices and meets. *All coaches and parents create continuity across our team and ensure there is a safety headcount before/after trail training sessions.

Each NPTC family is required to sign up for a minimum of two volunteer shifts (approximately 3 hours per shift) each season or serve in a full season volunteer assignment.

The volunteer commitment is per family and failure to fulfill the requirement will result in a $250.00 fine being charged to the form of payment used at registration. Families that meet or exceed the minimum volunteer commitment will not incur this charge.

Please note: All post-season meets will be handled independently of the regular season requirement. Families with an athlete participating in these meets are required to volunteer and failure to do so will result in a $250 fine. Sign-ups for volunteer positions at these meets will be handled separately. 

If you have any questions, please email volunteer.nptc@gmail.com.