Happenings @ Hampton Volume 1, Issue 1 May 8, 2015 What You Need to Know... Did you miss picture day? May 10 Mother’s Day! Complimentary lunch for all mom’s May 11 Picture Day May 13 Scorekeeping Clinic—Major/Minor (5:30) May 14 Scorekeeping Clinic—Mini (5:30) May 15-18 Minor Tournament May 23 Coaches VS Managers Game Get Your Concession Fee Refund! Say Cheese It’s Picture Day for those who missed May 11 @ 6:00 PM Hampton Park Hampton depends on volunteers to run the concession. Without the $$ from the concession, our registration fees would be considerably more. Sign up for a shift working the front counter, prep cook or even cook! Duties would include cash, taking orders, restocking, cleaning as required and anything else needed. No experience is necessary and we will ensure that you receive guidance to make this a fun experience! Do you realize that we are already a 1/3 way through the season? If you want your concession fees refunded … better sign up! If you want to help out, but are not sure what you would want to do; the time of a shift doesn’t quite fit your schedule or someone has already signed up for the shift you wanted? Please contact Kim Dirk at [email protected] To sign up for a shift, click here. Or visit our website: www.hamptonlittleleague.o rg Under the Concession section, at the bottom is a link to the sign up. Scorekeeping Clinics There are 2 scorekeeping clinics scheduled for May on May 13 & 14 with Hampton’s own Barb Buchan! Barb is a long time volunteer and scorekeeper extraordinaire! Clinics start @ 5:30 and will be approximately 1 hour. Scorekeepers start in Mini Minors but are required beginning in the Minor league and up. If your team doesn’t have a scorekeeper your team forfeits the game. So make sure to get several parents trained up! Page 2 Happenings @ Hampton Coaches VS Managers Games Coaches vs. Managers adult only ball games – this event is for coaches of all levels to come out and play a game and fun and get to know each other. We usually play 3 games per season. It is potluck, and once the game ends, the eating and spirits begin. The next game is scheduled for May 23. Come out, bring your significant other and join the Hampton volunteer community. Have You Got a Team Parent??? As the volunteer Coordinator for all the Hampton Team Parents my role is to help and support Team Parent volunteers by providing information, reminders, and being the go to person for questions, feedback, concerns, etc. I know when I first volunteered as a team parent I wasn't sure where to even start and I was a bit overwhelmed, and I am pleased to now be helping other Team Parents. Everything that happens at Hampton is done by volunteers who give countless hours during every season and for some all year long; so that the children and youth in our community can play baseball/softball, improve their skills, make friends and have a sense of belonging and selfconfidence. The more people who help out, the better our League is for everyone. Having a Team Parent for your team is important! The Team Parent is the main point of contact for communication between the League and your team. The duties of the team parent can vary depending on what division you are in. For the younger teams (Blastball, Mini TBall, Tball and Mini Minors) the team parent is responsible for: Communication Receives and distributes information from Hampton Little League to parents and players. May be asked by the coach to phone or email parents about practices, rainouts, etc The Team Parent is the main point of contact for communication between the League and your team. Collect items/money to put together a gift basket for the dance to be auctioned off (can delegate this task to other parents on the team). For the older divisions, the team parent is also responsible for ensuring there are volunteers for Scorekeeping, field setup and clean up, & selling 50/50 tickets (when home team on Diamond 1 only) this helps to pay for our junior umpires. We want to ensure that all parents and kids have a great experience at our park, and making sure that everyone knows what is happening in the park is critical. If your team doesn’t have a team parent—get one! Organization Ensure all parents/players have completed and submitted a Code of Conduct . Each team is responsible for supervising one station on Fun Day. The team parent organizes the schedule for each team of 1 hour shifts and provides each player with their meal ticket. If you have questions or want to volunteer, contact Michelle Peterson @ [email protected] For volunteer applications and criminal record check forms click here. May 8, 2015 Page 3 Shout Out! PERFECT ATTENDANCE goes out to Oliver Mus-Holmes and Joseph Kohnen from the Red Minors Team, for having attended every practice and every game so far this season. Nicely done boys! CONGRATULATIONS to Trey Hammond from the Black Major Team, who last week not only hit his FIRST HOMERUN, (he actually hit the scoreboard!), but the first out of the park home run for this year @ Hampton! WOW! Are the kids on your team doing awesome? Did someone hit a home run for the first time? Who made an amazing play or catch this week? Did someone go the extra mile for your team or the park? Did you capture a moment of a lifetime with your camera? Or an adorable kid? Or maybe one of our visiting dogs? Want to give a “shout out” and recognize someone? Send an email and pics if you have them to Michelle Peterson, Team Parent Coordinator @ [email protected] WE CAN’T WAIT to hear, see and share all the great stuff happening at the park! The Baskets are coming, the baskets are coming! Every year Hampton Little League hosts a dance to honor and celebrate all the volunteers and families at our park. One of the time honored traditions of this dance is the Silent Auction. All teams are responsible for putting together a basket for the Silent Auction. In the past teams have done it different ways. Some teams the parents contribute an item to the basket, some teams the parents give $ to the Team Parent who then purchases and puts together the items for the baskets. Baskets are generally organized around a theme of some kind—a night on the town, gourmet foods, recreation etc. Its time to start thinking about them as they will be due by May 28th. Talk to your Team Parent!
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