The 100 Mile House Wranglers Junior B Hockey Club is looking for a few good men and women to help the local team put on the best show in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.
Folks who want to be involved with the brand new hockey club will want to show up at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre (SCRC) for the 100 Mile House Wranglers Volunteer Fair on July 18 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
There are all kinds of volunteer positions available this season – from ticket sales to bus drivers and everything in between.
Club president Tom Bachynski says the Volunteer Fair is the “big callout” for volunteers this season, and prospective volunteers only need to bring some ID (for the club data base) and a willingness to help out.
There will be a sheet with the list of the volunteer duties and there is a wide variety of tasks to pick from.
Bachynski says the club’s board of directors chose the 4 to 6:30 p.m. timeframe in hopes of having people drop in after work before they head home for dinner, so they don’t have to come back to the SCRC after dinner.
“We have had a lot of people express some interest [in volunteering], but now we need to have them actually commit to the interest. This is the big one where we need people to sign up.”
As far as how many volunteers the Wranglers need, Bachynski says the “more volunteers they have the less of a burden it is on everybody.
“We need to have volunteers for the pre-season, the 26-game regular season and the playoffs. It becomes a bit of a burden and you don’t want to do it all of the time, but if you do it for five or 10 games, it’s not as big of an issue.”
He adds they need between 12 and 24 volunteers a game.
The club also needs a volunteer co-ordinator.
There are a number of great task options that would best suit each volunteer’s skills and interests.
They include: the Booster Club to sell merchandise; off-ice officials – scorekeepers, penalty box monitors, goal judges and announcers; and people to help monitor the stands and parking.
The list goes on and so does the need for help.
“We know there are shift workers, so if we know your schedule, we can marry you up to our game schedule and you can come down and help us out.”
Other than the on-ice product, the volunteers are the next most important component to help the season runs smoothly.
Bachynski notes volunteers won’t be charged for the games they work.
“It’s a great opportunity to keep one eye on the game and the other eye on doing your volunteer task.”
Everyone who wants to be involved in this exciting new entertainment product in 100 Mile House is urged to show up at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on Airport Road on July 18 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Watch for more details in the July 17 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.
