Parent Volunteers

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Volunteers (parents) are essential to the success of the Chantilly Band Program.

Cathy McCormick is the 2002-2003 Volunteer Coordinator for the Chantilly Band Boosters.

Read about the Volunteers (2002-2003) (PDF format), see who's "retiring" and offer your skills to replace our senior parents. Parents of underclassmen - particularly sophomores and freshmen - are asked to begin considering taking on the Event Coordinator positions that will become vacant in the Spring due to graduation. They include - Music Boosters President, Concession Stand, Publicity (Internal and External), Football Game and Competition Videographer, Nissan Pavilion, Concert Programs, Marching Band Camp, Shirts & Jackets, Marching Band Banquet, Jazz Festival Hospitality and Concessions and many, many more. Now is the perfect time to serve as a volunteer and learn what the Coordinator does. Contact Cathy McCormick for more info on becoming an Event Coordinator.

Want to be a volunteer? Just send us an email or complete the Volunteering Form.

Volunteer Summary

Each activity requires many volunteers. We have approximately 700 opportunities for you to help out the band!.

Students in Chantilly Band have a wonderful experience, largely because of the volunteer support that we receive. In the year (2000-2001), volunteer parents provided over 15,000 hours to band programs. That's:

Total Hours:                     15,504
Total Equivalent Days:       1,938       (8h/d)
Total Equivalent Months:    97         (20d/m)
Total Equivalent Years:      8         (12m/y)

All parents are needed to participate in at least one opportunity. Optimally we hope you are able to help several times. Each time parents participate, they show the students that their effort is worthwhile, encourages students to do their best, and validates what they are doing: besides, you meet other parents and students and best of all -- it’s fun!

The following is a list of the jobs that are necessary to operate the band program. All numbers are approximate.

Activity	People Needed	Description
Phone Tree Coordinator and Callers	27 people	Call your assigned list of parents to advise of any band related activities. The coordinator will call you with the information needed to be distributed.
Script	2 Coordinators 6 to 10 area coordinators
Monthly Updates	1	Published the first week of each month for parents and students.
Publicity	Any number and everyone!
Football Concessions	80 total - 20 each game	Coordinator, Cooks, servers, sales, set up, and take down. Approximately 6 home games, plus hopefully, playoffs. Work ½ or all of a game and one or more games.
Uniforms	Coordinator 70 (throughout the year)	Measuring Marching Band uniforms and tuxedos, distributing uniforms and collecting after each game and Competitions.
Senior Recognition	6	Planning, set up, serving, clean up, purchasing supplies, and bakers of goodies.
Homecoming Parade	16	Refreshments following parade, plan, set up, purchase, clean up, and chaperones
TAG day	98	Coordinator, food servers, purchasers, drivers, $ counters, distribution of packets, set up, and clean up
Marching Band Banquet	38	To coordinate & plan, set up, decorations serve food and clean up.
Fruit Sales	14	Coordinator, help unload, stack, and hand out
Christmas Tree Sales	Coordinator 28 parents & 56 students	Assist students in setting up and selling trees
Chaperones	16 for local trips 9 – 15 for Spring trip (+3 staff)
Concerts	140 (throughout the year)	Ticket takers, ushers, ticket sales, refreshment servers and sellers
Jazz Invitational	40	Director’s breakfast, lunch and refreshments, stage Manager, registration, concessions, hostess/host, banquet planners, prepares, set-up, clean up, (etc.).
All District Band	21	Held at Chantilly every three years
Plus Car washes, other competitions, concerts, events and fund-raisers that are added.

Want to get involved? Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Cathy McCormick via email.

This site was last updated 08/13/02