Volunteer Opportunities at CRW
The following are descriptions of activities and events for Fall and Spring Semesters where volunteers may get involved in Campus Recreation & Wellness. Please be aware that assignments are made on a first-come, first-serve basis and certain activities have only a limited number of slots available for volunteers. CRW is committed to providing our volunteers with the best experiences possible and will make efforts where possible to tailor a volunteer experience if an individual should have a specific interest.
Adapted Recreation Exercise Partner
An adapted recreation exercise partner assists a designated student, faculty/staff, alumni, and/or community individual who is a member of the Student Recreation Center in completing exercise activities of their choice on a one-to-one basis. The partner's primary role is to aid the individual with a disability and facilitate the workout. These individuals are NOT trainers and should not be engaged in offering exercise advice or prescription. Activities of interest may vary but common choices are weight room workouts, walking/pushing, or aquatic
activities.
Volunteer Duties Include:
- Assist staff with set up of the facility area, gathering of equipment as needed
- Coordinate communication and scheduling of individual meeting times
- Provide aid as needed to disabled participants
- Assist the participant in navigating the facility area and in securing or preparing equipment
- Provide encouragement and a positive attitude
- Monitoring the exercise and maintaining records of participation
- Assist in supervision and promoting a safe participation environment
Adapted Recreation & Wellness Day
This annual events provides the opportunity to learn a variety of sports and recreational activities from knowledgeable and experienced instructors through active hands-on participation in workshops. Workshops include volleyball, golf, climbing, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair dodgeball, hand crank cycling, and slalom.
Volunteers Duties Include some of the following:
- Assist with set up of the facility, gathering of equipment
- Facilitate parking of participants
- Assist with registration and event evaluations
- Guide and direct participants to activity locations
- Assist presenters with a designated session
- Participate in an activity as appropriate
- Assist with lunch set up
- Run errands as needed
- Assist in keeping activity schedule operating on time
- Assist in supervision and promotion of a safe participation environment
- Assist with clean up and return of equipment
- Assist with other duties as needed (taking pictures, passing out information, compiling data, etc.)
Basketball Shooting Challenge
This activity is open to all ECU students, faculty, and staff. The Shooting Challenge will consist of four events: Around the World, Half time Challenge, 3-point Shootout, Hot Shots. The best score in each event will count toward the all-around points earned during the competition. At the end of the competition, top scores will be determined for each individual event as well as an all around championship.
Volunteer Duties Include:
- Assist with setting up stations
- Assist with cleaning duties
- Assist with Registration
- Retrieve balls, collect to rack
- Keep score or time for participants for one of the events
- Answer questions or direct participants
Customer Services Desk Assistant
These individuals are the "front line" in the Student Recreation Center since they greet participants, control access, answer a variety of questions, deal with various issues, and provide services such as equipment check-out, membership sales, and emergency response.
Volunteers Duties Include some of the following:
- Assist the Customer Services Associates with greeting customers.
- Washing, drying and folding towels.
- Clean racquetball goggles and swim goggles
- Straightening equipment such as racquetball racquets and goggles, basketballs, tennis racquets, swim goggles etc.
- Assisting the Customer Services Associates with equipment check-out
- Checking out equipment to participants on One Card per the SRC equipment check-out policy.
- Assist members in answering questions about CRW programs and services.
Fitness Area Special Events
The fitness area hosts a variety of special events geared towards promoting physical activity, fitness, and challenging fun! Specific event details are posted on the Campus Recreation & Wellness website and include group fitness master classes, the bench press contest, thematic incentive programs, and educational events. Hours and dates vary based on the event and involvement with these programs may require some training. You can be a part of building a physically active campus by assisting us in producing these programs.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist in event set up and take down
- Crisis management
- Customer service
- Check in and registration
- Record keeping
Fitness Class Attendant
Our fitness class attendants provide practical work experience in a variety of job titles and offer opportunities to enhance your leadership skills, be part of a team and gain insights into networking. Group fitness classes are offered in a variety of styles and take place in exercise studios on the 2nd floor of the Student Recreation Center.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Meet and greet group fitness customers and provide on
the spot program information.
- Validate passes and check in class participants.
- Assist with cleaning group fitness exercise equipment and storage areas.
- Record class participation stats.
- Assist instructors with class set up and take down.
- Provide/Assist with crisis management as needed during classes.
- Participate and assist with fitness area special events.
- Administrative duties as assigned.
Flatlander’s Fling Climbing Competition
Flatlanders’ Fling is our annual climbing competition. Climbers come from ECU, Greenville, all over the region, and from other universities to participate in the competition. Prizes are solicited from outdoor adventure and local vendors of all kinds and traditionally total more than $2,000 in value. The competition is organized into gender and experience-based classes so climbers are matched with people of relatively equal experience. Climbers climb at least 6 times each which means a lot of belaying and persistence in keeping individuals on track and supported.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with Belaying (must be certified)
- Assist with picking up food donations.
- Assist with Registration
- Observing wall climbing
- Set up and preparations for sessions
- Break down and clean up after sessions
- Record points
- Fill out score sheets
Focus Group Participation
Campus Recreation & Wellness often conducts focus groups involving 8-12 participants who are asked for opinions regarding their knowledge, satisfaction, or opinions about programs and services offered through the department. These sessions usually are about one hour in duration and generally target a specific program area such as Intramural Sports, Special Events, Marketing, Adventure, or Fitness. Individuals with OR without experience in our programs are welcomed.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Listen and understand the purpose and intent of the specific focus group
- Actively participate by answering questions and providing input
- Listen attentively to other opinions and provide reactions/thoughts when appropriate
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is an event where students come to socialize with friends and peers to celebrate the Halloween tradition. Non-students are welcome to participate as well but must be accompanied by an ECU student, staff, or faculty member, and must present guest tickets at the gate. During this celebration CRW hosts a dance where students come to have fun and enjoy good times, good food, and good people. Some complementary activities such as Polaroid pictures and a fortune teller may also be included as part of the dance.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Front door assistant
- Food and drink assistant
- Picture taking
- Set up and preparations for event
- Break down and clean up after event
- Run various errands such as checking venue set-up, circulating food and drinks to other volunteers
National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
February 22, 1950 is the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association's founding date, and in 1999, members voted to proclaim this a day for nationwide focus on the positive benefits of recreational sports, fitness and wellness. During this time CRW will highlight events where students, faculty and staff are able to increase awareness of CRW recreational opportunities. Previous activities during this day(s) have included intramural basketball championships, group fitness master classes, and kayak roll sessions.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with set up and break down of activities
- Distribute relevant program literature
- Welcome program participants
- Perform miscellaneous duties such as running popcorn machine
Nutrition Area Special Events
The nutrition area hosts a variety of special events geared towards providing nutrition education to students through fun and interactive programs and events. Past events in which students have volunteered for include Food Fight or Your Health and a Nutrition Expo. Hours and dates vary based on the event. You can be a part of building a healthy, active campus by assisting us in implementing these programs.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Registration
- Information
- Food and drink
- Set up and preparations for event
- Break down and clean up after event
Parents’ Night Out
Parents Night Out provides parents an opportunity to have a night out on the town or enjoy a quiet evening at home while their children enjoy a full filled night at the Student Recreation Center. Activities include games, wall climbing, swimming and pizza at the SRC, and bowling and video games at the Mendenhall Student Center. This is a wonderful high-energy volunteer event allowing you quality time with young children. If you are excited about being there and have a good mindset it makes everything a lot more fun! These events typically involve a five hour time commitment on Saturday evenings.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with setting up stations
- Assist with cleaning duties
- Assist with Registration
- Supervising a group of children
- Serve food and drinks
- Help with swimming by either participating in the water with participants and/or assisting with locker room supervision during changing
- Observing wall climbing
- Checking children in and out
- Assist with bowling
- Assist with various errands such as safely escorting children to and from restrooms
Polar Bear Pool Plunge
The Polar Bear Pool Plunge event has taken place since 1997 in celebration of the birthday of the Student Recreation Center. This event takes place at the CRW outdoor pool in January. Students, faculty/staff and non-students annually "Take the Plunge" into the icy waters of the outdoor pool in the middle of winter, with food, fun, and friends. All jumpers earn a "Polar Bear" t-shirt and are entered into drawings for various prizes.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with registration
- Serve as a Jump assistant
- Hand out towels/t-shirts
- Serve as a locker room attendant
- Help as a food and drink assistant
- Assist with facility set-up and break down
- Assist in ensuring a safe participation experience for all
Project YEAH!
Project YEAH is an incentive program designed to increase participation in physical activity of 4th and 5th grade students in classrooms and after-school programs. Each of the classes in 16 Pitt County schools compete over the course of the year to accumulate points for participation in physical activity. The winning classes from each of these schools are rewarded with a trip to the ECU Student Recreation Center where they will have the opportunity to climb the wall, do cart races, and participate in a variety of other fun recreational activities over a two hour period. We are seeking enthusiastic and active student volunteers who enjoy working with children and a high-energy atmosphere. The time of commitment is from about 8:45 am–11:15 am on each date. There are typically seven or eight dates beginning in April and ending in May.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with set up of the facility area, gathering of equipment
- Meet and direct participants
- Motivate participants and show enthusiasm
- Facilitate an assigned game or station
- Assist with clean up and return of equipment
- Keep activities transitioning quickly and smoothly
- Assist in supervision and promotion of a safe participation environment
- Work in cooperation with other staff and teachers to facilitate group activities
Secret Shopper
The Secret Shopper program is a flexible scheduling option for volunteers in which individuals act as a normal participant in designated CRW programs and services and evaluate a variety of aspects related to their experience such as employee service and performance, cleanliness, equipment, overall atmosphere, etc. Secret Shoppers will submit a report detailing their experience. Scenarios have been developed that provide a framework for each secret shopper experience. Participation in a short training session is required before being given any assignments.
Volunteer Duties Include:
- Review assigned scenario for Secret Shopper experience
- Act as a normal participant while engaging in your assigned program/service
- Observe requested items
- Complete the designated Secret Shopper report form
- Submit the report and follow-up with any additional questions or input
Softball Hitting Challenge
This activity is open to all ECU students, faculty, and staff. The challenge will consist of each participant being allowed designated number of hits. The top ten (10) hits will count for scoring purposes. Each batter will be awarded points for each ball hit into a designated area.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Assist with set-up and break down of the activity area
- Keep score for participants and monitor number of pitches and number of hits
- Judge point values for balls hit
- Fill-out Score Sheets
- Referee/Officiate
- Field, retrieve balls, and re-circulate back to pitcher's mound for ensuing participants
Volunteer Program Assistant
This is a largely administrative role in which the volunteer will be involved in a variety of tasks to assist the Volunteer Coordinator in more effective implementation of the program. This position may be involved in a number of areas related to promoting, administering, and helping in the overall management of assignments and activities.
Volunteers Duties May Include:
- Assist in maintaining the roster of volunteers, assignment tracking, maintaining volunteer hours
- Provide assistance in material for the Volunteer web page
- Assist in developing correspondence with volunteers and staff regarding assignment confirmations
- Office duties such as filing, maintaining paperwork, and developing appropriate forms
- Assist in recruiting of volunteers and conducting of classroom presentations
- Assist in developing materials to promote the volunteer program
Wall Days and Adventurous Pirate Kids
Wall Days and Adventurous Pirate Kids are youth activities which provide adventure-based recreational experiences. Wall Days provide the opportunity to ascend the SRC's 27 foot indoor climbing wall whereas Adventurous Pirate Kids is a four week program in which participants spend one day each on the climbing wall, the Alpine Tower, the challenge course, and paddling canoes and kayaks in the indoor pool.
Volunteers Duties May Include:
- Assisting in harnessing of children for the climbing wall
- Assisting in set up and break down of the activity area
- Assist in preparation of equipment
- Assisting staff in implementation of the specific activity or interacting with participants
Weight Room Closing Assistant
Our weight room closing assistants are provided with a variety of job duties to ensure that the weight room environment remains presentable and provides a pleasurable workout experience for our participants.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Cleaning
- Returning weights and dumbbells to designated areas
- Assist fitness staff with closing duties
Weight Room Fitness Trainer
Fitness trainers must have a passion to help others attain their fitness goals, while maintaining a professional appearance and experience. The fitness trainer position provides opportunities to enhance your leadership skills, be part of a team and gain insights into networking. Fitness trainers answer questions, assist with showing participants how to use equipment, ensure proper safety practice, clean equipment, and supervise participants.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Training is required
- Assist with weight room customer service
Youth & Family Assistant
Youth and Family Assistant will be involved in a variety of programs such as Adventurous Pirate Kids, Parents Night Out, Wall Day, and the Jump Rope Clinic. This individual may perform volunteer duties respective to some of these events but will also have the opportunity to be involved in some of the administrative and organizational preparation for these events. This role contains a mixture of direct services during activities and office tasks behind the scenes as program staff plan, develop, and get ready to implement the event. The position is primarily designed for individuals willing to volunteer a minimum of 20 hours.
Volunteers Duties Include:
- Supervise and implement different games
- Assist with registration and check-in of participants
- Assist with arts and crafts activities
- Set up and preparations for event
- Break down and clean up after event
- Miscellaneous duties such as operating the popcorn machine
- Assist with activity stations
- Supervising a group of kids
- Serving food and drinks
- Swimming activities
- Observing wall climbing
- Assist in planning and preparations for various events and activities
