Volunteers are greatly needed to make a Hockey Association run!  Without volunteers contributing many hours, CCHA could simply not exist.  We completely appreciate the work that everyone does to help make our children's hockey experience a positive and enjoyable one and making the CCHA program successful!  With this in mind we are entering into our third year for the Volunteer Policy.  We have made some revisions to hopefully improve the process for everyone involved.  In order to make your volunteer life easier, please utilize the on-line automated volunteer system. 

To ensure fairness in regards to the volunteer policy and deposit, please remember, NO PLAYER WILL TRYOUT WITHOUT A VOLUNTEER CHECK ON FILE- NO EXCEPTION SHALL BE MADE!

Minimum Required Hours

Upper Level Players:           15 hours        

(U10, U12, U14, Squirts, Peewees and Bantams)

Non-Traveling Players:      7 hours

(U8, U6 and Mites)

*Please note the maximum number of volunteer hours required by any family is 18.

Examples 1:

# of players	Upper Levels/ Non-traveling	# of volunteer hours
1	Non-traveling	7 hours
1	Upper Levels	15 hours
Total:		18 hours*

Example 2:

# of players	Upper Level/ Non-traveling	# of volunteer hours
1	Upper Levels	15 hours
1	Upper Levels	15 hours
Total:		18 hours*

Example 3:

# of players	Upper Levels/ Non-traveling	# of volunteer hours
2	Non-traveling	14 hours
Total:		14 hours

Example 4:

# of players	Upper Levels/ Non-traveling	# of volunteer hours
3	Non-traveling	21 hours
Total:		18 hours*

The following positions will be exempted from the volunteer policy.

§          All Board Members

§          All Key Volunteers

§          All Hockey Development/Operations Members

§          All Active Fundraising Members

§          District 6 Board Member

The following hours will be applied to the following positions:

Head/Assistant Coaches

Each rostered head and assistant coaches for the upper levels (U10, U12, U14, Squirts, Peewees, Bantam and Jr. Gold) will receive 15 volunteer hours.  The maximum volunteer hours given to any team (all upper levels) will be 60 volunteer hours which equates to one head coach and three assistant coaches.  Please feel free to have as many rostered coaches on your team that would like to help out but they will not receive any volunteer hours.    

Each rostered head and assistant coaches for the lower levels (U8, U6 and Mites) will receive 7 volunteer hours.  The maximum volunteer hours given to any team (all lower levels) will be 32 volunteer hours which equates to one head coach and three assistant coaches.  Please feel free to have as many rostered coaches on your team that would like to help out but they will not receive any volunteer hours. 

Traveling Team Managers/Treasurers

Upper Level (U10, U12, U14, Squirts, Peewees, Bantams and Jr. Gold) Managers will receive the following volunteer hours. 

Duty	# of hours
Team Manager	13 hours
Scrimmage Manager	13 hours
Team Treasurer	13 hours

Only one volunteer per duty (team manager, scrimmage manager and team treasurer) will receive the 13 volunteer hours.

Lower Level (U8, U6 and Mites) Managers will receive 5 volunteer hours.  Only one manager per team will receive the 5 volunteer hours.

The following activities are highly encouraged and definitely appreciated but DO NOT fill volunteer hours for the association:  Organizing coaches’ gifts, team parties, scrapbooks, team photographer, treat scheduling, locker room decorating, and sending announcements or thank you notes.  Working at league games or scrimmages does not earn volunteer hours.  These activities generate team sprit and vary from team to team.

Volunteer Activities Guidelines

All volunteer hours/activities need to be signed up through the CCHA website otherwise there is no assurance you will receive credit for any volunteer hours with the exception of the following:

§          All Board Members

§          All Key Volunteers (ie. Tournament Director, Concessions Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Hawk Award Coordinator, etc…)

§          All Hockey Development/Operations Members

§          All Active Fundraising Members (approved by (Reed Moormeier - Fundraising)

§          All Head/Assistant Coaches

§          District 6 Board Member

§          Team Managers/Treasurers

If your volunteer hours/activities are not signed up on the CCHA website there is no guarantee that you will receive credit for these hours.

Examples of volunteer hours/activities on the website:

§          All tournament hours (Thanksgiving, Districts, Brick City, Carver Cup, Mini-Mite Jamboree, etc.)

o        Rink set up

o        Running the clocks

o        Refereeing

o        Food sales

o        Rink clean up

o        Ticket sales

o        Running the scoreboard

o        Penalty box

o        Merchandise

o        Etc.

§          Cookie sales distribution

§          Assisting Photographer with Team Picture Day for the Association

§          Tryout Hours

If you have a player trying out at a specific level then you may not work any of the volunteer hours scheduled for that level.  – You will not receive credit for these hours.

§          Concession (non ice credit hours)

When signing up for concession hours please make sure you are signing up for either “volunteer hours” or “ice credits” to avoid any confusion later.  – The Association will not be transferring ice credits hours for volunteer hours, etc.

Failure to show up or find a replacement for a signed up shift will result in a $25.00 fee and applied to your account.

Volunteer Deposit Requirement

Volunteer buyouts will be $175 per player and a $500 maximum per family.  To ensure fairness to all families a volunteer deposit will be required.  This will be collected via check.  The check will NOT be cashed UNLESS the volunteer hours are not fulfilled.  No checks will be cashed until the end of the hockey season.  Once the volunteer hours are completed, the check will be returned on a monthly basis. 

# of players	Amount
1	$175.00
2	$350.00
3	$500.00
4+	$500.00

Please mail your Volunteer deposit check with Consent to Treat and Waiver of Liability forms to complete your Registration.  To reiterate “no player will tryout without a Volunteer Deposit check on file”.

Please mail payment to:

CCHA Attn:  Registrar

PO Box 1006

Chanhassen, MN  55317