Streamwood Little League is a non-profit organization and is 100% volunteer run. 

All parents of children involved in Little League Baseball are strongly encouraged to volunteer. Each member of the Board of Directors has children and full-time jobs that demand our time, so we certainly understand the extra effort that it requires for you to show up and volunteer. We do not take your contribution lightly and we really couldn't do it without you.

As a parent volunteer, you have the opportunity to spend quality time with your child in a safe, fun-filled environment. Oftentimes, parent and child social lives parallel each other. Volunteering allows your life and your child's life to intersect on common ground, with shared interests and goals.

Little League International requires background checks for those adults who are closely interacting with our kids. Currently, Little League is required to have all board members, managers, coaches, and other volunteers or hired workers who provide regular service to the league or/and who have repetitive access to or contact with players or teams to have completed a background check before they perform services for the league.

Volunteer Opportunities

Manager/Head Coach
The manager will be in charge of scheduling and running practices, creating lineups, keeping the equipment, ensuring all safety rules are followed, ensuring all mandatory play rules are followed, ensuring pitch counts are tracked and logged, and communicating with their coaches, players, parents, and division Vice President. The role of manager is extensive but rewarding. This role will be required to attend an introductory team meeting for each season they are volunteering and hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement. 

Assistant Coach
The coach will assist the manager as directed. This may include running practices (or portions of practices), being a base coach, recording pitch counts, keeping score, or any other way to help the manager and players. This role will be required to attend an introductory team meeting for each season they are volunteering and hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement.

Team Parent
The Team Parent coordinates team snacks for home/away games, gathers donations for the team raffle gift basket for Celebration Day, helps organize the team on picture day or in-season events, and is a liaison between the manager/coaches and the parents. This role will be required to attend an introductory team meeting for each season they are volunteering and hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement.

Grounds Crew
Grounds crew volunteers assist the Field & Facilities Manager preparing the park for games. This involves (at a minimum) refuse collection, custodial duties, dragging the infield dirt, chalking the foul lines, chalking the batter's boxes, and raking the pitcher's mound. More work may be required based on the day's weather. Grounds crew are especially needed during tournaments where there is little time to prep fields between games. This role will be required to attend an introductory team meeting for each season they are volunteering and hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement.

Concessions 
Volunteers in concessions are always needed. The concessions stand is one of the primary means of raising funds, but we can't be open without volunteers. We will train you before your shift to work the stand, so you can work your first shift with some confidence. This role will be required to attend an introductory team meeting for each season they are volunteering and hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement.


Field Maintenance
A few times a year we will put out the call for a field maintenance day. Our fields and our buildings are maintained by volunteers. Our Board Members work long hours during the season to keep our complex in phenomenal shape, but even they need a hand sometimes. Typically a field maintenance day will be on days/hours that can be mutually agreed upon and will last a few hours. This role is not equal to the Grounds Crew role. Examples of Field Maintenance Days can include: Opening the park for Spring Cleaning, Field/Park Renovations, End of Fall Ball Clean Sweep! Hours will be electronically tracked for fee reimbursement.

Come out and lend a hand, get the fields looking great for our kids, and earn some of that volunteer fee back!

How Else Can I Help?

Sponsors: We are looking for large corporate sponsors, small business sponsors, and anyone who is willing to invest in the future of our fields and players.

Donations: No amount is too big or too small.  As a non-profit organization here solely for the children of our community, we would graciously accept a donation, in any amount, to help us fund this multi-year improvement plan.