Volunteer Frequently Asked Questions

Make sure you always sign in at the volunteer log at the bar when you are at the Squadron volunteering. List the date, hours you’ve completed and what task you were completing. For example: 5/30, 4 hours,  Race Around Lido, Race Committee.  If you forget, you can email manager@sarasotasailingsquadron.org.

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Call Susan at 941 388 2355 to hear what volunteer opportunities are currently available. The Squadron also periodically sends out emails about volunteer opportunities.

If you forget to log your hours, please send an email to manager@sarasotasailingsquadron.org listing the date and times you volunteered and what task you were helping with. The Membership and Event Coordinator will verify your hours and log them to your RecHub account.

Thanks for helping someone get out on the water!  Unfortunately, taking people sailing does not count as volunteer time, unless it is a specific outreach event such as SYS’s Visible Men’s Academy day on the water.  The only other on the water time that counts for volunteer hours is Race Committee or the powerboat training classes.  Time spent coordinating races on the land, such as fleet captains meetings, matching crew and skippers to get more boats on the water, or coordinating a Boatshare event do count as volunteer hours.

Whether routine maintenance or a special project, please come check in with the office first.  You can share your plan and skillsets with us and we'll find a way for you to help. With so many moving parts at the Squadron, it works best when efforts are coordinated with the office.  

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You can log into RecHub and check on your profile how many hours you have logged. Please note hours are logged to each individual in your household, so make sure you have all your household family members listed to your account that could volunteer. If you have any questions you can always email manager@sarasotasailingsquadron.org to verify your hours as well.

Each household is required to do eight (8) hours of volunteer time a calendar year per the rate schedule. This includes honorary members as well. The calendar year runs from January through December. One person from the household can fulfill all eight hours or multiple people may fulfill them. Always remember to log your hours while you are at the Squadron so they can be counted.

The opt out fee for choosing not to volunteer or not completing your required hours is $200 which will automatically be billed to your account on December 31st at the end of the year.

Good job keeping the Squadron looking tidy!  Per the standing rules section 2.2, members are responsible for keeping the area around their boat clean and free of overgrown vegetation.  Keeping up with this responsibly does not count as volunteer hours.

In 2022 our volunteers recorded 10.225 volunteer hours! We know there are many, many more hours that went unrecorded.  Thank you to our amazing members and volunteers who put in so much to help to keep this wonderful access to the water affordable and support all of our events.