Ready to Volunteer - Anita’s story

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Ready to Volunteer - Anita’s story

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My name’s Anita.

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I’m a mother of two kids, a 12 year old and a ten year old.

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I run my own business, I’m a graphic designer,

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and in my spare time, I volunteer for my kid’s sports clubs.

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So my daughter plays AFL and my son plays soccer.

Skills

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The skills that I have brought to my volunteering is

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I use my graphic design skills for my daughter’s footy club.

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I do a lot of their posters and artwork and also a newsletter.

Team Manager

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For my son’s under 11’s team.

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I’m the team manager, so I have to organise parents

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and be the contact for the club and the actual team.

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So I initially got into volunteering because no one else

Why volunteer

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was putting their hand up.

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So I then said yes, someone had to do it.

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But since I’ve done it now for four years, I actually really enjoyed the role.

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For anyone that’s not sure if they are ready to volunteer

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or don’t think they have enough time.

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I think there are so many things

Conclusion

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you can do to volunteer that it can only be half an hour a week.

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It can be less sometimes in the year, let’s say at the start of the season it’s

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a lot more work, but generally there’s not a lot that needs to go into it.

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I volunteer because I think it’s a great way to be part of my kid’s lives

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and being part of what they enjoy doing and the community

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that goes along with it.

Updated 2 September 2025

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