Volunteers

Beekman Athletic Club is a non-profit youth organization whose success depends on volunteers that can commit time to manage and coach our players in addition to assisting at league events.

There are several opportunities for volunteers each year

Board of Directors: The Board of Directors are responsible for the overall health of the league and vote on important decisions.  Member voting is held at the September meeting.  The position is officially taken on October 1.  This allows new members to have a month for transition.  Current positions are:

• Auxiliary President

• Baseball Director

• Baseball Player Agent

• President

• Safety Officer

• Treasurer

• Vice President

Other League Officials: These roles provide critical import to the Board and are important to the operations of our league but do not have a vote on important decisions.  Current positions are:

• All Star Tournament Coordinator

• Assistant Baseball Director

• Assistant Softball Director

• Equipment Manager

• Secretary

• Scheduler

• Social Media Manager

• Umpire in Chief

• Uniform Manager

• Webmaster

Auxiliary: Members of our auxiliary are primarily responsible for obtaining sponsors and overseeing fundraising events and Opening/Closing Ceremonies.  They also assist with registration and other league events.

Manager: This person will be responsible for all aspects of the team from running practices, helping with player growth, creating lineups, submitting game results, communicating with parents and players, attending coaching clinic(s) and attending monthly board meetings during the season.

Coach: This person will be responsible for assisting the manager when needed.  May maintain game scoring, coach bases or manage the team in the manager's absence.

Opening Day Ceremony: Assist with arranging teams by league and division.  Ensure that players and parents/guardians are united after the ceremony.  Assist with coordination of pictures.

All Star Tournament Coordinator: This important role ensures that all details for tournaments held in Beekman are taken care of.  It includes tents, tables, scorekeeping, concessions and parking are ready for each game.

All Start Tournament Scorekeeper: The official scorekeeper for each tournament game based on initial lineups and changes by each team's manager.

Autumn In The Ballpark: This annual event was started in 2014 and held each October.  It includes a Home Run Derby where all proceeds are donated to Breast Cancer Awareness.  A volunteer game is held under the lights in addition to having food, drinks and sprit wear.

Committees: There will be times that committees will be needed to develop programs or to accumulate information for recommendation to the Board for vote.  An example is the Travel Team Committee that developed a Travel program with guidelines, procedures and FAQ.

Babe Ruth League, Inc. advocates for the careful selection of league volunteers, especially those who make a direct import on our your players.   Background checks are required for all volunteers:

• All leagues will be required to conduct background checks on all managers and coaches, as well as any other persons and volunteers, who provide regular service to the league and/or have repetitive access to, or contact with, players or teams, and
• The local league will be required to conduct a nationwide search that contains the applicable government sex offender registry data. A check conducted only in one state will not meet the minimum requirements of these regulations