Ready to Volunteer - Anita's story

My name's Anita.

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

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

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

So my daughter plays AFL and my son plays soccer.

The skills that I have brought to my volunteering is

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

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

For my son's under 11’s team.

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

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

So I initially got into volunteering because no one else

was putting their hand up.

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

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

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

or don't think they have enough time.

I think there are so many things

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

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

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

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

and being part of what they enjoy doing and the community

that goes along with it.