Volunteer opportunities

There are many opportunities to be involved in the ABO to support our student athletes! Please contact president@woodsideathletics.org if you're interested in volunteering.

Board Positions

The ABO Board guides the direction of the organization, organizes fundraising events to support all WHS sports teams, and considers and acts on funding requests from team coaches. The ABO works closely with our Athletic Department and coaches to understand department goals, team proposals, and funding limitations in order to allocate funding.

We welcome your energy, input and help in guiding the ABO's effort to support WHS athletics programs and typically start filling vacant Board positions prior to the start of the school year.

President

This president sits on our Board as a voting member and is responsible for working across Woodside High School’s athletics program to identify needs and to raise funds for sports teams. There is a strong emphasis on collaborating with coaches, the Athletic Director and VP of Administration to support the strategic vision of the athletics program. The president builds relationships with parents and community members to encourage volunteerism and financial support for athletics, which includes working with members of the PTSA and Foundation. This role manages the calendar for monthly meetings, sets the agenda, and leads the meetings. 

Vice President 

The vice president sits on our Board as a voting member and works with the president to build support for the organization across our sports programs, the school, and the community. The VP serves as the volunteer coordinator for several events per year on campus and manages scheduling with Signup.com. The VP may contribute ABO updates for the PTSA newsletter. The VP represents the board at WHS outreach events along with other board members (schedule permitting) to promote the ABO with prospective students, parents, and athletes (ie. attending our Wildcat Welcome Days events for incoming students). The VP may run monthly board meetings, and attend PTSA and Foundation meetings on occasion.

Treasurer

The treasurer sits on our Board as a voting member and is responsible for managing our financial activities. This individual works with the WHS treasurer and the athletic director to ensure funds are transferred to teams each season. This role tracks the expenditures of the board, provides financial updates at our monthly meetings, and works closely with the ABO president. The treasurer works with our board secretary to ensure tax and registration documents for our non-profit status are filed each year with the State of California. The treasurer uses their accounting and organizational skills to ensure timely updates and effective management of funds.

Sponsorship Chair

The sponsorship chair sits on our Board as a voting member and actively manages our sponsorship fundraising, including outreach to businesses to secure support for WHS. Our sponsorship program supports WHS athletics programs and has provided over $40K in funding in each of the last few school years. The chair takes the lead in securing sponsors for both our corporate banners displayed on campus and for our annual 5K Fun Run.

Community Affairs

The community affairs chair sits on our Board as a voting member and serves as a liaison to the PTSA, Foundation, and other clubs engaged in fundraising across the school. This role promotes events across the WHS community with the goal of sharing best practices and keeping the Board apprised of the activities being organized across the broader community. 

Secretary

The secretary sits on our Board as a voting member and manages (with our treasurer) our annual registration to ensure compliance with State of California regulations. This position works with the president and treasurer to file appropriate documents (once per year) with the Secretary of State and Office of the Attorney General to maintain our 501C3 status. This role maintains familiarity with our recently updated bylaws to ensure board compliance and takes minutes for monthly meetings, which are posted for board members and the public.

Chair Positions

Web Content Manager

The web content manager oversees the maintenance and administration of the ABO website. This role works with the president and athletic director to ensure the website has updated content about fundraising campaigns, donation request letters, and information about sports schedules, games, and events at WHS. The manager can provide ideas for new content for the website or audit its existing content to identify areas of improvement.

Social Media Chair

The social media chair is an avid sports fan and social media enthusiast who creates and manages content for the ABO's Instagram and Facebook pages. When able, the individual in this role attends various sports events throughout the school year to take photos, create social media posts featuring student athletes, highlight game scores, and promote ABO fundraising priorities. The social media chair can additionally reach out to teams and parents to get photos and scores from a variety of games.

Team support Roles

Social Media Coordinators (3)

This position is held by a student or parent volunteer who is a sports enthusiast dedicated to attending sports events, taking photos, and capturing student athletes in action. The coordinator works independently but in collaboration with the social media chair and other social media coordinators to post photos of athletes and scores on Instagram and Facebook each week.  

Sports Team Liaison

The team liaison is a parent who supports two-way communication between the teams/coaches and the ABO with the goal of understanding the teams’ funding needs (ie. uniforms and equipment), as well as understanding the team dynamics and culture. This flexible role also has the ability to serve as a social media coordinator, photographer, or an individual who works with teams to understand team account balances, and gear needs.  

ABO Event Volunteer

We could always use extra help with our fundraising events. From planning and preparation before the event to help running the event, any little bit you can do will only help make the event more fun and successful. The biggest fundraiser organized by the ABO is the Crab Feed.