JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Parks and recreation facility directors are scrambling to fill spots for popular fall sports like soccer. The city of Jonesboro said it has enrolled about 1,300 children in the youth programs.
Qualified volunteers are hard to find as many parents struggle to make it to their children’s games in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, let alone find the time to volunteer.
“We can always use more coaches and we can always use more volunteers to help these kids. When you have a program as extensive as ours, you always have gaps in good people working with these kids,” said Danny Kapales, the director of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation.
He said his goal is to have two volunteer coaches per team.
Since the COVID pandemic, he said, more and more kids are enrolling in the city’s sports program every year.
At the moment, Jonesboro has just enough volunteers to move forward.
Kapales encourages anyone who loves sports and has some free time to get out there and become a volunteer coach in the community.
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