It's time for volunteers to step up

There comes a time in life where we as adults need to put our priorities in order.

Unfortunately, a lot of times we fail to do so and in the matter of the Laurel Little League, failing to do so as put a real strain on one of the more successful little league programs in the state.

As I wrote in today's Laurel Outlook, the Laurel Little League program is in dire need of help from volunteers to coach to field repairs/improvements to help organizing fundraisers for those improvements.

League secretary Corey McIlvain said it best when I met with him on Monday afternoon.

"For me it comes down to priorities. If you have to put something off for a weekend or two to help out than so be it. Kids are kids for only so long and then they grow up and move on. This is the time of their lives that you get to help make an impact and help them grow."

I have spent the past seven years volunteering my time every fall to coach either Mighty Might Football or Little Guy Football and it's the most rewarding feeling I could have ever imagined -- and that's without children in the program -- and I will most definitely be finding time to help out the Laurel Little League program as much as I can.

And I challenge at least ONE parent/guardian of each of the nearly 700 players signed up this year to do the same.




Note: There will be a board meeting open to the public at the Old Middle School in Laurel, Mont. on Sunday, April 6 at 7 p.m.