Description

A Rock Steady volunteer aide assists coaches in running specialized fitness classes for individuals with Parkinson's disease. They ensure participant safety, help set up equipment, provide physical assistance, and offer encouragement so participants can safely complete their non-contact boxing workouts.
Volunteers typically take on the following responsibilities:

• Safety & Spotting: Guiding participants through movements, ensuring they have proper balance, and assisting them to avoid falls.
• Equipment Setup: Helping coaches arrange punching bags, mats, gloves, and other exercise gear before the class starts.
• In-Class Assistance: Partnering with individual boxers to help them with drills, track their routines, or adjust their boxing pads.
• Moral Support: Creating a fun, high-energy, and positive environment to motivate boxers as they fight their symptoms.

If you have additional questions regarding your role as a volunteer, about the YMCA, or would like to donate, please contact Mark at mlosinski@ymcadetroit.org
*The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of children in our programs. We hold all volunteers regardless of service project, to the highest possible standards. We require volunteers that are working with youth to be screened regularly and sign a code of conduct. All volunteers will be monitored when interacting with program participants. We take any inappropriate interactions between program participants and with volunteers very seriously and will fully cooperate with authorities in any case of abuse.

Age Category

Adult

Prerequisites

$0.00 Program Membership

Instructor

Mark Losinski