Most of the volunteers are young moms who have other children in the home, and many received assistance from Sidelines during their own pregnancies. They come from all backgrounds, all cultures, all areas, all educational backgrounds, all different types of pregnancies. Sidelines has 35 chapter coordinators throughout the U.S. who deal with the volunteers in their geographic areas.
Volunteers stay in contact via phone, eemail and newsletter.
In addition to helping with support and counseling, Sidelines' online volunteers have helped with staff-support projects, such as submitting the website address to various search engines, creating web pages, grants research and proposal writing, etc. Six online volunteers also serve as coordinators for other online volunteers. Usually we are asking for moms to support other moms- that is our main focus. But we also ask for help on special projects or needs as they arise. Our volunteers are great at letting us know about articles, technology, or pregnancy related issues that impacts us.