At this time, all volunteers will be scheduled to work in the Park Circle Butterfly Garden and in the gardens on the grounds of the Felix Davis Community Center.

Tasks will include: weeding, painting, planting flowers, raking out pine straw, installing cardboard and newspaper as weed barrier, installing new pine straw, deadheading and cutting back plants, and other general landscaping tasks.

• All volunteers must be at least 16-years-old. Volunteers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
• Volunteers will be scheduled to work in shifts, one at a time, so as not to overlap with other volunteers. You will select the time of your shift using a link that will be provided when this form is submitted.
• Volunteers should follow social distancing guidelines while working outside, including maintaining a 6ft. distance between any visitors to the gardens.
• Volunteers are not required to wear face coverings while working independently outside, but must wear face coverings while interacting with members of KNCB staff, City of North Charleston staff, other volunteers, or members of the public. Volunteers will be required to bring their own face coverings with them when volunteering.
• Volunteers may use the outdoor restroom facilities, located on the grounds of the community center.
• KNCB will provide any necessary tools and disposable vinyl goves. If a volunteer would like to use their own garden gloves, they should bring them from home.
• Access to the KNCB office will be limited. KNCB staff will provide orientation outside of the KNCB office, and any items needed by volunteers will be brought outside to them by KNCB staff.
• If a volunteer needs to enter the Felix Davis Community Center for any reason, they will be required to wear a face covering. No members of the public are permitted inside the building without a face covering.

Individual Volunteer Liability Release

To the fullest extent permitted by law, I (the “Volunteer”) indemnify, defend, hold harmless, and release the City of North Charleston and Keep North Charleston Beautiful, their directors, officers, employers, affiliates, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively the City of North Charleston and
Keep North Charleston Beautiful) from and against any and all injury, claims, losses, costs, expenses, damages, awards, or settlements (including the payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or resulting from any and all acts or omissions of Volunteer at any sponsored City or KNCB
activity.

Communications Release – I hereby waive any claim to the rights to the photographic recordings made of me by the City of North Charleston or Keep North Charleston Beautiful. I hereby authorize the editing, duplication, reproduction, copyright, exhibition, broadcast and/or non-profit use and distribution of said recording for purposes deemed suitable by the City or KNCB. I hereby waive any right to approve the finished products.

I hereby certify that I am 18 years of age or older and am competent to contract my own name insofar as the above is concerned. I have read the foregoing release, authorization and agreement, before entering my name and company into the appropriate fields below and warrant that I fully understand the contents thereof.

*If volunteer is under the age of 18, signature of parent or guardian is required.

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Heatlh Organization. COVID-19 is extrememly contagious and is believed to be spread mainly from person-toperson contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people.

The City of North Charleston Recreation Department cannot guarantee that you or your child(ren) will not become infected with COVID-19. Further, attending City of North Charleston Recreation Department programming/facilities could increase your risk and your child(ren)’s risk of contracting COVID-19.

By signing this agreement, I acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that my child(ren) (Print Names: {ifYou36}) and I may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by attending City of North Charleston Recreation Department program/facility and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 at City of North Charleston Recreation Department program/facility may result from actions, omissons, or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to, City of North Charleston Recreation Department employees, volunteers, and program participants and their families.

I voluntarily agree to assume all of the foregoing risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury to my child(ren) or myself (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that I or my child(ren) may experience or incur in connection with my child(ren)’s attendance or participation in City of North Charleston Recreation Department program/facility (“Claims”). On my behalf, and on behalf of my children, I hereby release, covenent not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless the City of North Charleston Recreation Department, its employees, agents and the representatives, of and from the Claims, including all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising out of and related thereto. I understand and agree that this release includes any Claims based on actions, omissions, or negligence of the City of North Charleston Recreation Department, its employees, agents, and representatives, whether a COVID-19 infection occurs before, during, or after participation in any City of North Charleston Recreation Department program/facility.