To ensure the safety of all Living Classrooms Foundation volunteers, staff, and participants, volunteers are asked to agree to the following statements.
- Volunteers must complete required paperwork (volunteer application) and attend an orientation or other training session before being placed with a program.
- Volunteers will be asked to comply with basic background check procedures.
- Volunteers will always be supervised by a staff member and should never be alone with students/program participants.
- The lasting impression that volunteers make on those they serve and work with reflects directly on all staff, volunteers, and board members of Living Classrooms Foundation. All words and deeds of volunteers should be in support of Living Classrooms Foundation and its programs’ reputation for quality.
- Volunteering with Living Classrooms Foundation is at-will and can be ended by the volunteer or the Foundation at any time, with or without cause. If you wish to leave your volunteer service, please contact your supervisor so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
- As a volunteer with Living Classrooms Foundation, you may have access to confidential information regarding program participants, staff, or organization policies. Volunteers must refrain from sharing confidential information with others.
- Although we do our best to provide safe conditions for our volunteers, we count on volunteers to be the best protector of their own personal safety. Volunteers should always be aware of where they are and what they are doing. Volunteers should pay particular attention to safety instructions and proper equipment use. Volunteers should speak up if they have a safety concern or any other questions. Due to the unique nature of many Living Classrooms Foundation sites, additional safety instructions and policies may be presented as needed.
I understand that I will be exposed to certain risks that, by the nature and location of the activities cannot be controlled. I agree to release and forever discharge LCF, their Officers, Board of Trustees, Employees and Agents, from any and all liability, damages, claims, or causes action, arising out of or in any way connected with my participation in volunteer activities at LCF. I further agree to indemnify and hold forever harmless LCF for liability, damages, claims or causes of action made or brought by me or by anyone on behalf of me as a result of or in any way connected with my volunteer activities at LCF. I acknowledge that LCF reserves the right to video, photograph, or record any volunteer activities associated with LCF.
MEDIA RELEASE
In consideration of my engagement as a subject and other consideration herein acknowledged as already received, and without further consideration or compensation now or in the future, I hereby give Living Classrooms Foundation and its legal representatives and assigns the right and permission to publish images of me and statements by me as captured through photography, videography, audio recording, and written communication while participating in Living Classrooms and affiliate programming and as a program graduate. I further authorize modification of these images and statements for correctness and artistic effect so long as the changes do not result in intentional and harmful misrepresentation. Without time constraint and without further notification, these images and statements may be used—with or without appropriate identification of me by name, employer, age, and/or affiliation(s) with Living Classrooms Foundation—in any Living Classrooms publication or communication (e.g. web pages, multimedia presentations, television commercials, promotional literature, fundraising collateral materials, advertising, and participant recruitment campaigns) whether print, electronic, or broadcast. By typing your name below, you acknowledge that all information on this application form is true, complete, correct, and agree to all the terms listed above. Any questions related to volunteer policies or procedures should be directed to the Director of Volunteerism and Partner Engagement, Erin Myers, emyers@livingclassrooms.org.