Lafayette Habitat for Humanity Community Service Guidelines:
(Please read and sign below that you acknowledge our policies and guidelines.)
Attendance:
- Please arrive on-time. If volunteers are 15 minutes late at the construction site and miss the safety training, the volunteer will not be allowed to stay.
- Failure to show (no-show) without calling or emailing will result in a cancellation of all future shifts for the next 30 days.
- Must sign in and out on our computer system.
Tracking Hours:
Court-ordered hours are tracked electronically. It's the responsibility of each volunteer to sign in and out on our tablet. If not signed out, the system will record zero (0) hours. We will not verify any hours which are not recorded through our computer system.
Volunteer Responsibilities:
- After approved to volunteer, volunteers can create a profile and sign up for a shift on the website. Walk-ins are allowed at the ReStore only after being approved to volunteer.
- Must be clean, neat, and dressed appropriately in well-fitting clothing. Halter tops, short shorts, or inappropriate messages on tops are not allowed, (i.e. promoting gangs, violence, profanity, drugs, etc.). Closed-toe shoes are required. (No sandals, flip flops, or clogs are allowed.)
- Must use polite and appropriate language. Must be respectful of staff, volunteers, and customers.
- Please limit cell phone use while volunteering to break time only. Volunteers who are repeatedly on their cell phones will be asked to leave the shift or store their phone in a locker or vehicle.
- Use of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, or drugs are prohibited.
- Smoking is prohibited inside Habitat homes under construction. Smoking is allowed 25 feet from the worksite or near the dumpsters at the back of the ReStore.
- All volunteers must sign out for a lunch break if volunteering all day at either location.
Verification Letter:
- Lafayette Habitat will write a letter for the courts documenting proof of hours AFTER all hours are completed. (We are not able to provide multiple progress report letters.) Volunteers must fill out our online form requesting a letter.
- Please plan accordingly as letters will be ready 1 business day after submitting your online request form. (If you complete hours on a Saturday, your letter will be ready by the end of the day on Tuesday. Our volunteer department is closed Sundays and Mondays.)
Reasons for termination:
If a volunteer fails to comply with our volunteer code of conduct or behaves inappropriately, Lafayette Habitat may terminate the relationship with the volunteer. Specific examples for dismissal include, but are not limited to the following:
- Falsifying hours on volunteer sign-in sheet.
- Unauthorized price changes on any ReStore items.
- Inappropriate/unacceptable behavior as determined by Habitat staff, including alcohol consumption or drug use prior to or during volunteer shift, horseplay or unsafe activities, failure to follow instructions of supervisor, rudeness to customers at the ReStore, or any such behavior.