Volunteers under 18 who are not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are required to bring a signed waiver form (below) to the Project Leader the day of the project. Without it, the minor will not be able to volunteer. A parent or legal guardian of each minor volunteering must read and agree to the following:
I understand that my minor child or ward is voluntarily spending the day as a volunteer for HandsOn Bay Area, a nonprofit charitable organization, and a community service organization in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. I attest that I am over 18 years of age, physically fit and prepared for this event and all related activities. I attest that I will inform my project manager of any medical conditions that might affect my ability to volunteer today. I grant full permission for HandsOn Bay Area and all organizing parties (collectively known as the ‘HandsOn Parties’), its nonprofit partner agencies, and its officers and directors, partners, employees, agents, and volunteers ("Releasees"), to use photographs, video, and audio of me, and quotations from me, in accounts, promotions and publications of this event and these activities, and I hereby waive my right of publicity in connection with such uses.
HandsOn Bay Area does not provide Workers Compensation Insurance coverage for volunteer participants who are excluded from requirements for such coverage by law. In connection with my voluntary involvement in activities for HandsOn Parties, I hereby agree, for myself, my heirs, assigns, executors and administrators to release and discharge Releasees from all claims, demands and actions for injuries or death sustained to my person, and/or damage to or destruction, loss or theft of my property or the property of others as a result of my involvement in such activities, whether or not resulting from my negligence or the negligence of any other individual, or from accidents without negligence, or from the intentional actions of other individuals, and I agree to release and hold Releasees harmless from any cause or action, claim or suit arising therefrom.
I attest that my attendance and involvement in such activities is fully voluntary, that I, am participating at my own risk, and that I have read the foregoing terms and conditions of this document.