Background Check Authorization:

I authorize The Arc of Hanover, through a third-party vendor, to conduct a background check on me before I volunteer. Information obtained through the background check will be used to help determine eligibility to volunteer for The Arc of Hanover.

The Arc of Hanover only receives 'clear' or 'exception' in response from the vendor to your background check. We do not receive or retain information beyond that finding. Our background check procedure is in place to enhance the safety of all individuals who work or volunteer with The Arc of Hanover.

While our background check platform references credit checks, we have opted NOT to use that feature for all applicants. Again, we will not check the credit of anyone applying to volunteer EXCEPT, potentially, in the process of fulfilling board member or staff person vacancies.

The link to complete the background check will be sent by First Choice Background Screening (crs.firstchoicebackground.com). This may take up to a week for you to receive.

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Image Authorization: 

I authorize The Arc of Hanover to use my image for internal or external communications purposes. (i.e., We take pictures at our events and publish them on social media or our website.)

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Acknowledgement: 

I acknowledge that I am working as a volunteer for The Arc of Hanover, which may include volunteer activity in The Arc of Hanover Thrift Store or other volunteering at other locations with The Arc of Hanover. I hereby acknowledge that working and volunteering for The Arc involves some risk and further acknowledge that I have chosen to engage and work on activities both within the premises of The Arc of Hanover and in other environments. I hereby acknowledge that I assume any and all risk of injury, which may occur as the result of my working as a volunteer for The Arc of Hanover.

 

Furthermore, I do, for myself and on behalf of my heirs, assigns, personal representatives and next of kin, hereby release, indemnify and hold harmless The Arc of Hanover, its officers, directors, sponsors, servants, and volunteers with respect to any and all injury, disability, death, loss or damage to the person or property associated with any and all activities resulting from my voluntary participation with The Arc of Hanover, whether arising from the actions of the releasees or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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The site of any lawsuit arising out of my voluntary participation with The Arc of Hanover shall be Hanover County, Virginia, and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and I hereby agree that if The Arc of Hanover is forced to defend any action or lawsuit brought by myself, my executors, my heirs or assigns arising out of said participation resulting in injury or death, then I will pay any and all costs and attorney’s fees that may arise from such litigation. If any part of this waiver is found to be invalid in the court of law, then it does not void or invalidate the rest of this agreement.

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If I am legal guardian of the person referenced in this form, I acknowledge this fact by filling out this form and will fill out another form with my own information.

The acknowledgement below serves as my agreement and signature for this volunteer application.

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