Wenatchee Rescue Mission Volunteer Liability Release Form

As a volunteer, you represent Wenatchee Rescue Mission (WRM)to the public and will conduct yourself in a professional manner. You are expected to be clean and sober as a WRM volunteer. You must maintain the confidentiality of all volunteers, clients, guests, residents, and donors. You must not participate in, and you must report all instances of any sort of harassment, exploitation, and/or intimidation. You must maintain an atmosphere of physical and emotional safety for everyone associated with WRM, including but not limited to employees, volunteers, clients, guests, residents, and visitors. WRM will not tolerate any form of harassment (verbal or physical), exploitation, or intimidation of any nature from volunteers, interns, staff members, program participants or guests. Do not assist any guest or resident with money, medication, gifts, or transportation.

Do not give out personal contact information, including email addresses or phone numbers. Should a guest or resident request to contact you personally, please report to the Volunteer and Community Relations Coordinator. Be sensitive to the personal space of our guests (men, women, and children). No touching is permitted with any guest or resident for any reason. WRM is an organization assisting vulnerable men, women, and children. No one who has ever been convicted of a violent crime, child abuse or neglect, child pornography, child abduction, kidnapping, rape, or sexual offense may serve as a volunteer. Your activities may include potential hazards, including, but not limited to (a) physical activity (including work with heavy tools and materials), (b) contact with unidentified and unfamiliar persons, (c) travel to and from various unspecified locations, and (d) other potential risk of injury. You must provide volunteer service knowing the potential hazards involved and agree to accept all risks of injury without any recourse to or against Wenatchee Rescue Mission and its affiliates (collectively “WRM”).

I have read, understand, and will observe (WRM’s) Volunteer Policies, as may be updated from time to time. Release of Liability I acknowledge that (WRM)is an organization assisting vulnerable men, women, and children. I hereby confirm that I have never been indicted or convicted of a violent crime, child abuse or neglect, child pornography, child abduction, kidnapping, rape, or sexual offense. I understand that my activities as a volunteer may include potential hazards and risk of physical harm, including but not limited to bodily injury, disability, paralysis, and death. I am voluntarily participating in this service with the knowledge of the potential hazards involved and accepting and assuming such risks however caused or alleged to be caused by any party except for those risks caused by others’ gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct, or violation of law.

I accept and assume all risks of injury without recourse or against (WRM), except for injury caused by (WRM’s) gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct, or violation of law. In consideration for being permitted to participate in this service, I waive, release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless (WRM)and its directors, officers, partners, agents, employees, successors, assignees, licensees, sponsors, donors, representatives, guests and affiliates from all claims for damages for wrongful death, personal injury or property damage that I, my assignees, heirs, beneficiaries, next of kin, spouse, guardians and legal representatives now have or may hereafter have arising out of, based upon or relating to my participation as a volunteer and caused by negligence (passive or active), strict liability or otherwise (except for such injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by (WRM’s) gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or violation of law.) I am aware that this is a release of liability. I have read this waiver, have been fully and completely advised of the potential danger incidental to participating in the service, am fully aware of the legal consequences of signing off on this release, and I sign off on it of my own free will. Wenatchee Rescue Mission Volunteer Policies and Release of Liability Page 2 of 2 I have carefully read this agreement and fully understand its contents. I am aware that this is a release of liability, I have read the above waiver, have been fully and completely advised of the potential danger incidental to participating in the service, am fully aware of the legal consequences of signing this release, and I sign it of my own free will.