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Re: Volunteer Screening?
As soon as I read the new policy I realized that some adults would object, for whatever reason, to having a background check made.
My immediate concern is that our team leader must collect and submit approximately 30 orders for background checks. That means he must also make approx. 90 telephone calls to their references. All this with the holidays and Kickoff quickly approaching.
And if any of our adults decide not to participate in the checks, that effectively means they cannot be chaperones on our trips, and we are in the process of booking hotel rooms and airfare for them already! The timing of this policy is awful and shoud have been done during the summer in my opinion. Then we could have explained the policy requirements to the adult volunteers before any fundraising was done, committee work begun, and travel plans made.
~Kathie
Adult mentor
Team 173
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