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Volunteer Waiver

During your application process, you have created a Volunteer Impact account. To complete your acceptance to the Center’s Volunteer Program we need a signed Annual Volunteer Liability waiver.

There are two options to submit your completed waiver, but for both of them, you will need to login to your Volunteer Impact Account, using your newly created username and password.

OPTION 1: After logging in to your volunteer impact account, search in the tab “My Profile” and select “Additional Info”. In the section “Forms” select the “2025 Annual Volunteer Liability Waiver (Digital signature)” and complete/sign digitally by clicking the “Sign the document” button. Please, be aware that all volunteer applications will be pending approval until a completed waiver is submitted and for individuals younger than 18 years old their waiver needs to include their parent or guardian’s written consent signature (follow the instructions in Option 2).

OPTION 2: Download the waiver document, which you can access HERE, and sign. After logging in to your volunteer impact account, search in the tab “My Profile” and select “Additional Info”. In the section “Forms” upload your completed waiver for the “Annual Volunteer Liability Waiver” using the “Choose File” button. Please, be aware that all volunteer applications will be pending approval until a completed waiver is submitted and for individuals younger than 18 years old their waiver needs to include their parent or guardian consent signature.

Your Volunteer Impact account will also allow you to review and complete qualifications, search and sign-up for the diverse volunteer opportunities with the Center, report your volunteer hours, provide feedback, access and submit documents, and contact us- all in one place. Please, keep in mind that you can always edit your interests and availability as needed in your account “My Profile”. This information will allow us to communicate more effectively with you and provide information about upcoming opportunities. The Center will also be creating a customized e-learning experience within Volunteer Impact. E-Learning will provide you with access to the required trainings and documentation to participate in our programs. Please note that you will only see opportunities that you are qualified for. If you can’t find a particular volunteer opportunity, please search and review its qualifications.

Volunteer Waiver

In consideration of the volunteer activities offered by the Center for the Inland Bays, Inc., its directors, employees, volunteers, participants, and all other persons or entities acting in any capacity on its behalf (hereinafter collectively referred to as “CIB”), I hereby agree to release and discharge CIB on behalf of myself, my children, my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representatives and estate as follows:

  1. I acknowledge that participating in volunteer activities/scientific studies and surveys entails known and unanticipated risks which could result in physical or emotional injury, paralysis, death, or damage to myself, to property, or to third parties. Furthermore, I acknowledge that CIB employees and volunteers have difficult jobs to perform. They seek safety, but they are not infallible. They might be unaware of a participant’s fitness or abilities. They might misjudge the weather, the elements, or the terrain. They may give inadequate warnings or instructions and the equipment being used might malfunction.
  2. I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all of the risks existing in these activities. My participation in these activities is purely voluntary, and I elect to participate in spite of the risks.
  3. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless CIB from any and all Claims, including those made under worker’s comp and OSHA, demands, or causes of action, which are in any way connected with my participation in these activities or my use of CIB’s equipment or facilities, including any such claims which allege negligent acts or omissions of CIB.
  4. Should CIB, or any acting on their behalf, be required to incur attorney’s fees and costs to enforce this agreement, I agree to indemnify and hold them harmless for all such fees and costs.
  5. I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I may cause or suffer while participating, or else I agree to bear the costs of such injury or damage myself. I further certify that I have no medical or physical conditions which could interfere with my safety in these activities, or else I am willing to assume, and bear the costs of, all risks that may be created, directly or indirectly, by any such condition.
  6. In the event that I file a lawsuit against CIB, I agree to do so solely in the State of Delaware, and further agree that the substantive law of the State shall apply in that action without regard to the conflict of law rules of that State.
  7. I hereby grant the CIB permission to use images of myself taken during any volunteer activities in which I participate.
  8. I expressly agree and promise to wear close-toed footwear during this activity and I understand that failing to do so will prevent me from participating in this activity.
  9. I expressly agree and promise to not enter the water if I have any open wounds that could come in contact with the water and I understand that failing to do so will prevent me from participating in this activity.
  10. I certify that I have received adequate safety training to perform this activity.

Waiver Supplement: CIB Volunteer Risks and Precautions

  1. Risks associated with CIB activities include but are not limited to:
    • laceration, cuts, scrapes, puncture wounds, bruises, fractures, and other physical injuries.
    • infections, illnesses, and exhaustion as caused by labor or heat.
    • infections caused by bacteria present in bay and stream water.
    • risks associated with increased heat rate.
    • injuries due to operation of machinery, power tools, tools, motorized vehicles, and water craft.
    • risks associated with natural features of the environment, including sharp objects, hard surfaces, waves, currents, deep
      water, and open water.
    • risks associated with night time activities, with reduced visibility, or daytime activities with reduced visibility.

By signing this document, I acknowledge that if anyone is hurt or property is damaged during my participation in these activities, I may be found by a court of law to have waived my right to maintain a lawsuit against CIB on the basis of any Claim from which I have released them herein.

I agree that if any portion of this agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect.

I have had sufficient opportunity to read this entire document. I have read and understood it, and I agree to be bound by its terms.

I agree that safety information pertaining to each particular volunteer activity was presented at the volunteer meeting for that particular activity, and that it is my responsibility to understand these safety procedures, and to contact CIB staff if I have a question regarding any of the safety procedures.

 

Once you have read and understood the above information,
use the fields below to digitally sign your waiver using our constituent management software, Bloomerang.*

*Under 18? A parent or guardian must complete and sign this form for the volunteer.

Download as PDF and Sign