As a DVGRR Volunteer, I agree:

• My services to DVGRR are provided strictly in a voluntary capacity as a Volunteer and without any express or implied promise of salary, compensation, or other payment of any kind whatsoever.
• My services are furnished without any employment type benefits including employment insurance programs, worker’s compensation accrual in any form, or paid time off.
• I will familiarize myself and comply with DVGRR’s policies and procedures applicable to Volunteers. In particular, I fully understand that DVGRR expects high standards of moral and ethical treatment of the animals under its care. I will adhere strictly to these standards in my capacity as a Volunteer.
• I understand that DVGRR, without notice or hearing, may terminate my services as a Volunteer at any time, with or without reason.
• I understand that public relations are an important part of a Volunteer’s activities on behalf of DVGRR. I hereby authorize DVGRR to use any photographs of me in its possession for public relations purposes. I ask that DVGRR use reasonable efforts to give me advance notice of any such use, but such notification is not a condition to release photographs for public relations purposes.
• I have never been charged with animal cruelty and I am not, and have never been, an animal dealer or broker.
• I authorize my veterinarian to disclose information about my care of my animals to an authorized representative of DVGRR.
• I am volunteering my services to DVGRR and acknowledge that such acts(s) may involve risk of harm from dog bites or from other activities I may perform. I hereby acknowledge that I am familiar with dogs and dog behavior and understand my responsibilities as a volunteer to the DVGRR program.
• I acknowledge and understand that the dogs involved in DVGRR’s program may be untrained or unhealthy, and that DVGRR makes no representations whatsoever regarding the dog’s temperament, health (including the presence or absence of diseases transmissible to humans or other animals) age, ability, attitude, or ability to be trained.
• I agree that if I volunteer for DVGRR, at Golden Gateway or anywhere else in activity with or for DVGRR, and something goes wrong (dog bite or illness to a person or a dog, for example) I will not make any claims against DVGRR, and if my family or guests in my home or on my property make claims against DVGRR, I will defend DVGRR. Specifically, I release and agree to indemnify and hold harmless DVGRR, its supporters, officers, employees, Board of Directors, affiliates, and volunteers (“DVGRR participants”) from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, and costs (“claims and costs”) for bodily harm or other personal injury which may occur to me, to anyone in my family, to any guests, to anyone on my property, to anyone I bring with me to Golden Gateway or to a DVGRR event, or to any of our pets, arising out of or related to the activities I perform and events I attend as a volunteer for DVGRR.
• I understand the DVGRR has security cameras monitoring most areas of the campus. I am aware that they do record video. DVGRR has these cameras in place to monitor dogs when staff is not physically present and to have a record of any incidents that may occur, either between dogs or staff/volunteers and dogs. The system is not actively monitored.
• We strongly encourage all DVGRR volunteers to have a current tetanus vaccination. If you are immunosuppressed due to current medicine or illness or if you have any physical impairment which may make exposure to dogs an increased risk factor for your health, we strongly encourage you to discuss the matter with your physician prior to volunteering for a position which requires dog contact.
• Volunteering Services covered by this release and indemnity may include the following, but are not exclusive of any other volunteer activity that may arise and that I may participate in: Transport (including veterinary runs, short-runs or follow-up), Golden Gateway Operations, Grant Writing, Database.