[Artemisia] More info about Volunteering at Uprising

[BECKY LEISHMAN]

Can't speak for Uprising, but my two cents. 

Signing up and working with the youth minister to help with planned activities that ultimately keep the wrack of your youngins as well as everybody else's out people's hair would definitely count as volunteer hours. I don't however think that would normally include bringing your under 5 year old 
child to youth activities and keeping said child (and only that child) under control, as you are obligated to do that anyway. In other words, it would mean working with the group of youth as a whole (which may or may not include your own kids).  Normally at events,there is also be some 'defined' commitment for parents of participant kids to serve in this area for a specified amount of time (usually an hour could be per event, or per child) - one would think that the 'volunteer' hours that count toward the 'banner' would be serving time that is beyond this 'requirement'.  Example, if the requirement is that parents serve one hour per event and you were there helping the MOY for 4, it would count as 3 hours of volunteer time. 

Time spent outside of event related youth activities, managing (looking after, babysitting) your own children (or your group's of children)  would not
 as that is already your responsibility. 


My two cents.  Guess we'll see what the folks that are managing this have to say. 

Bethoc
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  Greetings,
   
  This information is good, but doesn't answer the specific question I, as a parent of several Arrows' Flight Wrack members, have.   I will be specific,   Lets say that we have 40 members of Arrows' Flight attending, but only 10 of them are adults.   Are we responsible for 40 to 80 hours of volunteering, or are we responsible for 10 to 20 hours?   And, if we are responsible for 40 to 80 hours, does the time spent keeping the 30 members of the wrack out of your hair constitute volunteer hours?
   
  Padruig McTavish
  member of the prolific Shire of Arrows' Flight
   
   
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  Sent: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 AM
  Subject: [Artemisia] More info about Volunteering at Uprising


  Hello One and All,

              We have had a few inquiries already, and we would like to make
  some clarifications.

  First:

  Children aged 10 and up are allowed, if they decide they want to participate
  (ie, we need a roll!), to help out in the volunteer competition.  This is
  LIMITED, however.  Here's the rules:  NO ONE under 18 is allowed to
  volunteer for security.  Period.  Don't ask, it won't count, no matter what.
  Ages 10-14 are allowed to volunteer on a limited basis in this way:  They
  can do Waterbearing, Town Crying, and Errands.  Errands are defined as small
  menial tasks like cleaning an encampment (not their own), delivering
  messages for royalty/peers/anyone else who needs it, etc.  For errands, to
  help keep track, WE will make out a small card for them to keep with their
  chivalry cards.  On this card, the person sending the kids on errands must
  validate what they did, how long they were at it, and their name/where
  they're camping.  Sound good?  Ages 14 to 18 can do anything they want that
  doesn't endanger them.  (We're still working on what's considered
  "endangerment" but that's what the boss-man told us.  

   

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