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Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Arts for All Wisconsin! We use dance, drama, creative writing, music, and visual art to celebrate the creative power and artistic accomplishments of children and adults with disabilities throughout Wisconsin.

The information gathered on this application will be used to match your interests with current and future volunteer needs as opportunities become available.

Volunteer Roles may include Classroom Assistants, Choir Volunteers, Administrative Support, Specialized Administrative Support, and Event Support. Please complete the form so we can get to know you.

Volunteer assignments like Classroom and Choir Assistants that include direct contact with participants require a State of Wisconsin background check. If you are assigned one of these roles, AFA staff will reach out to process a background check prior to your first day as a volunteer.

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General Information About You




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Assist Teaching Artists in Madison, Wisconsin. AFA offers late afternoon, evening classes (Monday-Thursday), and occasional daytime and weekend workshops. This volunteer role involves direct contact with children and/or adults with disabilities. Indicate your area(s) of artistic interest:
Assist or accompany for an Arts for All Wisconsin Choir comprised of individuals with and without disabilities who rehearse one evening weekly or bi-weekly and give public performances. This volunteer role involves direct contact with children and/or adults with disabilities. Choirs rehearse in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Please indicate your availability:
Volunteers are needed to help assist with the clerical projects associated with running a nonprofit business. AFA office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays by appointment. Indicate your skills:
Volunteers are needed to assist with needs in marketing, program management and/or events. Indicate your skills:
Indicate area(s) that you can assist with. This volunteer role MAY involve direct contact with children and/or adults with disabilities.
Volunteers are needed to assist with needs in making our content accessible to ALL.

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Permissions & Acknowledgements

All volunteers are required to acknowledge and agree to the following sections. Checking the Acknowledgement boxes represents your official signature of agreement. Completion of this application does not constitute, either implicitly or explicitly, a binding contractual or personnel agreement.
Arts for All Wisconsin and our financial and program partners use still and moving images, voice, words, personal stories related to programming as well as other documentation including: first name, site name and city, in fundraising and public awareness materials and media. Arts for All Wisconsin is not responsible should a third party violate the terms of this release.
I understand and acknowledge that AFA Wisconsin has legal and ethical responsibilities to safeguard the privacy of its clients/participants, board, staff, volunteers, partners, business associates and donors and I agree to abide by these responsibilities. During the course of my employment or volunteer work with AFA Wisconsin, I may have access to Confidential Information including; personal, proprietary and trade secrets. Confidential Information is defined as all nonpublic personal identifying information that is collected or maintained in written, oral or electronic format including but not limited to: Client/participant name, address, telephone, family, health (including disability), personal history and financial information Board, staff and volunteer name, address, family, health, personal history and financial information Partnering organization and business associate name, address, family, health, personal history and financial information Program and event plans, agreements, strategies, research and marketing information Donor (or prospective donor) name, address, family, health, personal history and financial information including information gathered to aid in determining the appropriateness of solicitation and the level of a gift request; information about family member(s), employer(s) or place of business, copies of checks, credit cards or bank information; amounts and forms of solicited or actual donations; and any other nonpublic personal information provided Confidential Information is restricted to persons who “need to know” such information and can only be used for the purpose for which it is collected. I will access, use and disclose Confidential Information only as authorized and needed to perform my assigned duties. I will not disclose Confidential Information to anyone, including family members, persons outside of AFA Wisconsin, or to any AFA Wisconsin staff or volunteer who is not entitled to the information. Questions regarding the confidentiality of particular information will be addressed with my supervisor, VP of Finance & Administration or the Executive Director. Documents containing any Confidential Information will be safeguarded and secured in a locked fashion (cabinet, desk, computer, phone, etc.) when not in immediate use and will be shredded upon disposal. This Confidentiality/Nondisclosure Agreement covers my entire affiliation with AFA Wisconsin and any violation may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, volunteer services and/or any other affiliation. I understand that I am bound to this agreement and that it will continue indefinitely, including after termination of services or affiliation.
By participating in AFA Wisconsin programs, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to: Hold Harmless: I acknowledge that AFA Wisconsin activities may involve risk caused by my own actions/inactions, by the actions/inactions of others, or by the conditions in which the activities take place. I fully accept and assume all such risks and responsibility for losses, costs, and/or damages I may incur as a result of participation. I also hereby individually and on behalf of my heirs, executors and assignees, release, indemnify, covenant to sue and hold harmless AFA Wisconsin, its administrators, directors, agents, officers, volunteers, employees, participants, sponsors and lessors of premises on which the activity takes place from all liability, any losses, claims, demands, costs or damages that I may incur as a result of participation. I further agree that if, despite this Agreement I or anyone on my behalf makes a claim against any of the Releasees, I will indemnify, save and hold harmless each of the Releasees from any litigation expenses, attorney fees, loss, damage or cost which may incur as a result of such claim. Your signature below attests that you and if applicable, the parent/legal guardian of a minor (under of age of 18 years) have read and agree to the Waiver of Liability.