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Volunteer Information, Agreement and Application



Eighth
Annual Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival
Saturday, August 2
3, 2008

Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach (JCLGO) would like to thank you for your willingness to volunteer at JC Pride Festival. We are an all volunteer group so your contribution at this year's Festival is a great service to the community.

JCLGO will provide volunteers with an official JC Pride Volunteer T-Shirt, lunch the day of the festival, and complimentary entry to the After-party. Reduced parking rates will also be available to volunteers. Vouchers will be given out the day of the festival.

JCLGO has a few rules for our volunteers so please take the time to read the Volunteer Agreement. We will try to make your experience at the Festival enjoyable and fun. But we ask you to please to adhere to the rules during your shift.

  • Check in at the JCLGO Table 15 minutes prior your start time. Badge and T-shirt will be given to you at the JCLGO Check in table. At that time you will sign this agreement/waiver.
  • T-shirt and badge must be worn at all times during your shift
  • Volunteers are not allowed to consume alcoholic beverages during their shift. Furthermore volunteer t-shirt and badge must be removed after their shift ends
  • Stay in your assigned area until your shift has ended
  • Coordinators will allot breaks during your shift
  • JCLGO will not be responsible or liable for any injuries that occurs during the Festival to the volunteers.
  • Contact Safety Monitors for any accidents or emergency. If Safety Monitors are not available contact uniformed Jersey City Police Officers or Jersey City Firemen
  • Check out is at the JCLGO Table when your shift ends.

Once again THANK YOU for your participation at this year’s Pride Festival.

For questions & additional volunteer information contact: Bevin Bermingham, Volunteer Coordinator at: volunteer@jclgo.org.


Volunteer Agreement

In order to be accepted as a volunteer at the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival hosted by Jersey City Lesbian & Gay Outreach Inc. ("JCLGO"), I hereby agree, for myself, my heirs, my executors, my guardians, and each of their successors and assigns, to the following terms:

1. I agree to assume all risks, dangers and injuries associated with being involved in a crowded event, whether occurring prior to (in the set-up) during or after (in the break-down) of the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival .

2. I agree to hold all persons and entities (including but not limited to Jersey City Lesbian & Gay Outreach Inc. ("JCLGO"), its festival committee, officers, agents, contractors, other volunteers, representatives, and each of their successors and assigns) free from all liability, claims, damages, suits, actions, fault and responsibility for any injury or damages which I may suffer related to my participation in the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival. I fully and forever release, hold harmless and discharge each of the said persons and entities for all injuries and damages (whether physical or emotional) which I may suffer due to incidents occurring, arising out of or in the course of the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival.

3. Nothing herein shall release any person for damages to me caused by the intentional and unlawful conduct of that particular person. That is, for example, if another volunteer assaults me and is charged with assault by the police, then I may sue that particular other volunteer, but not any of the other persons or entities listed in paragraph two above.

4. I acknowledge that in performing as a volunteer, my name, photograph, video image, voice recording and other likenesses created during the event shall at all times be the property of JCLGO, its successors and assigns, and such name, photograph, video image, voice recording and other likenesses may be used by JCLGO, its representatives, successors and assigns, for any reason at any time, in perpetuity, without consulting me and without compensating me.

5. I represent that I am over 18 years of age, have never been found incompetent or incapacitated, fully understand this release and sign it on my own free will. I also understand that my signing of this release is a material inducement for JCLGO to accept me as a volunteer.

6. If any clause of this agreement is struck down or otherwise deemed unenforceable, all remaining provisions of the agreement shall remain in effect.

I understand the preceding agreement with JCLGO and, by submitting the below form, agree to be bound by the terms and conditions therein.

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