2024-2025 Leader Application

Thank you for your interest in being a volunteer for The Woods Project!

Our goal is to appropriately match the skills and interests of our volunteers with TWP programs, trips, and opportunities. We also want to ensure a safe environment for participants and volunteers. Please take some time to answer the following questions. If you have any questions about how to complete this form, please contact volunteer@thewoodsproject.org.

GENERAL INFORMATION

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy):

Sex

MaleFemale

Gender:

Pronouns:

Proficient Languages

Other Proficient Languages

T-shirt size

Address

Street:

City:

State:

Zip:

Email:

Phone:

Driver's License Number

Driver's License State

Social Security Number

Driver's License information and Social Security Number are necessary so we can run background checks on volunteers.

If applicable, select your school affiliation:

What is the name of the school with which you are affiliated?

Occupation:

Employer:

How did you hear about The Woods Project?

Why are you interested in volunteering with The Woods Project?

Have you volunteered with The Woods Project before?

YesNo

Please describe any previous experience you have had working with youth:

Please describe any relevant outdoor experience you have had:

Do you know anyone who is currently a volunteer for The Woods Project? If yes, please tell us who:

Have you ever been convicted of any crime, including sex-related or child abuse-related offenses?

CERTIFICATIONS

Do you hold any of the following certifications? (Ex: MM/DD/YYYY)

First Aid Certification Date:

CPR Certification Date:

Wilderness First Aid Certification Date:

Wilderness First Responder Certification Date:

Lifeguard Certification Date:

Other Certification Date:

Other Certification Type:

Please describe the other types of activities in which you are interested.

Please describe any strengths you may have and how we can best utilize them during our events (i.e. owl calling, astronomy, orienteering, yoga, counseling, plant identification, nature poetry, photography, youth development, teambuilding, etc.)

In which subjects are you interested in teaching youth?

REFERENCE

Please provide contact information for one reference (other than a family member):

Name:

Phone:

Relationship:

BACKGROUND CHECK DISCLOSURE

Notification to Volunteer Applicants: In connection with your relationship with The Woods Project, Inc., we may procure a consumer report about you for the purpose of confirming your eligibility as a volunteer for The Woods Project, Inc.

Please sign this Background Check Disclosure by typing your name below:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR BACKGROUND CHECK

I acknowledge receipt of the separate stand-alone Disclosure and certify that I have read and understand it and this authorization. I hereby authorize the obtaining of “consumer reports” and/or “investigative consumer reports” by The Woods Project, Inc. at any time after receipt of this authorization and throughout my volunteer service or employment, if applicable. To this end, I hereby authorize, without reservation, any law enforcement agency, administrator, state or federal agency, institution, school or university (public or private), information service bureau, employer, or insurance company to furnish any and all background information requested by The Woods Project, Inc. and/or their background check service provider.

I doI do not

authorize you to contact, either directly or through the background check service provider, my current employer for Employment and Reference Verifications. (Checking “I do” will authorize inquiries to the Human Resources Department and to any listed supervisors.)

I also consent to have any legally required notices sent electronically.

Please sign this Acknowledgement and Authorization for Background Check by typing your name below:

ADDITIONAL PERSONAL DATA

Dates Lived at Current Address:

Other Names Used (including maiden name):

Years Other Names Used:

Para información en español, visite www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore o escribe a la Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information in the files of consumer reporting agencies. There are many types of consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (such as agencies that sell information about check writing histories, medical records, and rental history records). Here is a summary of your major rights under FCRA. For more information, including information about additional rights, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore or write to: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

• You must be told if information in your file has been used against you. Anyone who uses a credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance, or employment – or to take another adverse action against you – must tell you, and must give you the name, address, and phone number of the agency that provided the information.

• You have the right to know what is in your file. You may request and obtain all the information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency (your “file

disclosure”). You will be required to provide proper identification, which may include your Social Security number. In many cases, the disclosure will be free.

You are entitled to a free file disclosure if:

o a person has taken adverse action against you because of information in your credit report;

o you are the victim of identity theft and place a fraud alert in your file;
o your file contains inaccurate information as a result of fraud;
o you are on public assistance;
o you are unemployed but expect to apply for employment within 60 days.

In addition, all consumers are entitled to one free disclosure every 12 months upon request from each nationwide credit bureau and from nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies. See www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for additional information.

• You have the right to ask for a credit score. Credit scores are numerical summaries of your credit-worthiness based on information from credit bureaus. You may request a credit score from consumer reporting agencies that create scores or distribute scores used in residential real property loans, but you will have to pay for it. In some mortgage transactions, you will receive credit score information for free from the mortgage lender.

• You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. If you identify information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous. See www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for an explanation of dispute procedures.

• Consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information. Inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information must be removed or corrected, usually within 30 days. However, a consumer reporting agency may continue to report information it has verified as accurate.

• Consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information. In most cases, a consumer reporting agency may not report negative information that is more than seven years old, or bankruptcies that are more than 10 years old.

• Access to your file is limited. A consumer reporting agency may provide information about you only to people with a valid need – usually to consider an application with a creditor, insurer, employer, landlord, or other business. The FCRA specifies those with a valid need for access.

• You must give your consent for reports to be provided to employers. A consumer reporting agency may not give out information about you to your employer, or a potential employer, without your written consent given to the employer. Written consent generally is not required in the trucking industry. For more information, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

• You may limit “prescreened” offers of credit and insurance you get based on information in your credit report. Unsolicited “prescreened” offers for credit and insurance must include a toll-free phone number you can call if you choose to remove your name and address from the lists these offers are based on. You may opt out with the nationwide credit bureaus at 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688).

• The following FCRA right applies with respect to nationwide consumer reporting agencies:

CONSUMERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN A SECURITY FREEZE

You have a right to place a “security freeze” on your credit report, which will prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing information in your credit report without your express authorization. The security freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being approved in your name without your consent.

However, you should be aware that using a security freeze to take control over who gets access to the personal and financial information in your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prohibit the timely approval of any subsequent request or application you make regarding a new loan, credit, mortgage, or any other account involving the extension of credit.

As an alternative to a security freeze, you have the right to place an initial or extended fraud alert on your credit file at no cost. An initial fraud alert is a 1-year alert that is placed on a consumer’s credit file. Upon seeing a fraud alert display on a consumer’s credit file, a business is required to take steps to verify the consumer’s identity beforeextending new credit. If you are a victim of identity theft, you are entitled to an extended fraud alert, which is a fraud alert lasting 7 years.

A security freeze does not apply to a person or entity, or its affiliates, or collection agencies acting on behalf of the person or entity, with which you have an existing account that requests information in your credit report for the purposes of reviewing or collecting the account. Reviewing the account includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements.

• You may seek damages from violators. If a consumer reporting agency, or, in some cases, a user of consumer reports or a furnisher of information to a consumer reporting agency violates the FCRA, you may be able to sue in state or federal court.

• Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have additional rights. For more information, visit www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

States may enforce the FCRA, and many states have their own consumer reporting laws. In some cases, you may have more rights under state law. For more information, contact your state or local consumer protection agency or your state Attorney General. For information about your federal rights, contact information is listed here.

Thank you so much for submitting this application. You will be asked to confirm that the information you have entered is correct, and then you will be directed to our Participant Agreement, which must be signed and submitted in order to be a leader with The Woods Project.

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