Thank you for your willingness to volunteer your services with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and specifically within the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building.  

You will begin volunteering and continue for as long as we mutually wish to maintain the relationship.  Volunteer positions are related to events and activities located in the Town Center at the Discovery Building.  

As a volunteer, you are expected to comply with all of the organization’s policies, procedures and health and safety regulations as outlined in the Town Center Volunteer Handbook as well as federal and state laws. In being a volunteer, you agree that you are volunteering freely and without coercion for personal education, charitable, philanthropic reasons. As your time spent with WARF will be unpaid, you realize and agree that you are not an employee, are not eligible for employee benefits and your volunteer time is not considered compensable work.  Volunteers are not covered by the state’s worker’s compensation program.  Volunteers in certain assignments may be asked to submit to a reference and/or background criminal check.  Volunteers who do not agree to the reference or background check may be refused.  

To indicate your understanding of and agreement with your status as defined in this letter, please sign below. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Photo and Media Consent and Release
I also give my permission to use my name, likeness, image, voice, and/or appearance as such may be embodied in any pictures, photos, video recordings, audiotapes, digital images, and the like (“Material”), taken or made on behalf of The Morgridge Institute for Research, Inc. (MIR) and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Town Center in connection with the Discovery Volunteer program.  I hereby irrevocably assign to WARF and MIR complete ownership of such Material, including the entire copyright and the right to edit, distribute, publicly display, license, and otherwise use the Material, and agree that WARF and MIR may use the Material for any purpose consistent with the MIR and WARF mission.  These uses include, but are not limited to, illustrations, bulletins, exhibitions, videotapes, reprints, reproductions, publications, advertisements, and any promotional or educational materials in any medium now known or later developed, including the Internet. I further agree that WARF and MIR may use my name, biography, and any other personal data, events, or other material in connection with any use of the Material.  I acknowledge that I will not receive any compensation for the use of such Material, that I will not have any rights to inspect or approve the use of the Material, and that WARF and MIR have no duty to use the Material in any manner, and hereby release WARF, MIR and their representatives, licensees, agents and assigns from any and all claims which arise out of or are in any way connected with such use, including, without limitation, claims under copyright law or any other federal or state law, including the rights to privacy or publicity.

Consent for Medical Administration and Medical Treatment:

• I am giving my consent in advance for medical treatment at an appropriate medical facility in case of illness or injury.
• I am stating that I am aware and accept the risk inherent in the program activity.
• I attest that all information in this form is correct.

I agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, their officers, agents, and employees from any and all liability, loss, damages, costs, or expenses which are sustained, incurred or required arising out of my actions in the course of the youth activity

I have read and understood this consent and release, and agree that it constitutes the entire understanding with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements, understandings, representations and communications, whether written or oral, relating to this subject matter. By signing below, I assign my rights in the Material and give my consent to WARF’s and MIR’s use thereof in accordance with the terms of this agreement set forth above. 

Thank you for your willingness to donate your time, energy and expertise. We really appreciate it!