**Note: Court Appointed Service is typically offered 1-2 times per week, weekday mornings from April - October. **
Do you have court-mandated community service hours to complete? Answer these questions for approval to complete your service with Five Rivers MetroParks. Your name and information will remain confidential.
Five Rivers MetroParks offers adults and youth 14 and older opportunities to complete court-ordered community service. Individual requests will be reviewed and accepted on a case-by-case basis. Note: All court-ordered volunteering must be pre-scheduled and approved.
Five Rivers MetroParks will NOT accept individuals who have been charged with the following unless they can provide documentation that they have been approved for a diversion program:
- Crimes of a sexual nature
- Felony offenses
- Theft
- Violent crimes
Five Rivers WILL accept individuals who have been charged with non-violent misdemeanors, such as:
- License, tag, and registration violations
- Minor drug or alcohol violations
- Minor traffic violations
Five Rivers MetroParks provides equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability. However, this organization remains the right to deny any court-ordered individual the opportunity to volunteer based on nature, type, and/or specifics of their offense.
Important Rules for Court Appointed Service:
- Service Opportunities - All viable Court Appointed volunteer service opportunities can be viewed on this page AFTER the Join Questions are answered. Staff will verify service hours ONLY for the designated Court Appointed service opportunities listed in the Court Appointed Volunteer User Group.
- Attendance Policy - Any court-appointed volunteer who exhibits habitual tardiness, who fails to attend a scheduled shift, or cancels a scheduled shift less than 24 hours before the shift start time on three occasions will result in immediate removal from the Court Appointed volunteer program and will be prohibited from completing any additional service with Five Rivers MetroParks.
- Tracking Service Hours - Each volunteer is required to track his or her own hours by "checking in" to each shift through Get Connected. Additionally, if the court you are working with requires a specific form on which you are asked to document your service hours, you are responsible for bringing it to each volunteer shift and acquiring any needed signatures from the supervising staff onsite.
Procedures for Getting Started as a New Court Appointed Volunteer:
- Join the Court Appointed Volunteer User Group - This will require you to submit your details and documents regarding your court mandated service.
- Create a Get Connected Volunteer Account - If you haven't already, the site will prompt you to create a volunteer account with us when completing the process to "Join the User Group". Follow the steps by step instructions to create your volunteer account. Then, be sure to click the blue "Continue" button to finalize the process and Join the User Group.
- View Available Court Appointed Volunteer Opportunities - Once you have completed steps 1 & 2 above, you will be taken to your "User Groups" in your new Get Connected volunteer account. Click "View Opportunities" next to the Court Appointed Volunteer User Group to view those opportunities available for court appointed volunteers. Read the details of the opportunity and click the blue "RESPOND" button to qualify and sign up.
- Qualify and Sign-up to Start Volunteering: Once you click the blue "RESPOND" button, if you are a new court appointed volunteer, the site will prompt you to submit your volunteer qualifications for service: Volunteer Profile, Review and sign the Volunteer Handbook, and submit your Court Appointed Service qualification. Follow the instructions to complete and submit each of these qualifications. These qualifications will be reviewed by our Volunteer Services team and once approved you will be notified and able to sign up for court appointed volunteer shifts.
