Good afternoon
Wilderness Volunteers!
We hope this update
finds you healthy, safe, and spending some hopefully peaceful time at home.
This is an overall status update about Wilderness Volunteers and our currently
scheduled 2020 projects.
Wilderness
Volunteers HQ
Beginning on Saturday,
March 14, 2020, we have transitioned to a work from home model and will
continue to do so for the foreseeable future. We are still answering calls,
replying to email and we thank you for your patience as we navigate working in
a domestic setting.
Projects Through
May 31, 2020
Projects through May 31,
2020, have been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Remaining 2020
Projects
For the moment, we plan
to operate our scheduled projects from June onward with precautionary measures
in place. The safety and well-being of our volunteers and leaders are our first
priority and as such we may need to cancel more projects as June gets closer
and we see how the outbreak plays out. There are many pieces to the pie
that we look at to determine if a project will field or not going forward
including:
·
Project sign-up
levels
·
CDC mandates
& guidelines
·
Agency status and
guidelines for volunteer groups
·
Park/Forest/land
closures
·
Health mandates
and guidelines on the state, county, and city levels
·
Leader
input
·
Status of regional
medical facilities
·
Availability of
food and other project materials (TP, soap, hand sanitizer, bleach)
Projects in the
contiguous U.S. from June 1, 2020, onward are being reviewed and assessed with
a go/no go decision from the office being made at the 60-day mark.
Projects outside of the
contiguous U.S. from June 1, 2020, onward are being reviewed and assessed with
a go/no go decision from the office being made at the 70-day mark.
Flight reservation requirements for Alaska/Hawaii projects will be changed so
participants aren't required to furnish their travel plans/ticket info to
leaders until the 45-day mark.
If Wilderness Volunteers
or the Land Agency cancels your project, we will contact you as soon as possible
to see if you would like A) a refund of your full trip fee, B) a voucher good
for another project of your choice, or C) if you would like to make your
project fee (or any portion of it) a donation to help us through what looks to
be a very challenging year.
Resources on
Coronavirus:
If anyone has any
questions please feel free to contact us at the office by phone at (928)
255-1128 or via email at hello@wildernessvolunteers.org.
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