Volunteer Group /Class Project Registration
The Bellaire High School LEO CLUB is a Friend of WHAM
Welcome!
We appreciate adults as well as student volunteers,
especially those seeking credit for Service Projects.
No credit allowed for disciplinary actions.
A parent must accompany an individual who is under 16 years of age.
Chaperones must be present for Group Class Projects
at a ratio of one adult to eight students (1:8).
All parents must sign the WHAM Consent Form for students.
All prospective volunteers must attend an orientation.
Adult volunteers will be interviewed.
PLEASE see the following Registration Forms (in PDF), to acquaint you with the process.
All forms must be submitted in person at your Orientation or previously scheduled date.
For GROUPS , please click here.
For ADULTS, please click here.
Students:
For HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, please click here.
For COLLEGE STUDENTS, please click here.
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GENERAL GUIDELINES:
A. PREPARE YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Please have the following information ready to submit for registration:
1. Your name / Group Name / Contact Leader Name
2. School Name (if applicable), address, phone number, and website
3. Teacher Contact name, contact phone number, and email (if applicable)
4. Number in Group (if applicable)
5. Number of hours for project (whole hours only). Groups may receive special permission for a "Day" designated for Community Service.
6. Days requested for service - call for scheduling.
B. SCHEDULE A VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
All prospective volunteeers must attend an Orientation Session held prior to actually beginning service time.
1. Please call for an appointment - telephone (832) 553-1671.
2. Ask for Larry Leonard.
3. We will confirm your requested date(s) and verify any information required.
STUDENTS:
THESE ARE "MUST HAVES" BEFORE ARRIVING
1. Student Application
Please fill out the form so that your name will be input properly and we can keep track of your hours at the designated department.
2. Code of Conduct
This form, usually on the back of the Application, lists the standards of conduct that all volunteers must agree to uphold. Please sign and date.
3. Parental Consent
All students must have this form signed by a Parent of Legal Guardian - Even if the parent is present and working with the student.
All volunteers have the option to have their pictures published in our non-profit newsletter. Please choose the appropriate box when signing this form.
Only a signature from a bona fide legal guardian or parent of a student will be accepted.
We know that:
v 96% of our Volunteers are here because they believe in our cause.
v One-out-of-four Volunteers are here because their friends volunteer here.
Our 2009 volunteers enabled us
to help over 8,100 families who needed work,
financial assistance, and clothing.
Volunteers served more than 3,300 homeless individuals,
and fed 15,200 of Houston's hungry.
Thank you for donating your time, talent, and treasure
to West Houston Assistance Ministries, Inc.
West Houston Assistance Ministries directs that the corporation shall keep correct and accurate books and records of account. In this regard WHAM needs your participation in tracking volunteer hours donated. Please make sure that you, your group, and your school administrators comply with WHAM recordkeeping procedures so that the safety of each volunteer is maintained, and an accurate account of each volunteer is achieved. Thank you!
