Monthly Archives: January 2007

A teacher and coach at a Christian school in Columbia County, Florida was charged with having sex with one of his 17-year-old students. Richard Parrish, 32, who also acts as a minister, coached the young girl in three sports. He … Continue reading →

Public school volunteers sometimes must undergo background checks prior to working in the school — sometimes they don’t. In a recent article entitled, “Rules for screening parent volunteers vary by district,” Shelly Leachman writes, “Although every district tries to ensure … Continue reading →

In Washington, the Longview Parks and Recreation Department has decided to institute a new high-tech background check procedure for its volunteers. Known as “Operation TLC2: Making Communities Safe”, it will become one of the 30 or so organizations around the … Continue reading →

Because they often assist those who less fortunate, non-profit organizations (NGO’s) highly rely on volunteer help to do business. However, these NGO’s know the importance of obtaining qualified help and often institute background screening policies to do so. By incurring … Continue reading →

Volunteer Screening.org has partnered up with Backgrounds Online a leading pre-employment screening company to provide discounted employment or volunteer background checks to all visitors to our site and blog! Backgrounds Online will offer our visitors 10% off all searches as well as waive … Continue reading →

Shockingly enough the firefighting industry is now faced with the fact that firefighters are setting fires. A recent investigation reveled that two volunteers with the Pike Road Fire Department were to blame for15 arson cases in the pastoral town of … Continue reading →

Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) recently adopted a new program that will broaden the realm of their background checks on both volunteers and applicants. Previously, TPS only conducted background searches at a statewide level. Now, the searches will be more extensive, … Continue reading →