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A recreational softball league in Wilmington, Ohio, needed a volunteer pitcher for a girls’ team and found one in William Ide, a registered sex offender who was more than happy to take the job. While the city routinely runs background … Continue reading →

A recent city council meeting in Vineland, New Jersey, saw a group of coaches and parents make their case to institute an appeals process for applicants undergoing background checks to volunteer with city recreation programs. Presently, city policy requires backgrounds … Continue reading →

Detroit’s metro-area booster clubs are changing volunteer screening policies and policing the movement of funding much more closely after a rash of embezzlements topping tens of thousands of dollars by volunteer workers. If the term sounds foreign to you, “booster … Continue reading →

Giving back to the community soon to be a legal requirement? Recipients of unemployment benefits in the state of North Carolina may soon be required to set aside a portion of their time every week to provide volunteer services throughout … Continue reading →

  Columnist Lenore Skenazy wants you to think that requiring parents to undergo fingerprint checks prior to volunteering for youth sports leagues is on a level with Soviet-era police state methodology and will actually harm the parental volunteer movement. Wait, … Continue reading →

School Administrators at a Fort Worth school are dealing with an embarrassing situation in which convicted sex offender Jon Coots was actively serving as a parent volunteer on the PTA as well as volunteer worker during school hours! Outraged parents … Continue reading →

Boston.com reporteon the murder of a group home counselor in Revere, assachusetts by a mentally ill resident. The article begs the question whether private group home and rehabilitation centers should be screening residents for past violent behavior to minimize risk … Continue reading →