1. Stay home if you are sick. Individuals who arrive on-site with symptoms will be sent home. All volunteers will be asked on the day of the event if they have experienced any COVID symptoms, including a recent fever, or if they have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID in the last two weeks.
2. All tools, such as shovels and rakes, will be disinfected before being handled by volunteers and tools will be used by the same person for the duration of the planting event.
3. All volunteers, TreeMasters, staff, and participants must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose throughout the event (masks will be provided to any person who does not have one). Volunteers not in compliance with the mask requirement will be asked to leave the event.
4. A distance of 6 feet must be maintained between participants at all times.
5. All volunteers must wear freshly laundered garden gloves (gloves will be provided for those without them).
6. Hand sanitizer or a hand-washing station will be available for volunteer use at the event site.
7. Only designated staff/TreeMasters will be in charge disinfecting tools before storing them.
8. All volunteer events will have a limit of 50 participants per planting zone per CDC guidelines for outdoor events.
9. All volunteers will be required to register prior to the event. To ensure we comply with CDC guidelines for outdoor events, we will no longer accept day-of registrants.

I, as a volunteer for, or participant in, any of the activities of TreesCharlotte and its partners, understand that I am free to refuse to participate in or continue activities in any setting where I feel my personal safety is at risk, and that I should alert the staff of TreesCharlotte to any hazardous situations. Furthermore, I hereby release and forever hold harmless TreesCharlotte, its officers, directors, representatives, agents, partners, and staff from any and all sickness (including but not limited to COVID19), actions, cause of action, claims, demands and/or liabilities arising out of, or related in any way, to my participation in the activities of TreesCharlotte at any time henceforth.

By signing this form, I grant TreesCharlotte and its partners the rights to take and use photos and videos of myself and my party, including minors, without compensation for their business purposes (website, printed collateral, etc.).