SAMPLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Corporate Sponsored Volunteering
Excluded Activities Examples of prohibited events include, but are not limited to the following: • Volunteer events outside Community Possible strategic pillars: Work, Home and Play. • Activities that require fundraising of money or collection of goods o Bake sales, supply drives, care packages, secret Santa programs; o Bowl-a-thons, casino nights, movie nights, golf tournaments. • Health and human service activities such as food banks, domestic violence and substance abuse support. In addition, walks, runs, stair climbs and plunges are excluded activities unless there are no fundraising requirements involved and employees are assigned volunteer activities such as event set-up, take-down, check-in/registration, and aid stations. NOTE: Blood drives for American Red Cross or other similar organizations are the only permitted health and human service activity. • Pet adoptions, animal shelter assistance or animal fostering; • Purely religious activities (i.e. caroling, signing holiday cards).
Activities excluded from Corporate and Business Line Volunteer efforts are permitted under Personal Volunteering.
Business Line Volunteering Volunteering with colleagues is a great way to build team camaraderie and connect employees with opportunities that align with Community Possible and current guidelines—please see Excluded Activities above. Connect with your Community Engagement Manager for assistance with nonprofits that have a historical banking relationship, guidance on nonprofit partners that align with Community Possible and types of activities that might work for your team.
Personal Volunteering U.S. Bank recognizes employees have unique and varied interests when it comes to their community involvement, and that is why employees may choose to support a cause area or activity that is outside of Community Possible when it comes to their personal volunteer efforts.
Communicating Non-Bank Sponsored Volunteer Activities & VolunteerMatch Employees may encourage and help their nonprofit partners post events to the VolunteerMatch website so that they are visible to U.S. Bank employees searching for local volunteer opportunities in the Community Possible Employee Center.
To communicate the activity, an employee may use their bank email to inform others of an event by pointing colleagues to the event posting located in Community Possible Employee Center. Email communications may not request financial support.
Volunteer Related Policies Code of Ethics and Business Conduct As an employee, you are responsible for ensuring your volunteer activities comply with the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
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SAMPLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Per this policy, customers may not be solicited as part of a charitable fundraising activity or other business-related event. This section of the COE calls out an exception for ATM activations as part of disaster relief response as well as collection drives.
Examples of prohibited customer solicitation include but are not limited to: • Selling paper icons for charitable organizations • Placing a jar in the branch to collect cash and coins for a cause • Selling food or goods • Selling tickets to local events on behalf of an organization, school or charity • Permitting charities on site to sell food or goods
Other Fundraising and Supply Drives Fundraisers and supply drives fall outside of volunteerism. If your market would like to host a fundraiser or drive, please review the U.S. Bank Sponsored Charitable Fundraising Policy, which provides employees with the guidance and tools needed to support charitable fundraising efforts that comply with the U.S. Bank Code of Ethics (COE).
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