• Volunteers are asked not to share personal details such as home address or phone number with Program Participants.
• All personal information about Program Participants is strictly confidential except when he/she shares information about matters with legal consequences such as someone being in danger or endangering others.  In this case, volunteers must report the information to the staff person in charge.   

• Our programs are violence-free and drug-free environments.  Volunteers are not to smoke, drink, use drugs or carry any type of weapons on site.
• Volunteers are to engage in gracious and edifying conversation. Volunteers do not swear.
• As NYCRM is a faith-based organization, volunteers are asked not to present or promote a worldview that is in opposition to the Judeo-Christian worldview that is the very fabric of our ministries.
• Harassment of any kind is not permitted and is subject to disciplinary action by NYCRM. 
• NYCRM is not responsible for the personal property of volunteers. 
• Volunteers are not to engage in a private transaction involving gifts, services or money with any Program Participant.  Any gifts should be directed to or channeled through the organization.  Volunteers may not accept money or gifts from Program Participants for services rendered. 
• Volunteers are not authorized to use NYCRM phones, supplies and equipment for purposes not specifically related to the volunteer opportunity.

• Volunteers must wear clothing that is deemed modest by staff.  Please do not wear midriff-revealing tops, short shorts, muscle shirts or anything tight-fitting.
• Closed toed shoes must be worn in the kitchen for safety reasons.
• Clothing worn by volunteers must not portray alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, sexual or violent themes.

• Volunteers are not authorized to identify themselves with NYCRM, or attempt to use their position to gain credibility for political purposes or illicit personal gain. 
• Volunteers agree to indemnify NYCRM and/or any or its separate entities against all claims, demands, judgments, and executions that NYCRM and/or its staff may sustain arising from my volunteer actions, whether or not such claims, demands, judgments, and executions are discovered during my volunteer work.

* Program Participants are defined as any person who benefits from any ministries of New York City Rescue Mission as a participant in any program.