AEOA Supports Community Action Month!

Community Action Month in May was created by the Community Action Partnership to reinforce Community Action Agencies' role helping low-income families achieve economic stability.  To support Community Action Month, AEOA is encouraging full time employees to volunteer 4 hours supporting community projects and organizations in the month of May.

Guidelines:

1. Volunteers must seek prior approval from their Supervisor or Manager before participating in any volunteer activity. This can be done by filling out the Volunteer Paid Time Off Form.
2. AEOA will pay the employee, as normal, for the time the employee volunteers.
3. The employee may request to volunteer during her/his regular work schedule or outside of normal working hours.  If the employee is approved to volunteer during evening or weekend hours, the employee must then flex her/his hours during that work week.
4. The activity or organization must be deemed eligible. (See below for eligible activities.)
5. Questions about eligibility should be referred to your Supervisor or Manager.
6. If the activity falls on a weekend, the employee may flex their time accordingly.
7. Once the Volunteer Paid Time Off Form is approved, the employee must check with their Supervisor on how to code their timesheet for the volunteer hours.
8. Supervisors may deny any Volunteer PTO request if it conflicts with agency needs and department workload.
9. All volunteers are required to provide their own transportation to the location of a project (mileage costs will not be reimbursed by the agency).
10. J. After completing the volunteer activity, the employee should submit a brief write-up to their Supervisor of how their participation helped the organization and/or community.

Eligible Activities

• Participation in community betterment activities sponsored by city, county, or state government.
• Volunteering for nonprofit organizations.
• Volunteering for school activities that are in general support of the school, such as Junior Achievement.

Ineligible Activities

• Religious organizations are ineligible, unless the employee is volunteering to a program that is nondenominational in nature, does not involve religious teaching or preference, and benefits a broad range of the community (for example, preparing and serving meals to the homeless).
• Political and lobbying organizations are ineligible, as well as organizations that represent a conflict of interest for the employee.