Volunteer with Us

Age requirements range from 15 years to 21 years of age depending on the program, event, and volunteer position.

We require criminal background checks for all volunteers who interact on a regular basis with children, and $20 donation to the program of your choice to offset the background check cost. This background check is done in-house and may take up to one month.

We rely heavily on our volunteers and cannot run certain programs or events without the help of our dedicated volunteers. It is important, therefore, to ASYMCA and those we serve, that volunteers honor their commitment once they have signed up for an assignment.

ASYMCA uses RecTrac, an online volunteer management program, to schedule volunteers and document their service. Each volunteer will be given his or her own RecTrac account and will be expected to maintain his or her schedule within it and to report all hours served.

Schedules in RecTrac are set by assignments or job titles. Volunteers have an opportunity to sign up for specified openings on a first-come, first-served basis. In the case of some departments within the Naval Medical Center, it is impractical to set scheduled openings, so volunteers in some of those assignments will be able to set their own schedule after consulting with their departmental supervisor.

Volunteers are expected to report their volunteer hours served in a timely manner. It is best if hours are reported the same day, however, all hours for a month must be recorded in RecTrac by the end of each month.

Our volunteer handbook can be downloaded here.