Organization Policies
NOTE: We are Newport Aquarium located in NEWPORT, KENTUCKY. If you are looking for the aquarium located in Newport, Oregon, please check out Oregon Coast Aquarium's website. :)
Please review the following criteria and check the “I Agree” box.
If I am accepted into WAVE Foundation at Newport Aquarium Volunteer & Intern Services:
- I confirm that I am at least 18 years of age or older, and understand that misrepresenting myself on this application will prohibit me from future acceptance into the program.
- I understand that as a volunteer I am not to be regarded as an employee, and am not entitled to any benefits of employment, but rather volunteer my services freely to further the Mission and Vision of WAVE Foundation and Newport Aquarium.
- I understand that WAVE Foundation at Newport Aquarium does not assume responsibility for accidental injury that may occur while I am acting as a volunteer. I release WAVE Foundation & Newport Aquarium from such claims.
- I agree to be dependable, reliable and professional while representing WAVE Foundation and Newport Aquarium.
- I agree to a minimum commitment required for an internship.
- I will attend orientation and complete required training.
- I hereby grant WAVE Foundation and Newport Aquarium, its employees, directors and staff my unconditional permission to use any and all photographs of me taken as a WAVE Foundation at Newport Aquarium Volunteer.
- I hereby agree that during my association with the Aquarium as a volunteer and thereafter, I will keep confidential, refrain from disclosing to others, and use only in the necessary performance of my volunteer duties, all confidential information of the Aquarium which I develop or learn about during the course of my association. I understand that this agreement covers all confidential business and technical information and know-how of or about the Aquarium which is not generally known to persons outside of the Aquarium and which I have not been specifically authorized to disclose or use. Examples of confidential information include information on finances, Annual Pass and donors, volunteer performance, personal information about fellow volunteers and staff members, research and development, scientific and technical discoveries, the condition of Aquarium animals, and information received from others which the Aquarium has agreed to hold confidential.
