Rusty Shackleford
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I've gone ahead and volunteered for an organization that pairs you with underprivileged kids to mentor. As I'm filling out paperwork, it's mostly the usual stuff... agreeing to a background check, listing references, and saying what is unacceptable as a mentor.
Here's where I'm hung up.
"Volunteers must not have in their possession illegal substances, firearms, or open alcohol during contact with the mentee."
First, they lumped in having firearms with possessing illegal substances.
Second, their office is in a very high crime area of a large metropolitan city where I am not comfortable going without my CCW.
Third, their parking facilities are not even adjacent to the building. This requires a walk through sketchville.
Fourth, underprivileged kids around here do not live in the areas with the best crime rates. Yet I am barred from possessing a firearm when I go pick them up.
Fifth, we are supposed to do activities that both the mentor and mentee are interested in and enjoy... and one of my favorites is shooting. That just got nixed.
I want to help. I want to volunteer. They have a huge waiting list of kids to be paired with a mentor, most of which will never get paired. And now they've just about got me turned me off of the idea.
What do you guys think?
Here's where I'm hung up.
"Volunteers must not have in their possession illegal substances, firearms, or open alcohol during contact with the mentee."
First, they lumped in having firearms with possessing illegal substances.
Second, their office is in a very high crime area of a large metropolitan city where I am not comfortable going without my CCW.
Third, their parking facilities are not even adjacent to the building. This requires a walk through sketchville.
Fourth, underprivileged kids around here do not live in the areas with the best crime rates. Yet I am barred from possessing a firearm when I go pick them up.
Fifth, we are supposed to do activities that both the mentor and mentee are interested in and enjoy... and one of my favorites is shooting. That just got nixed.
I want to help. I want to volunteer. They have a huge waiting list of kids to be paired with a mentor, most of which will never get paired. And now they've just about got me turned me off of the idea.
What do you guys think?