Become a Volunteer
- Step 1: Register for VIRTUS Online
- Step 2: Register and attend Protecting God’s Children class
- Step 3: Fingerprinting through Live Scan
- Step 4: Verify your volunteer status with the Front Office at (904) 268-6688
Returning Volunteers
Volunteer Requirements
- Each Kindergarten – 8th Grade family is required to complete 10 hours of service each school year.
- Single parent families are required to complete 5 hours of service each school year.
- Families who choose not to complete the required service hours will be charged a $25 per hour
not completed. Payment for unserved hours will be collected through Facts “Incidental Billing.” - Grandparents who are approved volunteers may complete service hours on behalf of a family.
- Volunteer hours must be submitted online via FACTS within one month of service in order to be
credited for them. Sign into FACTS > Click Family > Click Family Home > Click the plus sign
in the upper right hand corner of the Service Hours section.
- Every $25 spent in donation of items purchased will equal one volunteer hour.
- For service hours to be credited for items purchased for the benefit of SJCS, please email a copy
of your receipt(s) to Home and School at hands@stjosephcs.org. You will receive an approval email and can submit your volunteer hour(s) online via FACTS. Please wait to submit receipts until it equals $25.
- At this time, hours cannot be submitted on a mobile device.
- All individuals who volunteer in the school must complete the Diocesan mandated background check and attend a Protecting God’s Children class. Volunteer sign-ups will be listed in the weekly newsletter.
- Opportunities to volunteer include, but are not limited to:
Art Room Class Helper
Athletic Coach
Auction
Book Fair
Booster
Beautification of School Grounds
Catholic Schools Week
Eucharistic Adoration
Field Trip*
Health Awareness Week
Health Screening
Homeroom Parent
Jingle Jog
Kindness Week
Library Class Helper
Lunchroom Helper
Middle School Dance
Picture Day
Poinsettia Sorting
School Retreat
Spring Musical
Star Dad Dudes with Donuts
Talent Show
Used Uniform Sale
Vision Screening
- *Field trips: Chaperoning a field trip may count as a maximum of four (4) volunteer hours and may only count as service once per year. Regardless of if the trip is longer than 4 hours or if multiple trips are attended.
Note: Parents, guardians, or family members who volunteer on campus in the classrooms, including field trips, are required to complete the above volunteer requirements.
