What if I’m not feeling well, or go out of town and can’t volunteer for a while?

To accomplish the goals of sustainability & fairness, all who live in the community are asked to contribute a minimum amount of service in accordance with their capabilities.  For times when this is not possible, a community policy will be in place to provide protection against the loss of volunteer hours.  The community is free to establish their own policies; however we can suggest two options.

The first is the “play or pay” policy. For guideline purposes, a $10 per hour value is assigned to each volunteer hour or a maximum of $350 per month.  Resident members are then able to pay a fee in lieu of performing their volunteer duties if they are unable or unavailable to do so.  Alternative policies might be created allowing members to bank a certain number of hours to be used when needed or having others cover the volunteer hours for you.  The bottom line is the community must be able to count on a certain amount of labor to sustain itself within established monthly fees.