Number Of Hours?
I understand that there are lots of variables involved, but do you have a “cap” on the amount of hours you will donate to receive a FHU site at no charge? We have had positions with as much as 40 ...
Forum Discussion
TexasH wrote:
Our philosophy is that we want to do some interesting volunteer work that will be rewarding to us. We look for opportunities that meet that criteria. I guess that we have some "maximum" hours, but mostly we want a nice site, and the "work" is a separate consideration. We have had places where we worked a little as 20 hours a week total that we liked less than our most recent adventure where we worked a total of 48 hours a week. More important than the hours is the job, how much we enjoy what we are doing, how well we like the management and other volunteers and paid staff.
Full disclosure: We don't full time. We travel about 6 months a year, and spend 3-4 of those months in volunteer sites. So our considerations may be totally different from a full timer.
Light work such as sitting around all day selling firewood or answering questions or selling campsites would be more acceptable to more hours worked. If you are sitting around with your feet up reading the paper or a favorite book and just being available and watching things going on and making rounds every few hours then more hours is acceptable.
Harder work such as cleaning and maintaining and clearing trails and such would equate to less hours in exchange for the site.
