Parent Volunteers
We appreciate the help of parents as they assist with school and classroom tasks, support the learning of our students and assist with chaperoning field trips!
Pennsylvania state law and Mellinger Mennonite Church policy require all parent volunteers of the Mellinger Mennonite Church Parent and Preschool Center to have proper clearances and complete the volunteer application forms.
If you have received PA clearances for any other purposes during the past 5 years, you can submit them to the church or preschool office, or email them to jonelle@mellingerchurch.org. If any of your clearances are expiring during this school year please update all three at this time. To volunteer for the full 2025-2026 School Year, your clearances will need be current through May 2026. Therefore, they would need to be dated after June 1, 2021.
Step 1: Complete the Volunteer Application and PA Residency Disclosure Statement.
Print, sign, and submit the form found here.
Step 2: Obtain Required Clearances - Complete clearance instructions can be found here.
PA Criminal Record Check - No Cost. Valid for 5 years.
Click on New Record Check (Volunteers Only) and complete all fields
Print the "Record Check Results Page"
IMPORTANT: Click on "CERTIFICATION FORM" above the BACK button to print your actual certificate
Child Abuse History Clearance – No Cost. Valid for 5 years.
Click "Create Individual Account," if you do not already have a Keystone ID
Complete all fields
Select: Volunteer
Volunteer Category: Other
Agency Name: Mellinger Mennonite Parent and Preschool Center
FBI Criminal Record Fingerprinting - (If you have NOT been a PA resident for 10 consecutive years) Cost $22.60. Valid for 5 years.
Go to https://www.identogo.com/locations/pennsylvania to access the website.
Select Digital Fingerprinting option at the bottom of the page
Enter the Service Code: 1KG6ZJ
Click on Go
Complete registration and schedule an appointment at a fingerprint collection site
This fee is paid at the fingerprint site
Step 3: Complete the Acknowledgement of Child Protection Policy form - No Cost.
Read and review:
Print, sign, and submit the form found here.
Step 4: Submit completed forms and clearances to the church or preschool office- or email jonelle@mellingerchurch.org.
Keep a copy of your clearances for your personal records.