COVID-19 will certainly impact residential move-in for the 2020-21 academic year. We continue to evolve our move-in process to ensure that it meets all guidelines set forth by the University and Washington State public health agency guidelines. Because of this, the DAWGS Crew position may look different than it has in past years. Move-in will be extended over 4 days to allow for less residents on campus at a time. There are also additional responsibilities that may be included in the DAWGS Crew volunteer role, as well as many from that past that we will be discontinuing or managing in other ways. Some ways DAWGS Crew volunteers may be asked to assist, but are not limited to:

- Delivering packages to resident rooms ahead of move-in days
- Providing directions to students and their families in community lobbies and main areas
- Provide directions to families parking cars in load/unload zones
- Directing cars in parking lots to residential buildings
- Sanitizing move in carts in between uses
- Retrieving carts from throughout the building
- Pushing carts from residents' cars to their room
- Monitoring elevator usage to encourage families to comply with safety guidelines
- Answer basic questions and make referrals for higher level questions regarding HFS

Our hope is to be as flexible as possible with our volunteers as we continue move-in planning as our volunteers are vital to a successful move in process. Last year, as a thank you for volunteering, we were able to have volunteers move-in two days early and they received $15 meal cards. As we anticipate that move in will be over 4 days instead of our typical two day move-in,  we are still clarifying what is possible in terms of both offering DAWGS crew the ability to move in even earlier and to increase the dining card balances, but are committed to finding ways to make this volunteer opportunity valuable to you. We hope that we'll have more clarity as budget projections and Autumn Quarter planning become more solidified.
 
We will reach out to you as soon as we have more information on specific compensation. If your interest in volunteering hinges on these compensation details, please reach out and let us know so we can answer any additional questions you may have.