Let's get ready for VBS 2026! Woop woop! First, what type of VBS are you hosting?

We use Planning Center and name tags, check-in, etc. works great for check-in. But, tactically, how do folks do their "check outs" of each classroom when parents come to pick up? We have 4 classrooms and parents come for pick up before the service ends right before communion (so parents are trying to quickly pick up the kids to get everyone back into the service). We are a smaller church so our volunteers rotate weekly (most of the time serving ~once a month). Do you have parents show their sticker? Do you have kids line up and call them only after sticker identification? Do they turn them in? Very curious about how to make our checkout process of each classroom efficient but also appropriately safe.

What is your child to MS/HS kid volunteer ratio when it comes to MS & HS volunteers? We have rations for adult volunteers as of now. Recently we have had a lot of youth students want to step into serving in Kids. Was curious on ratio policies and other policies you all have specifically for the MSHS volunteers?