• Parking for DAPER Facilities is overseen by the MIT Parking Office. For more information at 617-258-6510 or on the web at http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation
.• Vehicles with valid MIT stickers, including occasional/evening or visitor (Friday Monday, 2:30 pm-8:30 am) passes are permitted to park in West Garage and West Annex parking lots.
• Occasional/evening parking stickers are available to all members at an annual fee. An additional daily charge between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm, Monday‑Friday will be deducted from a $50 deposit. There will be no charge between 2:30 pm and 8:30 am Monday‑Friday or on weekends or holidays. This pass can be purchased at the MIT Parking Office located in the lower level of the Stratton Student Center (W20)
• Open-gate lots are available for free to all visitors between 2:30 pm and 8:30 am. 
• Vehicles without a valid MIT parking sticker are prohibited from parking in the Kresge Lot (between Kresge Auditorium and Jack Barry Turf field).

• The DAPER facilities offer equipment (basketballs, indoor/outdoor soccer balls, and volleyballs) for use while on DAPER property.
• Equipment can be checked out on a first-come/first-serve basis at the du Pont Service Desk. A DAPER Membership ID card must be left to take out equipment.
• Equipment must remain on center property at all times and may be checked-out for same day use.  A late fee will be assessed for equipment not returned the same day.
• Charges will be assessed for lost or damaged equipment. Prices are based on the  replacement value of the lost or damaged item.

Fitness/Aquatics Center Orientation

• Orientation to the facilities is available through member appointments and includes instruction on proper use of fitness equipment and introduction to facility spaces, staff, programs and services.
• For your safety, members are strongly encouraged to sign up for a free Fitness or Aquatics Center Orientation. Sign up at the main desk and a member of the fitness or aquatics staff will call to arrange an appointment.

Locker Room Policies and Procedures
General
• Patrons should keep valuables secured in a locked locker. Never leave valuables unattended at any time while using DAPER facilities. The MIT Police Department reports that nearly all incidents of personal theft occur from unattended property or personal property left in unlocked lockers.
•  Children under the age of five may accompany their parent or guardian in either men’s or women’s locker room. Children over the age of five are not permitted to enter the locker room of the opposite gender. A family changing room is available in the Zesiger Center adjacent to the pool offices.
•  Patrons are responsible for helping to keep locker rooms clean by picking up after themselves and their children or guests.

Rental
• Lockers in the Zesiger Center, du Pont Athletic Center, and Alumni Pool and Wang Fitness Center are available for rental under the following conditions:
–  Lockers are rented through a wait list system. To enter the waitlist, please visit our website, www.mitrecsports.com. If you have questions about rental or day use lockers, email lockers@mit.edu.  Locker waitlist requests are ONLY accepted by completing the online locker waitlist form on our website.
– Members may rent a locker for an annual or 6-month term, based on           
availability and the length of their membership. Locker rentals run concurrent with membership term. Memberships and lockers that are not renewed expire on the same day. You must remove all personal items from your locker on or before date of expiration.
– Items that are left in an expired locker will be cleared from the locker and kept for 30 days from date of expiration at the main desk, then will be discarded.

Day Use
• Day-use lockers are available for patron use. The day-use lockers are the tall lockers in all locker room. Half-size and one-third size lockers are rental lockers and should not be used for day use.
• Patrons must provide their own locks for day use lockers. Locks are provided on rental lockers. If a personal lock is left overnight on a day use locker, the lock will be removed and the belongings will be collected. The owner may claim forgotten items at the main desk of the facility in which items were forgotten. A fee will be levied to reclaim bagged items left in day-use lockers. Items cleared from a day use locker will be kept up to 30 days from the day it was emptied.

• MIT, the DAPER and its staff are not responsible for lost or stolen articles. Patrons are encouraged to store and lock all belongings in lockers.
• Please return any found items or direct inquires regarding lost items to the main desk. Patrons may ask staff members to look in the lost and found for items, but are not permitted to search through lost and found items under any circumstance.
• Found items of value (i.e., jewelry, wallets, eyeglasses) will be held up to thirty (30) days. After this time, items will be sent to the MIT Police Department.
• Miscellaneous items, including clothing and recreational equipment, will be held for thirty (30) days, and then disposed of according to MIT procedures. For health reasons, towels, socks, undergarments, and toiletries will be discarded immediately.

• Towel service is available to patrons with a valid MIT Recreational Sports towel card. Only patrons with a towel service card  will be permitted to take a towel. An ID may not be used to check out a towel. Patrons must return used towels to the Vassar, du Pont or Alumni/Wang main desk to reclaim towel service cards.
• Towel service cards allow patrons to use towel service while in the DAPER complex. Cards are non-refundable and must be turned in after completion of membership.
• Members are issued one (1) complimentary towel service card for each person on a membership account. Towel service cards are issued one time only, not at the start of each membership term.
• Additional towel service cards can be purchased from the main desk at either facility. It is the responsibility of the member to purchase a replacement for lost or stolen cards.

• Reservations can be made by a member on the hour for one hour of time.  Members must provide a contact phone number and member ID number. See below for the facility space and the proper phone number to call for requests for same and next day reservations.
— Zesiger Squash Courts, du Pont Gym, Squash Courts, Rockwell Cage, the MAC and the turf field call 617-253-9485 
• For special events, or long term reservation requests for DAPER facilities please call  617-253-4916.
• To make a pool rental or event reservation, please contact aqua@mit.edu.

DAPER is a member of the International Health, Racquet & Sports Club Association (IHRSA) and a participant in the IHRSA Passport Program. This allows DAPER members to work out at participating IHRSA clubs if travelling to areas further than 50 miles away from MIT. Please bring two of the following to the club being visited:
    • Passport ID Card and a picture ID; or
• Passport ID Card and DAPER Membership ID; or
• Passport ID sticker and picture ID
Passport ID cards and stickers can be obtained at the main desk. The Passport Program is designed for short-term use only. Passport users must honor each club’s rules and regulations regarding guest fees, hours, and visitation frequency. To find a participating club, search online at
www.healthclubs.com.