Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday Service: Getting in your junior high and high school volunteer hours
8:33 AM
There is a service requirement that goes along with many local junior high and high schools as part of their graduation requirements. I know this is the case in other areas as well, and since we go back to school in about a week and a half here, I thought I would throw out a few ideas of service for the kids to do for their service requirement. Here are some of the thing I thought of:
What other ways can these kids find volunteer opportunities? Please leave comments if you have more ideas.
- Look around your neighborhood for people that might need help-can you mow a lawn, watch a neighbors kids, help clean a house? If you see a need, offer to help fill it (for free).
- Ask local schools if they need any help with their activities-ask at your school (they likely have lists of things going on you can volunteer for) or contact local elementary schools and ask what they have you could volunteer for. I am PTO president at my kids' school and we always use kids to help run things like our carnival and other activities-it helps us get enough volunteers and helps the kids get their hours in.
- Check at local churches for volunteer opportunities.
- Talk to local charitable organizations (Red Cross, JDRF, etc) and see what volunteer opportunities they may have.
- Local theaters often need volunteers to act as ushers.
What other ways can these kids find volunteer opportunities? Please leave comments if you have more ideas.
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