Living Skills Community Service Record Sheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Community Service Directions

Paperwork

Each student is required to complete 15 hours of community service in order to pass Living Skills. To show us that you

have completed those hours please have the person in charge where you are doing your volunteer work fill out the blue

Record Sheet. You then complete a written reflection, where you have the opportunity to talk about your experience, which

you attach to the blue sheet. (see directions at the bottom of this page)

If you do 100 hours of community service by the time you graduate from Gunn you can have that placed on your transcript.

So keep copies of all of the paperwork you submit to your Living Skills teacher.

Requirements

The organization you work for must be non-profit. For example: a library, school, church, environmental, service or

political organization.

You must not be paid for the hours you work.

There must be someone supervising your work that can verify your hours.

Although it is a lovely gesture for you to clean your grandmother’s garage - that does not count.

How to choose an organization

You will be spending many hours doing this work – so choose work that has meaning and is fulfilling for you. Also, think

about what you want to do in the future. Completing a ton of community service hours simply so that it looks good on your

college applications is not enough. You should choose work that has some connection to you personally, or to what you

want to do with your life. In other words if you want to be a doctor volunteer at a hospital not the library. If you want to do

something for the environment choose something in that field.

Where to start

Look around your community and see who is asking for volunteers. Please realize that some organizations do not accept

students who are under 16, yet some have family volunteer options where you can volunteer with a parent. Two websites

that have been helpful to students looking for opportunities are -

The Guidance Department office also has a list of Community Service organizations.

Reflection Directions: A written reflection must be attached to this sheet

that includes what you did and a reflection on the experience that you

had. Why did you choose this particular location to do your community

service? What did you learn about yourself from this experience? How

did this experience affect you? How might this affect your life in the

future? If you volunteer at more that one place – write only one

reflection that incorporates how you felt about all of your experiences.

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