Transcript Community Service - East Bay High School

2013-2014
Community Service
Guidelines
How to get started
• Pick a place to volunteer
• Call and introduce yourself and find out
when you can begin volunteering
• Read the community service packet
• Write a community service proposal
• Track the hours you work - Sign in and out
each time you volunteer!
Community Service
paperwork
• All students are required to read the
community service packet, write a proposal
and receive approval PRIOR to volunteering
• Community Service Packets
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• Contain the following information:
Bright Futures scholarship criteria
Community Service guidelines
Suggested Social Issues
Proposals and Reflections
List of local community service opportunities where you can
volunteer
Community Service
• Where do I get the community service
paperwork?
– On Edline
– East Bay High School Website
– Guidance Office
– College and Career Center
Community Service
Do’s and Don’t’s
• Must address a social issue
• Preference is that you volunteer with a non-profit
organization NOT a for-profit business
• Must be before or after school
• No political or religious organizations that directly
benefits a candidate or promotes a religious
organization
• Must not be part of a grade or curriculum
requirement
• No payment received
• Must not be court ordered
Volunteer hours or
Community Service hours
• What’s the difference?
– Community Service
• Identifies and addresses a social issue in the community
• Requires students to look beyond themselves and reach
out to an issue faced by society today
• Social issues include poverty, domestic abuse, elder care,
education, environment, animal abuse, disease prevention, etc.
• These hours will be on student ‘s permanent record and meet the
criteria for the Florida Bright Futures scholarship
– Volunteer Hours
• Does not address a social issue
• Examples: Helping a relative, concession duties
• These hours will NOT meet the criteria for the Florida Bright
Futures scholarship
Awards and Scholarships
• Community service projects:
– Make a difference in your community
– Provide leadership experiences for students
– Enhance your college applications
– Improve the chances on scholarship
applications
– Help you meet Bright Futures eligibility
Bright Futures Criteria
2013 - 2014
• Florida Academic Scholarship
• 100 volunteer hours
• Florida Medallion Scholarship
• 75 volunteer hours
• Florida Gold Seal Vocational
Scholarship
• 30 volunteer hours
Community Service
GET STARTED!
East Bay High School students
have volunteered an incredible
11,094 community service hours!