1. Volunteering & Community Service What’s in it for me? Sophomore & Junior Advisory September 2012

2. Beginning this year……  Community Service will be part of the Senior Portfolios – beginning with class of 2014  All 10 th and 11 th graders will complete records of their community service this year.  8 Hours will be required for the 2012-2013 school year.  4 hours each semester (You can’t pass advisory if you don’t complete your 4 hours each semester.)  Can be done in 1 hour increments  Can even be served in Saturday School

3. What is Community Service?  Community Service is volunteer time a person provides – usually the volunteer time is with a non-profit organization.  Registered non-profit organizations have a federal tax ID number and are certified as 501 c (3) organizations.  The idea behind community service is to give back to your community.  Volunteering your time to help others is a great way to show you care and that you appreciate what the organization offers to the community.

4. Benefits  Connect with your community  Be part of something greater than yourself  Support healthy decision making  Students who volunteer are 50% less likely to make destructive decisions or to engage in risky behavior.  Develop employment skills  Develop life skills  Feel good!

5. Activity  As a group, generate a list of non-profit organizations in our community.  Keep this list so you can refer to it easily throughout the school year.

6. Activity  Please use the remainder of this period and have students in your advisory share what THEY have done for community service/volunteering. Include details so others could replicate if interested.  Keep a running list – first on the board, then on paper to keep in the advisory box. If you have this from last year, get it and refer to it now.  Don’t forget those fundraiser dinners you served/cleaned-up for, or the volunteer babysitting you provided, or the volunteer hours you provided for the Human Society, beach clean-up, etc.  STOP HERE FOR TODAY. CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT SLIDE ON WEDNESDAY.

7. Let’s do some Community Service!  Distribute the community service form to each student. These forms should be kept safely in the student’s advisory folder until needed.  You can download a form from the FBHS website on the Advisory Program web page if you need another.  Discuss how to complete the form.  Many students have completed some hours of community service over the summer or in August or in September.  Have a discussion with your students and determine if anyone in your class has completed some community service hours.

8. Let’s do some Community Service!  We have 14 weeks remaining in the semester.  Every student needs to complete 4 hours of community service before January 22, 2013 and provide a brief report to the advisory class.  If you don’t complete your community service, you will fail advisory.

9. Check these out…..  Websites with lists of ideas for volunteering and community service projects:  http://www.dosomething.org/volunteer http://www.dosomething.org/volunteer  http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/serviceideas.shtml http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/serviceideas.shtml  http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/practices/1744 1 http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/practices/1744 1  http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Community-Service- Ideas-for-Kids.aspx http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Community-Service- Ideas-for-Kids.aspx

10. Anyone ready to present?  Encourage students to begin considering community service projects.  Presentations can be brief. The student needs to describe the organization and describe the community service they provided.  Community Service options will be available at SOME Saturday Schools. Be sure to listen to the bulletin for an upcoming Community Service Saturday School.  Give Back & Have Fun!!