<p>So I'm a senior right now in highschool and we have a community service requirement.</p>
<p>With a little under a month left to go, I'm currently short ~19 hours of community service, and need to get them done asap. Does anyone have ideas of where I could find and my community service done?</p>
<p>Try benefit walks, volunteer to work the water station, give out the freebies, etc., these usually last quite a few hours and can be very rewarding. Local libraries, shelters, food pantries, etc. always can use extra help. Tag along with friends when they volunteer so you’ll have a contact person which makes things much easier.</p>
<p>try libraries, goodwill, animal shelters, salvation army</p>
<p>I have tried my local library but haven’t really gotten much of a response… I’ll be trying the food pantry next.</p>
<p>-Does it count as community service at a gym if you have to pay for membership? I would file papers and clean\put away weights. </p>
<p>I really need something local too and nothing that you really need to travel much for.</p>
<p>Also would helping a teacher count toward community service?</p>
<p>It depends on what your school considers to be ‘community service’.</p>
<p>To be safe, I’d go out there and volunteer at places that really need you.</p>
<p>[VolunteerMatch</a> - Where Volunteering Begins](<a href=“http://www.volunteermatch.org/]VolunteerMatch”>http://www.volunteermatch.org/) can help you find a place to volunteer.</p>
<p>There are many things to do. Volunteer at a soup kitchen and serve food, play with the animals at an animal shelter, tutor kids after school, help restore habitats, etc.</p>
<p>Look for your local Ronald McDonald House or Boys and Girls Club for more opportunities.</p>
<p>Another question - would helping an elderly neighbor after school count towards community service? With this, I would probably have more flexibility to complete the hours during the summer, or during college breaks instead of rushing in the last few weeks.</p>
<p>just so you know, at Ronald McDonald you can knock out 6-7 hours in one day if you prepare the food there AND you take some sort of entertainment (play guitar, sing, bring games for the kids, etc.)</p>
<p>I play in a community orchestra. It’s kind of fun but it’s mainly because my teacher wants me to. Most players are not really good so that’s disappointing, but it’s my community service.</p>
<p>My daughter volunteered with a sports program for disabled children and at a local elementary school, working with the resource room and self-contained classes. Not only did she fulfill her community service requirements, she wound up earning a $20K over 4 years private scholarship for community service and a $2,500 CS award from her college for her first year. For her second year, she got a paid job at the volunteer center and for next year, she has the job again and a $2,400 scholarship based on her CS. She went in to the volunteer work because she wanted to work with children - the scholarships were an unexpected and very welcome gift…</p>
<p>I suggest that you find something you feel a passion about and volunteer at it - be it working with animals, children, the elderly or plants…</p>