I do homeless feedings a lot and play with the kids that are in the shelter. I have to make a lot of food and do the preparations. It takes me like half a day to cook, deliver, and then stay for a couple of hours. If I didn’t count the 2-3 hours of food prep, I would have 5 hours. If I count the 2-3 hours of food prep, I would have around 8 hours of community service per homeless feeding session. Should I count it as 5 hours or 8?
Count the food prep time. It is part of the service. If you travel more than 15 minutes or so each way, I would count travel time too.
Count all the time you are spending on your activities.
If you weren’t volunteering, would you do that food prep? No.
Count all of it.