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Eligible Activities: Activities that are eligible as community hours include offering assistance to charities, service clubs and other not-for-profit organizations (canvassing, walk-a-thons, coaching, school carnivals, clean-ups, Meals on Wheels, etc); helping out in non-credit extracurricular activities at school (organizing grade 9 welcome bbq, parents' night, drama festival, etc); and providing assistance to individuals in need (hospital visits, reading to seniors, reading buddies with children, etc). Ineligible Activities: Ineligible activities include handling securities, student's normal duties at home, operation of motor vehicles and power tools, court ordered programs, working for a company that operates to make a profit, performing duties of a paid worker or apprentice, and so on. Please remember to hand in your sheet to guidance, signed, anytime you complete some volunteer hours. We will provide you with a new one for your next volunteer opportunity. For a list of volunteer opportunities of which we are aware, see below. Some of them are date-specific, some are annual events, and some are open all year around. If you have a volunteer opportunity you would like to see added to the list below, please contact Carol Lemm in the Guidance department at 742-9221 x 259. |