Community Service
Advisor: Patty Clapper email & Diane Kennedy email
Meeting Location: Community Service Room (next to Counseling Office)
Meeting Times/Dates: Varies
Membership: Anyone is welcome to participate.
Current Community Service Volunteer Opportunities listed below. Please contact individual agencies.
Cedarburg Art Museum – Contact annie@cedarburgartmuseum.org
You will be predominately outdoor as a greeter and selling s’more kits to guests.
Fridays beginning Nov. 20 until Dec. 18th
Sign up https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/614521480031/false#invitation
Balance Inc. – Contact Jill Tiedemann jilltiedemann@gmail.com (262 344-0628)
Help with social skills group for kids with special needs. Check out Balance Inc. website
for complete details & to find the volunteer application.
Kapco Christmas Wonderland – For details & to sign up https://kids2kidstoydrive.com/volunteer
Questions Contact - Sara Dunlap dunlaps@kapcoinc.com
There are many volunteer opportunities to help with this outdoor event.
Beginning November 12 – December 31st
Illuminate Ozaukee Holiday Light Show – Contact Robin Hammetter robin@oznc.org
Light Show Shifts: 5:30-9:30pm
Various dates December 4th- 26th. Help with a drive thru holiday light show.
Friday, December 4th
Saturday, December 5th
Friday, December 11th
Saturday, December 12th
Friday, December 18th
Saturday, December 19th
Saturday, December 26th
Habitat for Humanity – make/deliver lunch to volunteers. House located in Grafton behind Sendiks
Contact – Peter Federspiel petlynfed@gmail.com to work out date & for more details
*****Temporary Service Log Form ****** please print this TEMPORARY form to use for volunteering and turn it in when school resumes.
Guidelines and Policies for Community Service
Description: The CHS Community Service Program provides students with the opportunity to learn through volunteering. Its purpose is to involve students in the community so they gain a deeper understanding for the needs of others and become part of a caring society. Students acquire leadership skills, build self-confidence, develop independence, and feel a sense of personal satisfaction by participating in the events/activities offered. There are three ways to volunteer through our program.
One-Time Events – Several community-based clubs and organizations notify us when they need volunteers to help with their events. These requests are posted in our office and students hear about them in the daily announcements. Students sign up and volunteer as their schedules allow. We encourage them to check these listings often because volunteer requests for these events change frequently.
Agency Placements – There are approximately 30 agencies we have contact with who will accept student volunteers. This is a valuable opportunity for students to learn more about a field of study or interest they may have. Students make an on-going commitment to serve the agency on a regular basis. Some of the placement opportunities are with St. Mary’s Hospital, Aurora, Big Brother/Sisters, Family Tree, Interfaith Caregivers, Special Olympics and others
CHS Special Events – These are our own High School sponsored events which are planned and implemented by our students with the specific goal in mind of serving our community or raising funds to donate to a cause. Some of these events are the Food Drive, Senior Thanksgiving Meal, Jam 4 Charity, Portal Prom, Locks of Love and others.
Self-Arranged Service (Activities Outside of CHS Community Service Program): Students who choose to serve through another organization (Scouting, Explorers, Church, Civil Air Patrol, 4-H, etc.) should speak with our office prior to volunteering so that they understand what types of activities will be counted as community service hours at CHS. Activities that are not coordinated through our office will be counted toward service hours as long as certain guidelines are met. There is no guarantee that activities done without prior approval will be counted.
**Volunteering for a business (a profit making entity) does not count as service in our program. Even if the student is not paid, we still do not view helping a business as “service to our community” because only the business/business owner benefits.**
Recording Service Hours: Students who participate in any type of service need to keep an accurate record of their hours on a community service log sheet. The sheets are available in our office. The log lists the date, time, activity, and place where the student volunteered. The adult supervising the activity must sign the log to verify the number of hours served. Parents are only allowed to sign as the supervisor if they were the advisor or person in charge of the activity. Logs are due four times each year. Students are expected to turn in logs throughout the school year they are currently involved. Students doing extended or overnight service (mission trips, camp counselors, etc.) will need an additional letter from their supervisor stating the number of service hours earned. Only hours where the student was “actively involved” in service will be counted in these cases.
Recognition: Community service volunteering is not required to graduate, however, those students who participate in community service can earn recognition for sharing their time and talents. Students who earn, log and turn in 150 service hours earn white cords and those volunteering 700 hours earn white & orange cords. The cords are worn at the June commencement ceremony senior year.
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