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High schools promote community service projects for a well-rounded education. Projects can be indoor or outdoor and involve helping people, animals, or the environment. The holiday season is a popular time for volunteering, and some schools require students to plan their own projects.
High school students need more than traditional classroom learning to receive a well-rounded education, so many schools emphasize learning through required community service projects. In most cases, projects are coordinated through the school. With such a wide variety of opportunities available, finding a service project that interests the student shouldn’t be difficult. High school community service projects may involve things like beautifying an area by picking up trash or pulling weeds or helping people by visiting nursing homes or providing service at food banks. Some projects are joint projects between high schools and local community service clubs.
Outdoor projects are a great way to get out and enjoy a beautiful day while completing community service. These can be as simple as picking up trash in an area or along roads. Many places have programs where an organization can apply to the local or regional government to assign a section of road that needs to be cleaned annually or more often. Other outdoor activities include weeding, yard work for seniors, painting community buildings or fixtures, trimming bushes in a local park, building homes or planting and tending a community garden .
Indoor service projects can be done all year round. Local food banks are always in need of volunteers to sort, arrange and can the food. Many food banks are linked to soup kitchens that could use cooks, waiters and cleaners. Residents of nursing homes and assisted living centers enjoy visitors with whom they can play, read, sing songs or just talk or who will entertain them. Many organizations and businesses would benefit from volunteer childcare services for their meetings.
Hospitals always need volunteers. Most hospitals offer high school community service opportunities to a few motivated students screened as “candy stripers.” These volunteers help the nurses with food and gift delivery and any other chores assigned.
Veterans hospitals and hospice care centers need vacation tickets. Students can make cards at any time of the year and deliver them to the hospital. The cards will be delivered to the patients on the right day.
Working with animals is always a popular high school community service project. Students can go to a local animal shelter to volunteer their services. There are many dogs that need to be walked or bathed and their cages and kennels need to be cleaned. After the project is completed, students are often able to play with the animals. Many shelters have “adoption days” that require multiple volunteers to help families choose the best pet for them.
The holiday season is a great time for high school community service projects. Many charities need help collecting donations of money or gifts which they use to cheer the holidays for those who are poor or needy. Gift wrapping and shopping assistance for inmates or the elderly is also an option. Many elementary schools need volunteers for holiday programs or parties. Helping with Christmas decorations is also an easy way to acquire community service hours, as is shoveling a neighbor’s driveway if they’re in an area that receives snow.
Some schools require students to plan and execute their own community service projects. Any kind of “guide” is a great way to do this. The student may choose to collect things such as food cans, books for hospital libraries, or gently used clothing and furniture to donate to those in need. These types of projects may take longer because they typically require advertising, collection, and delivery to the appropriate charity.
