Community service means donating your time, energy, and skills to a specific cause in your area. Your project should focus on:

Supporting and improving your community, and building relationships with its residents. Here are some suggestions of projects and organizations to work with. In giving your time and energy, you will make a difference in your community!

Below are three categories from which to get ideas for your project. Think about what interests you and what you can contribute to your community.
Remember, community service can and should be fun! Successful completion of your Community Service Project is necessary to receive your Certificate of Completion of ……………….High School Program.

 

A HELPING HAND:
This type of option focuses on sharing your individual skills, knowledge, and energy to impact another person’s life. Consider your unique qualities, abilities, and interpersonal skills that you can put to use in your community. Do you like to cook? Inquire with a local soup kitchen about serving a special dish from your home country. Do you play football? Organize an all-day football clinic for local children.

Teach community members your native language, or give a workshop about your country. Contact a mentoring or tutoring program to help a child with schoolwork. Help someone learn to read through a literacy program (and practice your English at the same time!). Volunteer your time at a local retirement home helping an elderly person buy groceries or just playing a game.

SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT:
If you want to use your energy and skills to help improve the natural environment, then an opportunity will be easy to find. The goal of this type of project is to become actively involved in projects to preserve the environment. You can join or even create organizations that are dedicated to environmental causes such as conservation, recycling, local cleanup projects, land and air purification and wildlife preservation.

Deaf & Dumb:
If you want to use your energy and skills to help improve the natural environment, then an opportunity will be easy to find. The goal of this type of project is to become actively involved in projects to preserve the environment. You can join or even create organizations that are dedicated to environmental causes such as conservation, recycling, local cleanup projects, land and air purification and wildlife preservation.