What is a good way to record your community service hours for high school?

Question

Im not sure whether I'm supposed to just record my hours of service in a book or what??? is there a way that colleges can see my hours of service through any website?

Answer 1

Unless you have a suspicious number of hours (5000 per school year or something...) most colleges probably won't check. When you apply for schools, you can say you worked X hours per week for Y number of weeks.

You can keep track of it via a spreadsheet and mention to those who write letters of recommendation that you volunteered for so many hours with Z.

One thing you can do is ask for a general letter of recommendation from wherever you volunteered. Hopefully they'll have nice things to say about what you did and what you contributed to the place. Or, it might simply say you volunteered with them for so many hours over so many weeks during the summer or school year.

If this is for high school community service requirements, ask your conselor or community service leader where you might have to record the hours.

Answer 2

The Excel spread sheet is a good idea but not a very protable one. Easier and cheaper is a small notebook in which you write the date, the place the hrs and what you did and ask the person in ncharge to sign off on it. If you want to do a spread sheet or DB or create a form that is great but you really need something you can put in your pocket and take to the work site with you.

Ask your school counselor if they have a standard form they want used.

I don't know of a web site that does that but it is a good idea. why nnot make one for ppl at your school. That would show real leadership and service

Answer 3

Based upon what I've seen from the students in the volunteer projects that I lead, you will need the following information:

-Organization
-Project Name
-Type of volunteer work performed
-Number of Hours
-Supervisor Name
-Supervisor Signature
-Contact phone number for supervisor/organization

Every school program I've seen is slightly different. In some cases, some of the schools have an approved list of volunteer organizations and projects. You will need to ask about specific rules as to what hours will count toward your service, and if there are any restricted organizations.

Here are some links to your volunteer centers, in case you are looking for more hours and other one-time or short-term community projects:
http://www.handsonnetwork.org/our-network/
http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/find_center.cfm

If you volunteer through some of the Hands On Network affiliates, many of them track your hours for you on-line, and offer a way for you to record your hours on-line in one consolidated volunteer record.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Some states have junior firefighter programs. If you're looking for a fun and exciting way to volunteer in your community, this is it! Every fire department I've ever heard of keeps detailed records of how many hours each volunteer puts in, so when you're off to college, your fire chief can write you an excellent letter of recommendation stating exactly how many hours you put in. (It doesn't look bad for you that you volunteered to help save lives either!)
BUT HERE'S THE BEST PART: When you go to college, if you are already a firefighter in one department, many fire departments (especially in college towns) offer "live-in" programs for volunteers attending college in their area. In most cases there is NO RENT so that greatly lowers your living expenses! They might expect you to do some chores around the station and, of course, respond to fire calls when you're in the station, but think of how much money you'll save by not having to pay for a dorm room or apartment!
Give it some thought.

Answer 5

I would just create some simple excel spreadsheet taht shows wo you did community service for, the days you were there and the time that you worked there. And then provide a total of the hours for all days that you did at a particular place.

Answer 6

At St. Vincent dePaul, we give volunteers a letter of thanks and a certificate of thanks noting the hours served. Most good organizations do the same. Glad to hear you are going to college. Best of luck as you reach you dreams!