Ideas for Volunteer Hours

The following ideas would be acceptable hours for the Service for Credit Option

• Reading to or assisting to the elderly at their homes
• Volunteering for church projects
• Volunteering time at a nursing home or ather care facility
• Cleaning ditches along highways
• Volunteering at local museums or similar cemters ( Audubon Science Center, for example )
• Assisting in a hospital, shelter, soup kitchen, day care center, ect.
• Volunteering at blood drives
• Big Brother/Big Sister programs
• Volunteering to help coach younger children ( community ed programs, for example )
• Volunteering camp counselor ( day camp, VBS, ect )
• Volunteering for community organizations such as Salvation Arm, area food shelves, library, RSVP, mentorconnection, Habitat for Humanity, CVCC, CRT, ect.
• Up to 15 hours of Mission Trip work
• After school programs or homework helper/mentoring
• Peer tutoring in a clasroom fo no credit
• Other services or activities pre-approved by Alden-Conger

The following ideas would not be acceptable for the Service for Credit Option:

• Doing chores at home
• Attending church or Sunday School District Babysitting for a younger sibling
• Working on the family farm
• Completing ANY task which you recive money $$$
• Doing extra credit homework
• Participating in extracurricular activities
• Court-orderedcommunity servce hours
• Service assigned as a disiplinary action
• Visiting an elderly relative with your family
• Minor acts of kindness (holding door open, ect...)
• Working for a PROFIT organization for free
• Activities done for a parent or a relative
• service hours required for another organization, club, class, ect (for example: NHS, confirmation, Student Council, 4-H, FFA, or scouts)

**Students can use up to 3 different experences to total the 30 hours required for credit. Experiences that occur within the same organization, but at different times, will count as one.