Post by Mary Beth Jones on Jun 16, 2015 19:07:46 GMT -5
TRUE or FALSE QUESTIONS ABOUT VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE
1) Community Service must be approved PRIOR to starting the service.
TRUE
Any student wishing to complete their volunteer hours for credit and for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program MUST have them approved by CIAS personnel PRIOR to beginning ANY volunteer service.
2) Community Service must be served with a NON-PROFIT organization.
TRUE
This is a CIAS and a school district requirement—NO exceptions. Volunteering for a business and receiving no pay is NOT allowed. Non-profit organizations include Schools, YMCA, Boys & Girls Club, Libraries, Habitat for Humanity, Churches, County and State Parks, etc.
Church OUTREACH activities are acceptable. Examples are Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Summer Camps for children, VBS, After-School/Day Care, Mission Trips (domestic & foreign), etc.
Church activities that are part of being a member of your church are NOT acceptable and will NOT count, i.e. altar servers, choir members, Sunday School, nursery care, running slide shows, running sound or TV camera, and playing music for services.
3) Community Service is a requirement for graduation.
TRUE
Community Service IS a requirement for graduation from CIAS. Most college and scholarship applications ask for information about extra-curricular activities AND community service.
4) Community Service is required to receive ANY Bright Futures Scholarship.
TRUE
Currently, 100 hours of community service is a requirement for the Florida Academic Scholars (FAS) level of Bright Futures, and 75 hours o community serice is a requirement for the Florida Medallion Scholars (FMS) award.
5) The 75 service hours must be completed in one (1) school year.
FALSE
Students have until their graduation date to complete the VCS hours and turn them in for credit. They may begin working on their hours duirng the summer before 9th grade.
6) All community service must be served at one NON-PROFIT organization
TRUE and FALSE
The community service paperwork requires that a student must identify where they are going to volunteer by stating the social problem or concern they are going to address. Most students volunteer at one NON-PROFIT organization, but students may volunteer at more than one place. Students may add a new volunteer place or change the place where they are going to volunteer on their community service paperwork any time.
1) Community Service must be approved PRIOR to starting the service.
TRUE
Any student wishing to complete their volunteer hours for credit and for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program MUST have them approved by CIAS personnel PRIOR to beginning ANY volunteer service.
2) Community Service must be served with a NON-PROFIT organization.
TRUE
This is a CIAS and a school district requirement—NO exceptions. Volunteering for a business and receiving no pay is NOT allowed. Non-profit organizations include Schools, YMCA, Boys & Girls Club, Libraries, Habitat for Humanity, Churches, County and State Parks, etc.
Church OUTREACH activities are acceptable. Examples are Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Summer Camps for children, VBS, After-School/Day Care, Mission Trips (domestic & foreign), etc.
Church activities that are part of being a member of your church are NOT acceptable and will NOT count, i.e. altar servers, choir members, Sunday School, nursery care, running slide shows, running sound or TV camera, and playing music for services.
3) Community Service is a requirement for graduation.
TRUE
Community Service IS a requirement for graduation from CIAS. Most college and scholarship applications ask for information about extra-curricular activities AND community service.
4) Community Service is required to receive ANY Bright Futures Scholarship.
TRUE
Currently, 100 hours of community service is a requirement for the Florida Academic Scholars (FAS) level of Bright Futures, and 75 hours o community serice is a requirement for the Florida Medallion Scholars (FMS) award.
5) The 75 service hours must be completed in one (1) school year.
FALSE
Students have until their graduation date to complete the VCS hours and turn them in for credit. They may begin working on their hours duirng the summer before 9th grade.
6) All community service must be served at one NON-PROFIT organization
TRUE and FALSE
The community service paperwork requires that a student must identify where they are going to volunteer by stating the social problem or concern they are going to address. Most students volunteer at one NON-PROFIT organization, but students may volunteer at more than one place. Students may add a new volunteer place or change the place where they are going to volunteer on their community service paperwork any time.