What is Community Service?

I live in a town of 300 people. I noticed a cop comes from a larger town and picks up his friend and his friend drives him around in the cop car. Seems to me that would be against the law. Other people has questioned him about it. All he says its called community services. Just don't sound right to me. Anyone have any input to this. Thanks.

I have a soft spot for animals so volunteer at my local animal shelter. There are several community service volunteers who 'work' here, and I don't know what the shelter would do without all their help.

My family also likes to serve meals to a homeless mission during the holiday season. This can be a real eye-opener for the kids. It only took one time before they started asking every year if we were going to do this again.

I work with our youth group at church, and this is one thing we really encourage our kids to do. We also have community service projects lined up for them to participate in.

Many times we will take one Saturday a month to help the elderly in our church. This means doing anything they need done that makes life a little bit easier for them.

We have done things like raking leaves, mowing the grass, washing the windows, cleaning their house, putting up and taking down Christmas decorations and even running errands for them.

It is so interesting to see the relationships that form from these projects. The elderly are so thankful and appreciative and it gives the kids a wonderful opportunity to learn how to serve without expecting anything in return. What they discover, like other people have posted on, is that they receive more out of it than they ever realized they would.

When my son was in high school he was required to perform so many hours of community service. There are so many community service opportunities available it should not be hard to find something you can be involved in.

He volunteered at the local community theater and worked backstage running the lights and sound. This was something he already had an interest in, but it still introduced him the the idea of volunteering. He is now in his 20's and is still involved in community theater.

I always find it sad that community service programs are sometimes associated with punishment. When I have been involved in community service in any way, I think I am the one who gets the most benefit from it. There is something very satisfying about helping other people. It doesn't matter if you volunteer your time or you are required to do it, you realize it truly is better to give than to receive.

These days many colleges and even high schools have a student community service requirement. When I was in college we had to do 20 hours of service in the community every semester.

It was not especially hard. The school had lists of dozens of institutions that would take volunteers any time they showed up. I ended up working at an animal shelter, a breast cancer awareness organization, and a group that promoted water conservation. Every experience was rewarding, and it was a nice antidote to all the time I wasted while I was in college.

I ended up getting sentenced to do community service by the courts for reasons that I will not get into here.

I chose to do my service at a rescue shelter for cats. I loves cats and when I heard about this shelter I thought it would present the perfect opportunity to meet my service requirements while also supporting a cause I feel strongly about.

My service finished up about 6 months ago but I am still volunteering at the shelter because I find the work so meaningful.

Plus, community service is fun.

I was given community service to complete over three months. I did not go as i could not because of depression following courts and sentencing, and I was sent a letter telling me that it was going back to court for reassessment and I was asked to attend.

I moved abroad before, and yes that was foolish. I am still abroad but need to go back to uk to see my children. What will happen when I return to UK? Thank you in advance for a reply

what happens if your hours aren't done on a certain day that was given to you?

many thanks to the author for his numerous contributions. i will suggest that companies should be educated more on community service so as to give back to the host communities.

I did my community service on the computer at community service help. Forget doing it the hard way! peace

i know what it is now!

This webpage is a real eye opener.It gives ideas for what one can do for the positive benefit of the community.

it is good information.

a friendly user tool. keep up the good work!

Just the information I needed.

great information, really helpful!

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Thanks to the author who wrote this article. I would add that service as a punishment or for atonement should be called community restitution not community service.