How to get 200 service (volunteer) hours per year?

[Anonymous]

I was looking for ideas and suggestions on how to get close to 200 volunteer hours per year for my 9th grader. He has set that as a goal for himself. He has been going to libraries but that has not been consistently offered. On an average, he is looking at 4 hours every week.

Any suggestions and experiences you can share to have consistent hours per week?We live in Fairfax county jn westfield high school pyramid.

[Anonymous]

Let him figure it out. It is part of the learning process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let him figure it out. It is part of the learning process.

a food pantry maybe? Might try WFCM.

[Anonymous]

Does your HOA/community/a local church/whatever do Adopt a Highway? He could sign up for that. There’s a group on Reddit that organizes clean-ups as well.

We’re getting into elementary school end of the year party season and I know my kid’s school does a “carnival” type night and they always need volunteers.

Do the sports teams at his school need volunteers for the concession stands or cleaning up after events?

[Anonymous]

I would look at spring break and summer programs where he could accrue larger chunks of hours and reduce the requirement during the school year.

There are often trash pickup days on spring weekends.

Our animal shelter has volunteer opportunities for teens as well as options to do at home (prepping bags of cut up hot dogs, making toys or scratchers for cafes, etc.) yours might as well.

[Anonymous]

Summer camps
Food pantry’s

[Anonymous]

Blood bank

[Anonymous]

Why had he set himself this goal? Serious question? What’s his gosl in doing fhis?
Seems like unneeded stress.

[Anonymous]

My DS accumulated hundreds of hours in high school volunteering at an after-school program for disadvantaged kids in our county (not FFX). He took the bus there after school 2-3 days per week. He also volunteered with the same organization during the summers after 9th and 10th grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was looking for ideas and suggestions on how to get close to 200 volunteer hours per year for my 9th grader. He has set that as a goal for himself. He has been going to libraries but that has not been consistently offered. On an average, he is looking at 4 hours every week.

Any suggestions and experiences you can share to have consistent hours per week?We live in Fairfax county jn westfield high school pyramid.

Volunteer at his ES. I have previous students coming to volunteer all the time.

[Anonymous]

Community of Faith food pantry needs volunteers every Tuesday and accepts younger teens. I am not sure if an adult needs to stay with them.

Fairfax County Parks holds pretty regular invasive plant removal, I think it is almost weekly during the spring and summer. Call and ask there.

[Anonymous]

Summer sports camps

[Anonymous]

You can always pick up trash.

[Anonymous]

Coaching or assistant coaching little kids rec sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Community of Faith food pantry needs volunteers every Tuesday and accepts younger teens. I am not sure if an adult needs to stay with them.

Fairfax County Parks holds pretty regular invasive plant removal, I think it is almost weekly during the spring and summer. Call and ask there.

Longtime food pantry volunteer and I often suggest that students get permission to host, organize and plan a food drive at their school. So many more hours involved in publicity, messaging, collecting and then transporting and maybe shelving the donations.

Also could ask at school for ongoing, as needed volunteer hours. My DC helped with school tours for new students, another DC did after school program help.