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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, 15 hours can be difficult on some families. We have to get the hours approved and there are certain things that may not be accepted. For example, DC could not use there hours pulling weeds with a local teen volunteer organization. They also could not use the hours handing out water during a race.  It had to be helping community in need. Many of these are on weekends and rely on parents to be there also. They also are usually only 2-3 hours at a time, so require multiple trips. 
We do much more than 15 hours, but the specifics with 3 DCs, make it a challenge, a worthwhile challenge, but a challenge.[/quote]

Seriously?  Your family cannot figure out how to put in 45 hours of community service to poor people over the course of an entire year? [/quote]

+1[/quote]

Can "we" figure it out? Yes, as a parent, I am capable of doing the legwork to find volunteering opportunities for my kids. Could they do it by themselves? Maybe, but until they're driving, it's probably going to be something that requires my involvement in terms of getting them to and from a location, and for a lot of places, volunteering WITH them if they aren't old enough to volunteer themselves. And I have other kids, and a job, and just honestly other stuff I'm dealing with, and adding volunteering to my plate isn't something that I love.

Schools that include it in their school day/after school/weekend activities are doing it right, in my opinion.[/quote]

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