10/16/12 Community Service

WELCOME TO COLLEGE

FORWARD!!!

Aneasha Lawrence

AGENDA FOR THE DAY

Announcements

Critical Thinking

Community Service

ANNOUNCEMENTS

College Forward Class Website: http://cofojrmustangs.weebly.com

Sign up for 1x1

Next class, we will be in room B128 for the Beginning of Year survey

Homecoming this Friday!

Anything else?

WRITING PROMPT

Spend 10 minutes writing

What do the terms “community service” or “volunteerism” mean to you?

Should students be expected to volunteer or be involved in their community? What are the pros and cons.

If you have volunteered, what has been your most meaningful experience?

COMMUNITY SERVICE Places I’ve served

COMMUNITY SERVICE AT COFO

EXPECTATIONS

At College Forward, we ask that you complete 20 hours of community service during your junior and senior years

Why is volunteering so important?

WE VOLUNTEER BECAUSE… we want to give back to our community we want to impress admissions counselors we want to have fun while serving we want to hang out with other cofos and

coaches we want to develop skills that will help us in our

future jobs we want to be eligible for the end of the year

road trip!

community service is a service that a person voluntarily performs for the benefit of his or her local community, without

compensation

service learning is a process that connects meaningful service activities with learning, personal and professional growth, and

civic responsibility.

How do we define service?

WHERE DO YOU SERVE?

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SERVE?

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Hopefest Family Festival http://www.hopefestaustin.org/Home.html Make a Difference Day- Saturday, October 27th

9:30am – 3pm (5 ½ hours) At Reagan High School Provides services for families, we would help with

various activities at the festival

Volunteermatch.org

NEXT CLASS

We will be in B128 for Beginning of Year Survey and College Research

If you have scheduled a 1x1 meeting with me, please come tomorrow to the College & Career Center