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Community Service (PURPLE CORD = 230 hours)
All students who accumulate at least 230 hours of community service by the deadline during their senior
school year will be recognized with a PURPLE CORD to wear at the graduation ceremony.
Community Service Guidelines
Community Service must be completed at a non-profit (definition-not making or conducted primarily to make money) organization, agency, or institution. Students are required to find their own site to perform their hours, but many organizations contact us and those sites are posted on the Career Center webpage and e-mailed to students. Some of the most popular sites include schools, churches, hospitals, Boys and Girls Clubs, youth recreation, and homes for the elderly. Students may perform service during the summer, school year, weekends, and nights. It is suggested that you verify your site with your Counselor before you begin working—it would be unfortunate to find out that your site does not qualify as a “community service‟ site AFTER you have already completed hours.
What are the requirements for community service to obtain the “PURPLE CORD”?.
Students must provide documentation of the community service performed. It needs to include when and where you performed the service, what you did, and a supervisor needs to sign off on it.
The following things are examples of activities that do not count for community service or volunteer service
Rehearsal and practice time may never be counted for service hours.
Service performed as a result of disciplinary action cannot be counted.
Attendance at meetings as part of a membership requirement cannot be counted.
Volunteer work done to promote a particular religion/part of a religious service or political politician or point of view cannot be counted as volunteer hours.
Students may not work at a site that is based out of a private residence.
Volunteering in a family business or profit-making organization cannot be counted. (The exception would be volunteering in a medical clinic/hospital as this would be acceptable).
Students may not work as a TA at THS during the school day and receive community service credit.
If you are not sure if it qualifies, ASK YOUR COUNSELOR
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