Community Involvement
Eligible Activities
SERVICE CLUBS: run celebrity games, special events and walk-a-thons
SPORTS/RECREATION: coach children; volunteer refereeing in charity games; run Special Olympics and summer games; be a leisure buddy
COMMUNITY EVENTS: assist with winter carnival; organize parades and fall fairs
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: participate in community cleanup, tree planting and recycling programs
VOLUNTEERING FOR SENIORS: help with crafts or reading; remove snow and clean up homes and yards
COMMUNITY PROJECTS: help at food banks and hospitals; provide support services for the housebound or the disabled; participate at humane societies
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES: organize youth activities; teach or help with children’s programs and classes; lead special events, assist with clerical tasks
COMMITTEES: take a role on advisory boards, neighbourhood associations and regional associations
HIGH SCHOOL: participate in tutoring; organize fund-raising, environmental projects, and special events approved by the Principal
CLUBS AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS: volunteer in or lead activities organized by these groups
CHILDREN/YOUTH: help at drop-in centres, breakfast clubs, after-school and March-break programs; help in summer games, playgrounds, camps and child-care centres
ARTS/CULTURE: assist in galleries, libraries, theatres, museums and heritage sites
STUDENT PROPOSALS: take leadership roles or assist with civic projects
Ineligible Activities
A task that is a requirement of a class or course in which the student is enrolled (e.g. Co-operative Education, job shadowing)
Takes place in a logging or mining environment (if the student is under sixteen years of age)
Takes place in a factory (if the student is under fifteen years of age)
Takes place in a workplace other than a factory (if the student is under fourteen years of age, and is not accompanied by an adult)
Involves the operation of a vehicle, power tools, or scaffolding
Involves the administration of any type or form of medication or medical procedure to other persons.
Involves the handling of substances classed as “designated substances” under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Requires the knowledge of a tradesperson whose trade is regulated by the provincial government
Involves banking or the handling of securities, or the handling of jewelry, works of art, antiques or other valuables
Involves a court-ordered program (e.g. community-service program for young offenders, probationary program)
Any activity that causes a student to contravene his/her school code of conduct
Association with any organization that does not meet the ethical and legal standards, policies, procedures and regulations of both the Ministry of Education and the Upper Grand District School Board