• Able Athletics 

• Alliance for Safe Kids 

• Altar Service

• American Legion

• Babysitting (unpaid)

• Backyard Sports

• Coaching (unpaid)

• Counselor or Leader in Training (CIT/LIT) (unpaid)

• Dance For A Cause (performances only)

• Elementary School Volunteer Activities

• Elk's Lodge Events

• Food Pantry Service

• Fostering Animals
  Limited to 15 hours per week max, regardless of how many animals are fostered.  If siblings foster a dog together, the hours will be split.

• Group Home Volunteer

• Guiding Eyes
  Fostering is limited to 15 hours a week total

• Habitat for Humanity

• The Harris Project (CODA) Events

• Historic House Tours

• JCK Foundation Events

• Junior Fire Corps

• Love in Action

• The Murphy Tournament

• My Brother Vinny

• Nursing Home Volunteer

• Operation Santa Gift Wrapping 

• Refereeing (unpaid)

• Relay for Life Event Service

• Relay for Life Team Captain (team captains may add up to 10 hours for pre-event organization, selling, or creating)

• Ride Connect

• Scouts
  - Boy Scout activities, including Eagle Projects completed during a student's years in YHS
  - Girl Scout activities, including Gold Award Projects completed during a student’s years in YHS

• Special Olympics Coaching (unpaid) and Events

• Support Connection Events

• Tech Crew (excluding high school events)

• Ty Louis Campbell Foundation Events

• United for Troops

• Yorktown 100

• Yorktown Athletic Club (YAC) Coaching (unpaid) and Events

• Yorktown Youth Soccer Club Coaching (unpaid) and Events

• Yorktown Community Day Event

• Yorktown Grange

• Yorktown Historical Society

• Yorktown Lion’s Club Events

• Yorktown Trail

• Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corp

• Young Education Professionals

Very few Yorktown High School activities are granted community service. Here are some that ARE:

• Participating in the Memorial Day Parade with the Band

• Participating in Graduation with the Band

• Helping at Back to School Night

• Participating in a Demo-Lesson for a possible new hire during a free period.

• Outside of the school service opportunities through clubs (must be interacting with the community - meetings DO NOT COUNT).

• Yorktown High School Official Club Activities (Senate, Key Club, Big Buddies, NHS tutoring, Tech Crew for High School Events, etc.)
  Colleges consider it "double dipping" if we count this on your transcript because you get club "credit" on your college application. 

• Activities completed during school hours
  (7:30-1:34 weekdays, following the school calendar)
  Exceptions can be approved by Mr. Degennaro, YHS Principal

• Club Meetings 

• Meetings to Plan for Community Service

• Rehearsals

• Team Managers

• Any Paid Work

• Science Research Mentoring

• Tournaments or competitions that students are required to work at for their teams.

• Any senior-completed NHS-related service or projects.

Rules for Community Service with Businesses
The volunteering effort must clearly benefit the community much more than it benefits the business.

• The Rule: The main goal of the activity must be to help a non-profit, a vulnerable group (like seniors or children), or the environment.

• What's NOT Allowed:

  • NO replacing a paid employee. If the business always pays someone to do a job, they can't ask volunteers to do it for free.

  • NO working just to clean or fix the company's own office or property.

  • NO activity that is really just a sales pitch or a commercial for the business.