Community Service

[deleryn]

This is more real-lifish than the forums. Fish! :cool:

Some of you must have had some kind of experience with it. What's the best way to go and where can you look for different kinds of it?

Not that I'm trying to pull anything criminal, suspicious, or dastardly. :*ph34r:

[Liquid Swordsman]

Old folks home 8)

[deleryn]

Old folks home 8)

That sounds so incredibly boring. Wouldn't it be nicer to go outside and do something? Like dig a bunch of holes in the shade?

[Cliche]

I've never had to do 'Community Service'.

:cool:

[Liquid Swordsman]

haha, something like digging holes will get extremely old extremely fast. go for the boring yet easy things, trust me.

[Ächilles]

Teach self defense seminars to local law enforcement.

[deleryn]

Teach self defense seminars to local law enforcement.

But I don't know martial arts? :confused: :(

How good do you have to be to teach law enforcement like that?

[Ächilles]

10+ years of consistent day to day training and real situation application in a legitimate and modern Martial Art.

[mantis33]

I personally do community service at a local hospital goft shop, running the cash register.

[Cuathon]

well i have shit loads of comm serv through my boyscout troop.
today some of us were supposed to spend 8 hours picking up acors(its for a merit badge and it has to be non-scout related,) but it was cancelled. and im glad :)

[Dj2006]

You can do community service at Habitat for Humanity if you want something to do outside. It doesn't get boring since you work with a big group of people(most of the time) and everyone is really nice.

[Darquist]

I actually did community service today. I raked up leaves for the old people who can't rake their own yards.

[gryph89]

Firehouse.

[The Ultimater]

pick up crap from parks!:D

[deleryn]

Firehouse.

Firehouse what? Stick a firehouse where? Burn and pillage which villages?

pick up crap from parks!:D

That's the kind of thing I'd like to avoid, thanks. Had enough of that when I was 12. :dry:

[The Ultimater]

That's the kind of thing I'd like to avoid, thanks. Had enough of that when I was 12. :dry:

Well if you need a clean one than you could go to a camp and help out there with little kids, people really need that ;)

[gryph89]

Firehouse what? Stick a firehouse where? Burn and pillage which villages?



That's the kind of thing I'd like to avoid, thanks. Had enough of that when I was 12. :dry:

Talk to the cheif, ask him if you could do Community Service, I did mine when I was in HS there. Basically all I did was work in the back and hang out with the guys, but everywhere is different.

[Ächilles]

Last time I had do good for the better of the community, I drove around Southie killing all the drug dealers, gutter sluts, and mobsters.

In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti.

[Pieface1337]

I actually did community service today. I raked up leaves for the old people who can't rake their own yards.

You shouldn't be getting community hours for raking leaves, shoveling driveways, or cutting grass.


Or are you talking about raking leaves at a seniors home?


Edit: I helped clean up a local paintball indoor field on the weekends. I go sat,sun, and get 2 hours each day.

[Blood And Gore]

You shouldn't be getting community hours for raking leaves, shoveling driveways, or cutting grass.


Or are you talking about raking leaves at a seniors home?


Edit: I helped clean up a local paintball indoor field on the weekends. I go sat,sun, and get 2 hours each day.

That's gatta be the best community service ever. Paintball :rolleyes: I love it.

[Office_Shredder]

You shouldn't be getting community hours for raking leaves, shoveling driveways, or cutting grass.


Or are you talking about raking leaves at a seniors home?

If he's talking about regularly going, say, around the block and raking leaves for 8 or 10 people, or even just one person, who can't rake their own leaves, I would count that as community service. How else would their leaves get raked? I find it ironic that raking leaves at a seniors home, which is a business (or can be at any rate), counts as community service while actually going into your community and helping people on a personal level isn't. A sad state of affairs indeed.

[Kreator]

I guess community service could be fun if you had to do osmething enjoyable, which is highly unlikely. I've never did community service, and probably never will, until this christmas.

>.>

<.<

[marklar2]

I had to work at a local Special Olympics today. ;)

[uniquinous]

Keep i mind that community service and volunteering are not the same thing. So the real first question you need to ask yourself is "Why do I want to do community service?" If the answer is anything along the lines of "cuz it looks good for college" or "cuz my parents want me to" etc, you don't want to do it at all. If you're looking for something that "counts" but where you don't need to actually do anything, that's not community service. Helping out at a paintball range is not community service (tho a great story nonetheless).

If your goal is to sincerely help the community, think of things your community needs and try to fulfill that need. Are there people who can't make it to the store for some reason? Are there homeless people who need food and/or clothing? Are there understaffed childrens' hospitals around, etc. Help out at the red cross - help out at a soup kitchen - help out your park or ranger service. Just think of what you can do to make your community better while having fun, and do that.

Let me know if you have questions or are in need of resources.

[Pieface1337]

I was talking about Volunteer/Community hours that you need to have in order to graduate highschool.

[Jeffery]

This is more real-lifish than the forums. Fish! :cool:

Some of you must have had some kind of experience with it. What's the best way to go and where can you look for different kinds of it?

Not that I'm trying to pull anything criminal, suspicious, or dastardly. :*ph34r:
Too bad you don;t live here.

I can sign off on peoples hours for Community Service.

You know that most Muni courts have a list of available community service sites. Soemtimes they even have them on their website.

[deleryn]

Keep i mind that community service and volunteering are not the same thing. So the real first question you need to ask yourself is "Why do I want to do community service?" If the answer is anything along the lines of "cuz it looks good for college" or "cuz my parents want me to" etc, you don't want to do it at all. If you're looking for something that "counts" but where you don't need to actually do anything, that's not community service. Helping out at a paintball range is not community service (tho a great story nonetheless).

If your goal is to sincerely help the community, think of things your community needs and try to fulfill that need. Are there people who can't make it to the store for some reason? Are there homeless people who need food and/or clothing? Are there understaffed childrens' hospitals around, etc. Help out at the red cross - help out at a soup kitchen - help out your park or ranger service. Just think of what you can do to make your community better while having fun, and do that.

Let me know if you have questions or are in need of resources.

Actually, community service looks good as a requirement for medical school and I was thinking ahead just a little. Hey--don't snicker at me! I'm exploring my opportunities. :cool:

I have spare time and I do actually want to help. But I want to do something that I'm going to like, especially becasue medical school is a long way off and there are plenty of chances to lose my GPA. Volunteering for homless shelters doesn't sound so bad. This is mostly thinking out loud, which is the type of thinking I'm best at.

I'm obviously sarcastic when I'm thinking of manipulation and underachivement. :dry:

Too bad you don;t live here.

I can sign off on peoples hours for Community Service.

You know that most Muni courts have a list of available community service sites. Soemtimes they even have them on their website.
:(

But I don't know any court websites, to boot.

[uniquinous]

type in your county name, state, and "court" - you should be able to find your municipal courthouse

as for medical school - i have a bit of experience with medically related community service. In high school I volunteered at a children's hospital. In college I helped with wildlife rescue, which is a fancy way of saying "I helped hurt animals". Currently I work with a medical school's van outreach project which serves an underpriveledged population with food, clothing, and medical services. This last week was actually a good week. See the time before that I went out, there was a small fire. And the time before that someone got stabbed on the other side of the parking lot and came running back to our van with a bleeding hand. Never a dull moment with street medicine :)

the other route to go is to look into Emergency Medical Services - you get to learn CPR, ride in ambulances, etc.

Again, let me know if you have any questions or want some more direction - I'd love to help out in this field if I can :)

[Drunk With Hate]

Teach self defense seminars to local law enforcement.

I love how you try and bring in your kung-fu to every topic on earth.

I personally do community service at a local hospital goft shop, running the cash register.

:bigsmile: What did they make you do the second time around? After you got caught pocketing money on that job.

[Zander]

I owe 72 hours to the county of san diego :), i haven't done ten seconds worth.