June 16th, 2020

Graduating students who have not completed their 40 community service hour requirement will still graduate.

Opportunities For Students to Earn Volunteer Hours During School Closure and Summer Months

Given the challenges that the COVID-19 school closure has caused and the shutdown of various workplaces resulting in parents/caregivers working from home, we would like to provide a list of suggested opportunities for students to gain community involvement hours at home.

What follows is a list of suggestions for Grades 9 to 11 students if they wish to add to their community involvement hours:

  • Write a letter to a grandparent or a neighbour.
  • Babysit siblings so that parents/caregivers can work from home.
  • Do chores such as cleaning up, raking leaves or other yard work, prepare family meals to support parents working from home.
  • Create an inspirational video to post to social media.
  • Create inspirational/positive messaging to other students using social media.
  • Create a window display to increase community morale.
  • Create a video to entertain children (sing a song, create art) to post on social media
  • Create a video teaching a skill (words from a language other than English or cooking a favourite food) to children
  • Create a list of resources that could be helpful for families or that could support children during this time and post on social media
  • SPARK Ontario
    • SPARK and the Government of Ontario are connecting volunteers with community response efforts to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Note: Grade 12 students are welcome to engage in these activities if they wish, but they are not a graduation requirement.

WRDSB students are reminded that they may track their community service hours through their MyWay Account.