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Community Service

Why Do High School Students Do Community Service?
Community service isn’t just about helping others—it also helps you grow as a person and prepares you for your future. Here’s why it matters:

🌟 Helps You Grow

  • Teaches responsibility, kindness, and empathy.
  • Builds confidence by knowing you make a difference.

🎓 Prepares You for College & Careers

  • Colleges and scholarships often look for volunteer experience.
  • You gain real-world skills like teamwork, leadership, and communication.

🤝 Connects You to the Community

  • Gives you the chance to meet new people and see the world from different perspectives.
  • Helps you understand the needs in your community and how you can be part of the solution.

📘 Sometimes It’s Required

  • Some schools and programs (like National Honor Society or scholarship requirements) ask for community service hours.

🌍 Builds Lifelong Habits

  • Students who volunteer in high school are more likely to stay active in their communities as adults.

✅ Bottom line: Community service is a win-win—you help others, learn new skills, and build a stronger future for yourself.

 

Some examples of Volunteer/Community Service:

  • Helping at a nursing home
  • Volunteering at a food pantry
  • Assisting a civic organization
  • Tutoring
  • Community clean-up
  • Volunteer with a church group
  • Assisting with community projects


Volunteer Opportunity with volunteering Nacogdoches AMBUCS group.  SEE MRS. GRESHAM FOR MORE INFORMATION!

AMBCUS is a non profit organization that helps families with special needs children  receive adaptive trykes for free.