- Volunteering for community service organizations
- Spending quality time with unrelated elderly (reading, singing, etc.)
- Assisting unrelated elderly community members with household chores
- Volunteering for church projects
- Helping to improve school grounds
- Shoveling sidewalks/raking for the unrelated elderly
- Cleaning ditches or other public areas around the community
- Assisting with Special Olympics
- Assisting at a hospital, shelter, day care or nursing home
- Beautifying community property
- Volunteering for school sponsored activities (track meets, music contests, etc) not required by an organization
- Fundraising (Salvation Army, etc.) but not for personal benefit (FFA fruit sales, band raffle tickets, etc.)
- Volunteering to help coach younger children in sports
- Volunteering to tutor younger children
- Volunteering as a camp counselor
- Serving as a youth member of the School Board, Chamber of Commerce, City Council or Church Council
- Attending School Board, Chamber of Commerce, City Council or Church Council meetings
- Volunteering for a political campaign
- Girl Scout or Boy Scout service hours
- Confirmation/church service hours
- Other activities approved by the Silver Cord Committee PRIOR to the completion of the activity
- Activities during the school day require prior approval
Examples of Activity that do NOT Count
- Doing chores at home or helping family members around the house
- Attending church, CCD, or Sunday school
- Babysitting for a younger sibling
- Babysitting or dogsitting for individuals
- Working on the family farm
- Completing any task where you receive money
- Doing extra credit homework or helping a teacher with classroom management tasks
- Participating in extracurricular activities
- Court ordered community service tasks
- Minor acts of kindness (holding a door, etc.)
- Internships/Apprenticeships
- Self-awareness activities that only bring change to self
- Family celebrations (graduations, weddings, etc.)
- Helping family members with chores etc
- Working for free for a PROFIT organization
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