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Community Service at Longwood
After much consideration, the Office for Volunteer & Service-Learning has compiled a list of what the office will and will not count as community service hours.
This list is based on past submissions of hours from individuals and members of clubs and organizations and is subject to change. The list is not meant to limit or discourage students from participating in university or community activities, but has been devised to help Longwood students continue to provide quality volunteer & community service to our campus and community.
Activites that have a Limit to the Number of Hours You Can Report
The following is a list of activites that have a limit to the number of hours you can report:
- Faculty Babysitting - maximum of 2 hours per person
- Organizing service events or fundraising events like Relay for Life, Miles 4 Smiles - max 8 hours
- Participating in walks/fundraising events like Miles 4 Smiles, Alzheimer's walk max of 2 hours
- Participating in Relay for Life - maximum of 4 hours
- Buying food and/or putting together a basket and/or gift for Operation Turkey/Angel Tree - can earn 1 hour per basket/gift, maximum of 3 hours per person (NO hours
- just for contributing money!)
- Adopt a Highway cleanup - maximum of 4 hours per person, per semester
- Fundraising - maximum of 2 hours per person, per semester - MUST Report amount raised and what money raised is for!
- Camp volunteer/ASB - maximum of 8 hours per day spent working/doing service
- Blood Drive - giving blood - maximum of 1 hour per person, per semester
- Blood Drive - working event - maximum of 4 hours per person, per semester
- Note taking - maximum of 15 hours per class, maximum of 2 classes per semester
- Heart of Virginia - working a booth for a non-profit agency - maximum of 1 hour
Making your hours count!
We encourage individual volunteers as well as clubs and organizations to really consider what purpose they want to serve when designing a service project. Who is your project serving? What cause are you aiming to assist? How can you best meet your needs or the needs of the members of your organization while also providing valuable service to the surrounding community?
If you need help designing a service project for yourself or for your club or organization, please feel free to contact Jen Rentschler (rentschlerjc@longwood.edu) in the Office for Volunteer & Service-Learning.
Activities that are NOT Counted as Reportable Community Service Hours
The following is a list of activities that are NOT counted as reportable community service hours for the Office of Volunteer & Service-Learning:
- D-Hall tabling
- Judicial board
- Court appointed hours
- Open Houses
- Cleaning a chapter room
- Involvement Fair Table/recruitment table
- Oktoberfest/Spring Weekend Booth
- Office hours for S.E.A.L., SGA, or any other organization
- Working an event sponsored by your organization (like Mt. Lake if you are a member of SEAL or LP events if you are in LP)
- Attending an event that is required by your org
- Making packets/bags/handouts for recruitment
- Being a designated driver
- Collecting signatures for petitions
- Collecting things like food, clothing, pop tabs
