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[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

the high school I went to had a mandatory number of hours of community service in order to graduate. It was neat, the kids did a very wide variety of things.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a good opportunity.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It was a good school. The things people did all differed depending on their location, money, etc. We had everything from kids who cleaned up trash for the needed hours, kids who volunteered with local emergency services, found work/internships with non-profit organizations, some came up with a project, and not only worked on it themselves, but went out in their communities and organized people to participate to get it done. One the the bigger things I saw was a girl, who was a minor celebrity, got a group of people in her neighborhood together, and built a park and youth center, because there was literally nothing for people under 21 to do in her area other than hang around in the streets. It helped that she was able to hit up some wealthy, much larger, celebrities she was working with, at the time, but hey, she got it done. All the paperwork, certification, etc. It was 3500 hours over the course of the four years.

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